Functional Neuroanatomy of Pain
| By: | K. G. Usunoff; A. Popratiloff; Oliver Schmitt; Andreas Wree |
| Publisher: | Springer Nature |
| Print ISBN: | 9783540281627 |
| eText ISBN: | 9783540281665 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 2006 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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Pain is an unpleasant but very important biological signal for danger. Nociception is necessary for survival and maintaining the integrity of the organism in a potentially hostile environment. Pain is both a sensory experience and a perceptual metaphor for damage and it is activated by noxious stimuli that act on a complex pain sensory apparatus. However, chronic pain having no more a protective role can become a ruining disease itself, termed "neuropathic pain".