The Human Pain System: Experimental and Clinical Perspectives

Foreword 1. Historical review of studies of pain in primates 2. Nociceptors, spinal pathways, brainstem and forebrain terminations 3. Physiology of cells of origin of spinal and brainstem pathways 4. Physiology of forebrain pain-related structures 5. Imaging of sensory and affective components of acute pain 6. Pain modulatory systems including ascending and descending connections 7. Peripheral and central manifestations and mechanisms of chronic pain and sensitization 8. Imaging of sensory and affective components of chronic pain and sensitization 9. Functional implications of spinal and forebrain procedures for the treatment of chronic pain Index.