Immune Mechanisms of Pain and Analgesia (Hardcover, 2003 ed.)

Immune Mechanisms of Pain and Analgesia is the first volume to discuss a new concept of immune-neural interplays leading to pain or analgesia. It argues the classical view that pain and its control are restricted to the nervous system, offering a comprehensive overview of the emerging area of immune mechanisms in pain and its control. It challenges the traditional view that pain sensation or suppression is attributed exclusively to the nervous system and presents a critical analysis of this new concept. The book is written by an internationally recognized group of researchers and discusses complex and controversial issues such as cytokines and their pain-exacerbating but also analgesic effects, the production of opioids by immune cells, peripheral analgesic and anti-inflammatory actions of opioids, immunomodulatory effects of opiates, and immunosuppressive effects of pain.

General

Imprint:	Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 521
Release date:	2003
First published:	2003
Editors:	Halina Machelska • Christoph Stein
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	163
Edition:	2003 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-306-47692-1
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > General Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Anaesthetics > Pain & pain management
LSN:	0-306-47692-4
Barcode:	9780306476921

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