Title | Spinal Afferent Processing [electronic resource] / edited by Tony L. Yaksh |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1986 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4994-5 |
Descript | XXIII, 550 p. online resource |
1 A Short Biography of F. W. L. Kerr, M.D. -- 2 Sensory Receptors of the Skin -- 3 Primary Afferents and Hyperalgesia -- 4 Nonclassical Features of Dorsal Root Ganglion Cell Organization -- 5 Organization of Dorsal Horn Neurotransmitter Systems -- 6 Neurotransmitter Receptor Sites in the Spinal Cord -- 7 The Pattern and Place of Nociceptive Modulation in the Dorsal Horn: A Discussion of the Anatomically Characterized Neural Circuitry of Enkephalin, Serotonin, and Substance P -- 8 The Central Pharmacology of Primary Afferents with Emphasis on the Disposition and Role of Primary Afferent Substance P -- 9 Dorsal Horn Neurons and Their Sensory Inputs -- 10 Spinal Substrates of Visceral Pain -- 11 Ascending Somatosensory Systems -- 12 The Spinal Pathways Contributing to the Ascending Conduction and the Descending Modulation of Pain Sensations and Reactions -- 13 Sensory-Discriminative Capacities of Nociceptive Pathways and Their Modulation by behavior -- 14 Detection Thresholds of Cutaneous Sensations in Health and Disease in Man -- 15 Control Systems for Nociceptive Afferent Processing: The Descending Inhibitory Pathways -- 16 Modulatory Effects of Descending Systems on Spinal Dorsal Horn Neurons -- 17 The Controversial Nature of the Evidence for Neuroplasticity of Afferent Axons in the Spinal Cord -- 18 The Question of How the Dorsal Horn Encodes Sensory Information -- 19 Aspects of Sensory Processing through Convergent Neurons -- 20 The Effects of Intrathecally Administered Opioid and Adrenergic Agents on Spinal function