The human pain system : experimental and clinical perspectives - Lenz, Frederick A. (Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2010)
Discovery of the anterolateral system and its role as a pain pathway -- Organization of the central pain pathways -- Physiology of cells of origin of spinal cord and brainstem projections -- Physiology of supraspinal pain, related structures -- Functional brain imaging of acute pain in healthy humans -- Pain modulatory systems -- Peripheral and central mechanisms and manifestations of chronic pain and sensitization -- Functional imaging of chronic pain -- Functional implications of spinal and forebrain procedures for the treatment of chronic pain
Keywords: Pain -- physiopathology; Afferent Pathways -- physiopathology; Central Nervous System -- physiopathology