Hyperalgesia: Molecular Mechanisms And Clinical Implications

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Pain specialists in a number of fields from Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia share their findings and insights into acute and chronic pain as a consequence of injury and disease, elucidate the phenomena of hyperalgesia and allodynia, evaluate the implications for increasing knowledge about the physiology and biochemistry of pain, and extrapolate on future approaches to treating pain conditions associated with hyperalgesia in nociceptive and neuropathic pain. The 26 studies cover the molecular basis of nociceptive transduction, hyperalgesia as a consequence of nociceptor plasticity and as a consequence of peripheral input and central processing, and the role of the brain in hyperalgesia.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR