Pain: Handbook of Clinical Neurology (Series Editors: Aminoff, Boller and Swaab): 81 Book

This volume in the Handbook of Clinical Neurology (Series Editors: Michael J. Aminoff, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, USA; François Boller, Bethesda, USA; Dick F. Swaab, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, the Netherlands) gives a comprehensive account of pain mechanisms and pain syndromes of neurological interest. Sections address the physiological aspects of pain, the pathophysiological mechanisms, clinically relevant pain syndromes and the treatment of neuropathic pain. Disorders often kept separate from classical; neurology, such as complex regional pain, spinal pain and musculoskeletal pain are included. This volume will be invaluable for both the clinical neurologist and neuroscience researcher.Comprehensive account of the clinical aspects of pain syndromes associated with neurological disease.Tells neurologists what is currently known about pain mechanisms.International list of contributors including the leading workers in the field.Describes the advances which have occurred in both clinical neurology and the neurosciences and their impact on the understanding pain.Read More