Deafferentation Pain Syndromes: Pathophysiology and Treatment (Advances in Pain Research & Therapy)

This volume highlights the most significant recent advances in the understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic deafferentation pain syndromes, commonly associated with phantom limbs, paraplegia, peripheral nerve injuries, and brachial plexus avulsion injuries. The contributors describe important new research using animal models to study the neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neurochemistry, neuropharmacology, and behavioral manifestations of deafferentation pain. Noted experts detail new methods for distinguishing the pain of deafferentation from other painful processes and discuss current surgical and medical therapies for deafferentation pain syndromes.