Understanding pain : an exploring the perception of pain /
Fernando Cervero.
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2012.
- xv, 172 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
A biological enigma: the meaning of pain -- How much it hurts, measuring pain -- Sensing pain: nociceptors -- The enchanted loom: pain networks -- Pain dynamics: sensitization -- I feel your pain: perception and the brain -- A certain gut feeling: visceral pain -- A mere curse: neuropathic pain -- Sex, genes and stress: pain modulation -- A pain free world: curing pain.