Control of Nociceptive Transmission in the Spinal Cord
[Book]
by William D. Willis.
Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
1982
Progress in Sensory Physiology,, 3.
1 Introduction: Centrifugal Control of Sensory Pathways --;1.1 General Background --;1.2 Functional Implieations of Centrifugal Control Systems --;1.3 Somatosensory Pathways Known to be Subject to Descending Controls --;1.4 Plan for the Review --;1.5 Conclusions --;2 Behavioral Evidence for Descending Control of Nociceptive Transmission --;2.1 Measures of Analgesia --;2.1.1 Background --;2.1.2 Reflex Tests --;2.1.3 Other Behavioral Responses --;2.1.4 Human Studies --;2.1.5 Neural Correlates of Analgesia --;2.1.6 Analgesia Tests in Studies of Pain Mechanisms --;2.2 Stimulation-Produced Analgesia --;2.3 Opiate and Opioid Analgesia --;2.4 Analgesia from Peripheral Stimulation --;2.5 Stress-Induced Analgesia --;2.6 Hypnotic Analgesia --;2.7 Conclusions --;3 Pharmacology of Analgesia Due to Descending Control Systems --;3.1 Overview --;3.2 Relationship Between SPA and Opiate Analgesia --;3.3 Role of Monoamines in SPA --;3.4 Role of Monoamines in Opiate Analgesia --;3.5 Other Candidate Transmitted and Modulators --;3.6 Pharmacology of Analgesia Due to Acupuncture and Transcutaneous Nerve Stimulation --;3.7 Conclusions --;4 Descending Control of the Flexion Reflex --;4.1 Organization of the Flexion Reflex --;4.2 Descending Pathways That Control the Flexion Reflex --;4.3 Conclusions --;5 Descending Control of Spinal Cord Nociceptive Neurons --;5.1 Dorsal Horn Interneurons --;5.2 Sensory Tract Cells --;5.2.1 FRA-Activated-Tracts --;5.2.2 Spinothalamic Tract --;5.2.3 SpinocervicalTract --;5.2.4 Other Tracts --;5.3 Conclusions --;6 Correlations Between the Descending Control of Spinal Cord Nociceptive Pathways and the Operation of the A nalgesia Systems --;6.1 Flexion Reflex --;6.2 Nociceptive Dorsal Horn Neurons --;7 References --;8 Subject Index.