Chronic Abdominal and Visceral Pain (eBook, ePUB)

Theory and Practice
Redaktion: Pasricha, Pankaj Jay; Gebhart, G. F.; Willis, William D.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Standing alone as the first definitive and comprehensive book on the subject, this guide describes the most recent studies on the brain-gut connection and psychosocial issues related to patients experiencing visceral pain. Bringing together leading experts from the top-tiers of the science, this source provides 33 engaging chapters and spans basic concepts in pharmacology, neurobiology, physiology, and psychology to provide a practical approach to the treatment of chronic pain.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. November 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040174562
• Artikelnr.: 73302593

Autorenporträt

Pankaj Jay Pasricha, William D. Willis, G. F. Gebhart

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW OF VISCERAL AND ABDOMINAL PAIN.
Distinctive Clinical and Biological Characteristics of Visceral Pain.
Epidemiology and Socioeconomic Impact of Visceral and Abdominal Pain
Syndromes. THE NEUROBIOLOGY AND PSYCHOBIOLOGY OF CHRONIC VISCERAL PAIN.
Overview of Pain and Sensitization. Neuroanatomy of Visceral Pain: Pathways
and Processes. The Neurobiology of Visceral Nociceptors. The Neurochemical
and Molecular Basis of Peripheral Sensitization. Spinal Mechanisms of
Visceral Pain and Sensitization. Animal Models of Visceral Pain:
Methodology and Validity. Measurement of Pain in Humans. Mechanisms of
Visceral Sensitization in Humans. Visceral Pain: Lessons from Functional
Brain Imaging. The Neural Basis of Referred Pain. From Sensation to
Perception: The Gut-Brain Connection. Visceral Pain, Stress and the
Brain-Gut Connection. The Biopsychosocial Approach to Chronic Abdominal
Pain. Chronic Pain and Addiction. THERAPY FOR VISCERAL PAIN: SCIENTIFIC
BASIS AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS. Molecular Targets: Current and Future.
Pharmacology and Practice of Non-Opioid Drugs for Visceral Pain.
Pharmacology and Practice of Opioid Drugs for Visceral Pain. Clinical
Approach and Management of Visceral Cancer Pain. Neuromodulation Techniques
for Visceral Pain from Benign Disorders. Psychological Interventions for
Patients with Abdominal Pain. Complementary and Integrative Treatments for
Visceral Pain. Clinical Syndromes: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and
Management. Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Functional Abdominal Pain
Syndromes. Non-Cardiac Chest Pain. Dyspepsia. Chronic Pancreatitis:
Pathophysiology. Abdominal Wall Pain Syndromes. Unexplained Visceral Pain
in Children. Functional Biliary Type Pain Syndromes. PELVIC PAIN SYNDROMES.
Pelvic Pain Synd