Pain, Its Nature, Analysis, and Treatment |
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An anatomical basis for pain | 3 |
Physiological mechanisms of pain modulation | 19 |
The measurement of pain | 26 |
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activity acute afferent amongst anaesthetic analgesia analgesic analgesic drugs anxiety approved name aspirin associated autonomic axon behaviour block blood bowel brain British approved name Causalgia cause cell cent central nervous system cervical chronic pain clinical codeine phosphate colic condition cordotomy cortex dependence depression Diamorphine diazepam dihydrocodeine disease disorders doctor dorsal dose effects emotional example experience factors ganglion give rise given headache hypochondriacal illness increased individual injection injury involved joints latter limb localised lumbar mental monoamine oxidase inhibitor morphine muscle myelin narcotics nerve fibres nerve roots neurons noxious nucleus pain arising pain due pain relief paracetamol pathways patients Pentazocine peptic ulceration peripheral nerves personality pethidine phenylbutazone physical placebo posterior produce psychogenic pain psychological reduced region rise to pain sensory severe pain skin spinal cord spinothalamic tract stimulation stress surgery surgical sympathetic symptoms synapse tension thalamus therapy thoracic treatment of pain trigeminal usually vomiting