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Functional Neuroanatomy of Pain (Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology)

Author K.G. Usunoff, A. Popratiloff, Oliver Schmitt, Andreas Wree
Publisher Springer
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PublisherSpringer
ISBN / ASIN3540281622
ISBN-139783540281627
MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷

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Pain is an unpleasant but very important biological signal for danger. Nociception is necessary for survival and maintaining the integrity of the organism in a potentially hostile environment. Pain is both a sensory experience and a perceptual metaphor for damage and it is activated by noxious stimuli that act on a complex pain sensory apparatus. However, chronic pain having no more a protective role can become a ruining disease itself, termed "neuropathic pain".