The Paths of Pain, 1975-2005

by Merskey, Harold; Loeser, John D.; Dubner, Ronald; International Association for the Study of Pain

• ISBN13: 9780931092565
• ISBN10: 0931092566
• Edition: Illus.
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-07-01
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Table of Contents

List of Contributing Authors	ix
Foreword	xiii
Preface	xv
1. The History of Pain Concepts and Treatment before IASP
Manfred Zimmermann	1	(22)
2. The History of the IASP: Progress in Pain Since 1975
Michael R. Bond, Ronald Dubner, Louisa E. Jones, and Marcia L. Meldrum	23	(10)
3. The Gate Theory, Then and Now
Fernando Cervero	33	(16)
4. Molecular Basis of Receptors
Michael S. Gold	49	(20)
5. The Study of the Genetics of Pain in Humans and Animals
Jeffrey S. Mogil	69	(16)
6. Physiology and Anatomy of the Spinal Cord Pain System
William D. Willis, Jr.	85	(16)
7. Plasticity in Central Nociceptive Pathways
Ronald Dubner	101	(16)
8. Descending Modulation of Pain
Michael H. Ossipov and Frank Porreca	117	(14)
9. Orofacial Pain
Barry J. Sessle	131	(20)
10. A Thirty-Year Perspective on the Pathophysiology of Migraine Pain
Rami Burstein, Dan Levy, and Moshe Jakubowsky	151	(14)
11. Glia and Pain: Past, Present, and Future
Linda R. Watkins and Steven F. Maier	165	(12)
12. Pharmacology of Inflammatory Pain
Andy Dray	177	(14)
13. Pharmacological Control of Pain: Non-Opioid Targets
Anthony H. Dickenson and Jean-Marie Besson	191	(18)
14. Opiate Analgesia: The Last Forty Years
Tony L. Yaksh	209	(20)
15. Neuropathic Pain: From the Nociceptor to the Patient
James N. Campbell and Richard A. Meyer	229	(14)
16. Animal Models and Their Clinical Implications
Gary J. Bennett	243	(10)
17. Sensory Quantification and Pain
Ulf Lindblom	253	(18)
18. Evaluation of Pain Sensations
Richard H. Gracely	271	(14)
19. Brain Imaging of Pain: A Thirty-Year Perspective
M. Catherine Bushnell	285	(14)
20. Central Pain
Jörgen Boivie	299	(14)
21. Therapeutic Electrical Neurostimulation from a Historical Perspective
Björn A. Meyerson and Bengt Linderoth	313	(16)
22. Terms and Taxonomy: Paper Tools at the Cutting Edge of Study
Harold Merskey	329	(10)
23. Epidemiology of Pain
Michael Von Korff and Linda LeResche	339	(14)
24. Musculoskeletal Pain
James P. Robinson, Dean Ricketts, and David Hanscom	353	(14)
25. Neck Pain
Nikolai Bogduk	367	(12)
26. Low Back Pain
Gordon Waddell	379	(12)
27. From Fibrositis and Psychogenic Rheumatism to Fibromyalgia
Harvey Moldofsky and Harold Merskey	391	(12)
28. Psychological Contributions to the Understanding and Treatment of Pain
Frances J. Keefe, Kim E. Dixon, and Rebecca W. Pryor	403	(18)
29. Psychiatry and Pain: Causes, Effects, and Complications
Harold Merskey	421	(12)
30. Children—Not Simply "Little Adults"
Patricia A. McGrath	433	(14)
31. Neural Blockade and Neuromodulation in Persistent Pain Management
Paul M. Murphy and Michael J. Cousins	447	(22)
32. Opioid Treatment for Cancer Pain and Chronic Noncancer Pain
Dwight E. Moulin	469	(14)
33. Topical Agents for Neuropathic Pain: A Systematic Review
C. Peter N. Watson	483	(20)
34. Multidisciplinary Pain Management
John D. Loeser	503	(10)
35. The Future of Pain Therapy: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, and Something Blue
Allan I. Basbaum	513	(20)
Index	533