Functional neuroanatomy of pain [electronic resource] / K.G. Usunoff [and others]

Pain is an unpleasant, but very important biological signal for danger. Pain is both a sensory experience and a perceptual metaphor for damage, and it is activated by noxious stimuli that act on a complex pain sensory apparatus. However, chronic pain having no more a protective role can become a rui...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors:	Usunoff, K. G. (Kamen G.), 1941-
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2006.
Series:	Advances in anatomy, embryology, and cell biology ; v. 184.
Subjects:	Pain. Nociceptors. Neuralgia.