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Record Nr.

UNINA9910446337303321

Autore

Garcia-Larrea Luis

Titolo

Pain and the conscious brain / / [edited by] Luis Garcia-Larrea, MD, PhD, Philip L. Jackson, PhD

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia : , : Wolters Kluwer Health : , : IASP Press, , [2016]

�2016

ISBN

1-4963-4842-7

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 253 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

612.8

Soggetti

Pain perception

Consciousness

Pain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Section 1. An introduction to consciousness and pain : from being awake to being aware -- Section 2. Modulating pain by modulationg consciousness : neurobiological aspects of the pain experience during psychopysiological changes of the conscious state -- Section 3. Clinical conditions affecting pain and consciousness : pain processing in psychiatric and neurological disorders affecting consciousness -- Section 4. Behind and beyond the consciousness of pain.

Sommario/riassunto

"Beyond what sounds like a simple title, lies the project envisioned by two neuroscientists, from the neuro-physiology and the neuro-psychology realms, who succeeded in convincing international leaders in multiple fields to accept the challenge of tying the multifaceted concept of pain to the equally complex notion of consciousness"--Provided by publisher.