Neuroscience

by Tiengo, Mario; Gullo, Antonino

• ISBN13: 9788847001343
• ISBN10: 884700134X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

Dedicated to Camillo Golgi, a neuroscience pioneer, the volume deals with the process of diagnosis and the strategies of treatment of pain. The most recent data on the biochemical basis of neurotransmission are reported, and the results of updated researches in pain processing, either concerning the brainstem, the thalamus and the limbic system are analysed. The importance of the ethical aspect in decision-making during the treatment of terminally ill patients is underlined.

Table of Contents

Camillo Golgi: The Dawning of Neuroscience	1	(8)
M.A. Tiengo
Neurochemistry of Pain Circuits: Physiological versus Pathological Pain	9	(10)
L. Calza
First Affluent Neuron	19	(8)
G. Carli
The Involvement of the Brainstem Reticular Formation in Pain Processing	27	(10)
C. Desbois
L. Monconduit
L. Villanueva
The Thalamus and Pain	37	(6)
M.L. Sotgiu
Naloxone, but not Estradiol, Affects the Gonadectomy-Induced Increase in Hippocampal Cholineacetyltransferase Activity in Male Rats	43	(8)
I. Ceccarelli
A. Scaramuzzino
A.M. Aloisi
Consciousness and Pain	51	(8)
C.R. Chapman
Y. Nakamura
Visceral Pain Mechanisms	59	(12)
M.A. Giamberardino
J. Vecchiet
G. Affaitati
L. Vecchiet
PET-Scan and Electrophysiological Assessment of Neuromodulation Procedures for Pain Control	71	(16)
L. Garcia-Larrea
R. Peyron
F. Mauguiere
B. Laurent
Acute Postoperative Pain Service Models	87	(12)
G. Galimberti
P. Di Marco
A. Conti
Postoperative Functional Pain Management	99	(6)
F. Nicosia
Timing for Narcotic Drugs in Terminal Illness	105	(6)
S. Mercadante
Ethical Decisions in Terminal Illness	111	(8)
D. Kettler
M. Mohr
Main Symbols	119	(2)
Subject Index	121