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Neurobiology of nociceptors / edited by Carlos Belmonte and Fernando Cervero.

Title: Neurobiology of nociceptors / edited by Carlos Belmonte and Fernando Cervero.
Publication: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.

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x, 531 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm

Subject

Nociceptors > physiology

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Principles of classification and nomenclature relevant to studies of nociceptive neurones / Bruce Lynn -- 1. Pain and the discovery of nociceptors / Edward R. Perl -- 2. Structure of nociceptor 'endings' / Lawrence Kruger and Zdenek Halata -- 3. Neurochemistry of cutaneous nociceptors / Sally N. Lawson -- 4. Comparative and evolutionary aspects of nociceptor function / Edgar T. Walters -- 5. Cutaneous nociceptors / James N. Campbell and Richard A. Meyer -- 6. Corneal nociceptors / Carlos Belmonte and Juana Gallar -- 7. Nociceptors in skeletal muscle and their reaction to pathological tissue changes / Siegfried Mense -- 8. Neurobiology of articular nociceptors / Hans-Georg Schaible and Robert F. Schmidt -- 9. Visceral nociceptors / Fernando Cervero -- 10. Signal transduction in nociceptors: general principles / Carlos Belmonte -- 11. Chemical excitation and sensitization in nociceptors / Michaela Kress and Peter W. Reeh --
12. Intracellular messengers and signal transduction in nociceptors / Stuart Bevan -- 13. Sensitization of polymodal receptors / Takao Kumazawa -- 14. Functional properties of human cutaneous nociceptors and their role in pain and hyperalgesia / H. Erik Torebjork, Martin Schmelz and Hermann O. Handwerker -- 15. Neural mechanisms of primary hyperalgesia / Richard A. Meyer, Srinivasa N. Raja and James N. Campbell -- 16. Secondary cutaneous dysaesthesiae / Robert H. LaMotte -- 17. Efferent function of nociceptors / Bruce Lynn -- 18. Nociceptors and neuroimmune interactions / Christoph Stein -- 19. Development of the nociceptor phenotype: role of nerve growth factor / Lorne M. Mendell -- 20. Properties of regenerated nociceptor afferents / Stephen J. W. Lisney -- 21. Pathophysiology of human nociceptor function / Jose L. Ochoa, Jordi Serra and Mario Campero.

ISBN

0198523343 (hbk)

LCCN

96004636

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Columbia University Libraries