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Books | 616.0472 AMB (Browse shelf) | Available | 033655 |
616.042 MUK Gene : an intimate history | 616.047 LIE Body signs : how to be your own diagnostic detective | 616.047 WAS Common symptom guide | 616.0472 AMB Brain and pain : breakthroughs in neuroscience | 616.0472 HAR Myth of Pain | 616.0472 REY History of Pain | 616.07 CAN Normal and the Pathological |
Includes index.
Pain is an inevitable part of existence, but severe debilitating or chronic pain is a pathological condition that diminishes the quality of life. The Brain and Pain explores the present and future of pain management, providing a comprehensive understanding based on the latest discoveries from many branches of neuroscience. Richard Ambron-the former director of a neuroscience lab that conducted leading research in this field-explains the science of how and why we feel pain. He describes how the nervous system and brain process information that leads to the experience of pain, detailing the cellular and molecular functions that are responsible for the initial perceptions of an injury. He discusses how pharmacological agents such as opiates affect the duration and intensity of pain. Ambron examines new evidence showing that discrete circuits in the brain modulate the experience of pain in response to a placebo, fear, anxiety, belief, or other circumstances, as well as how pain can be relieved by activating these circuits using mindfulness training and other nonpharmacological treatments. The book also evaluates the prospects of procedures such as deep brain stimulation and optogenetics. Current and thorough, The Brain and Pain will be invaluable for a range of people seeking to understand their options for treatment as well as students in neuroscience and medicine.
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