Molecular mechanisms of the sense of touch: an overview of mechanical transduction and transmission in merkel discs of whisker hair follicles and some clinical perspectives / Jianguo G. Gu -- Trp channels in nociception and pathological pain / Chen-Yu Hung, Chun-Hsiang Tan -- Involvement of TRPV1-ANO1 interactions in pain-enhancing mechanisms / Y. Takayama, Makoto Tominaga -- Roles of ASICs in nociception and proprioception / Cheng-Han Lee, Chih-Cheng Chen -- Tackling pain associated with rheumatoid arthritis: proton-sensing receptors / Wei-Hsin Sun, Shih-Ping Dai -- Advances in experimental medicine and biology: intrafascicular local anesthetic injection damages peripheral nerve-induced neuropathic pain / Kuang-Yi Tseng, Hung-Chen Wang, Lin-Li Chang, Kuang-I Cheng -- Microglia in the CNS and neuropathic pain / Makoto Tsuda -- Descending noradrenergic inhibition: an important mechanism of gabapentin analgesia in neuropathic pain / Ken-ichiro Hayashida, James C. Eisenach -- Chronic neuropathic pain protects the heart from ischemia-reperfusion injury / Yi-Fen Cheng, Chien-Chang Chen -- Knowing the neuronal mechanism of spontaneous pain to treat chronic pain in the future / Xiang-Yao Li, Jing-Hua Wang, Cheng Wu -- Role of neuroinflammation in opioid tolerance: translational evidence from human-to-rodent studies / Chih-Peng Lin, Dai-Hua Lu -- Neural mechanisms of offset analgesia / Jiro Kurata -- Cortical ltp: a synaptic model for chronic pain / Min Zhuo -- Pain-associated neural plasticity in the parabrachial to central amygdala circuit / Fusao Kato, Yae K. Sugimura, Yukari Takahashi -- Electrophysiological signature of pain / Zi-Fang Zhao, You Wan -- Neuroimaging studies of primary dysmenorrhea / Intan Low, Shyh-Yuh Wei, Pin-Shiuan Lee, Wei-Chi Li, Lin-Chien Lee, Jen-Chuen Hsieh [and others] -- Brain reward circuit and pain / Moe Watanabe, Minoru Narita -- Involvement of P₂X₇ receptors and BDNF in the pathogenesis of central poststroke pain / Yung-Hui Kuan, Hsi-Chien Shih, Bai-Chuang Shyu -- Melatonin: a new-generation therapy for reducing chronic pain and improving sleep disorder-related pain / Tavleen Kaur, Bai-Chuang Shyu -- Central poststroke pain, comorbidity, and associated symptoms in animal and human models / Bai-Chuang Shyu, Andrew Chih Wei Huang.
Summary:
This book summarizes the latest advances in pain research. All the chapters were contributed by speakers from Asian Pain Symposium (APS) on Acute and Chronic Pain, which was held in Taipei in 2017. Founded in Kyoto, Japan in 2000, the APS serves as a platform for scientists to present recent findings in pain research and discuss research orientation in this field. APS 2017 focused on novel strategies for pain treatment. Written by experts from various disciplines, from molecular to functional, and from basic to clinic studies, this book is composed of 18 review articles on the physiology and pathology of pain in these research fields. Specific topics include circuitry, neurotransmitter, physiology, behavior, neuropathology, pharmacology, and the treatments for neuropathic pain disorders. The book is a valuable resource for researchers and graduate students in pain medicine and neuroscience.
Series:
Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 0065-2598 ; volume 1099
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.