Product Description

Addressing a rapidly growing area of neuroscience, Methods in Pain Research is a single volume survey of the methods used to study a reaction or 'sensory report' in humans that can only be inferred by indirect means in animal or tissues studies. It contains source material, useful advice, and guidance to specific details as well as examples of current usage. The book examines techniques used in studying pain, including gene linkage, brain imaging methods, the use of transgenic rodent models, painful sensory neuropathy models, and more. The material also covers conventional methods of pain study, such as anatomical and electophysiological techniques. It is a guide to the strategies of experimental design.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #718970 in Books
• Published on: 2001-06-22
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 336 pages

Review
"The author's objective is to address methods of pain research from different angles, particularly considering the protocols developed in anesthesia and neuroscience laboratories across the world. Those objectives are clearly metIn a well-written approach, the authors address different points of pain researchThe scope is broad but the text, to-the-point. The author's expertise is expressed in the conciseness of the text, the graphic quality, the illustrations, and the explanations for the proceduresThis is an important book for neuroscience libraries and laboratories involved in the study of pain. 4 stars!" - Celso Agner, MSc, MD, Albany Medical Center, New York, USA in Doody's Notes

From the Back Cover
In the past two decades, pain research has become one of the most rapidly growing areas of neuroscience activity. Methods in Pain Research brings together in a single volume a survey of the methods that can be used to study a reaction or 'sensory report' in humans that can only be inferred by indirect means in animal or tissues studies. It presents source material, useful advice, and guidance to specific details as well as examples of current usage.

With each topic presented by one or more of the leading experts in the field, it examines the major modern techniques used in studying pain, including gene linkage, brain imaging methods, the use of transgenic rodent models, painful sensory neuropathy models, and more. The material also covers conventional methods of pain study, such as anatomical and electophysiological techniques. Methods in Pain Research provides up-to-date methodology and a guide to the strategies of experimental design.