Nociceptive afferent neurones
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Nociceptive afferent neurones
（Studies in neuroscience, no. 14）
Manchester University Press , Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press, c1991
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [125]-152) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
There is a standing debate concerning the meaning of the terms nociception and pain. Nociceptive primary afferents are the nerve fibres which convey information from visceral and cutaneous nociceptors. The nociceptors themselves detect the presence of a stimulus which is causing tissue damage, whether thermal, mechanical or chemical. In the normal course of events in an unanaesthetized organism, this stimulus would be regarded as painful and avoided. In this book, the authors concentrate on the nociceptor afferent neurones, or nerve cells, investigating their physiology, anatomy and molecular biology to try to establish their role in normal and pathological conditions. This book is part of the series "Studies in Neuroscience" which includes contributors from molecular and cellular neurobiology, developmental neuroscience, neural networks and systems research and behavioural neuroscience. The series is designed to appeal to research workers in clinical and basic neuroscience, graduate students and advanced undergraduates.
Table of Contents
- Nociceptors
- the anatomy of the primary afferent neurone
- cellular neurophysiology
- chemical communication
- efferent functions and capsaicin
- the spinal cord
- growth and development.
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