Functional Neuroanatomy of Pain

Free Download Functional Neuroanatomy of Pain by Kamen G. Usunoff , Anastas Popratiloff , Oliver Schmitt , Andreas Wree
English | PDF (True) | 2006 | 126 Pages | ISBN : 3540281622 | 1.5 MB
Pain is an unpleasant but very important biological signal for danger. Nociception is necessary for survival and maintaining the integrity of the organism in a potentially hostile environment. 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 ruining disease itself, termed "neuropathic pain".