Analgesia

Part I. Introduction

1. Peripheral and Central Mechanisms of Pain Generation
H. -G. Schaible

Part II. Drugs in Clinical Use

2. Opioids
C. Zöllner, C. Stein

3. Antipyretic Analgesics: Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs, Selective COX-2 Inhibitors, Paracetamol and Pyrazolinones
B. Hinz, K. Brune

4. Local Anesthetics
F. Yanagidate, G. R. Strichartz

5. Serotonin Receptor Ligands: Treatments of Acute Migraine and Cluster Headache
P. J. Goadsby

6. Anti-convulsants and Anti-depressants
A. H. Dickenson, J. Ghandehari

Part III. Compounds in Preclinical Development

7. Neuropeptide and Kinin Antagonists
R. G. Hill, K. R. Oliver

8. Glutamate Receptor Ligands
V. Neugebauer

9. Adrenergic and Cholinergic Compounds
R. D. Sanders, M. Maze

10. Cannabinoids and Pain
I. J. Lever, A. S. C. Rice

Part IV. Future Targets in Analgesia Research

11. Adenosine and ATP Receptors
J. Sawynok

12. Ion Channels in Analgesia Research
J. N. Wood

13. Protein Kinases as Potential Targets for the Treatment of Pathological Pain
R. -R. Ji, Y. Kawasaki, Z. -Y. Zhuang, Y. -R. Wen, Y. -Q. Zhang

Part V. Pain Management Beyond Pharmacotherapy

14. Placebo and Endogenous Mechanisms of Analgesia
F. Benedetti

15. Limitations of Pharmacotherapy: Behavioral Approaches to Chronic Pain
H. Flor, M. Diers

DRM-restrictions

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Keywords: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Biomedical TEC059000