The Human Pain System: Experimental and Clinical Perspectives

by Kenneth L. Casey, Frederick A. Lenz, Edward G. Jones, et al.

Book Overview

Pain is a subject of significant scientific and clinical interest. This has resulted both from realistic rodent models, and the publication of imaging, psychological and pharmacological studies in humans. Investigators studying rodents refer to anatomical and physiological studies in non-human primates to make their results relevant to humans. Psychophysical and pharmacological studies in humans are interpreted in terms of anatomical and physiological...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521114527
• ISBN13: 9780521114523
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 638 Pages
• Weight: 3.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.9" x 9.7"