RT Book, Section
A1 Kandel, Eric R.
A1 Koester, John D.
A1 Mack, Sarah H.
A1 Siegelbaum, Steven A.
SR Print(0)
ID 1180641687
T1 Pain
T2 Principles of Neural Science, 6e
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259642234
LK neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180641687
RD 2024/04/24
AB ACCORDING  TO  THE  INTERNATIONAL  ASSOCIATION  for  the  Study  of  Pain,  pain  is  an  unpleasant  sensation  and  emotional  experience  associated  with  actual  or  potential  tissue  damage,  or  described  in  terms  of  such  damage.  Pricking,  burning,  aching,  stinging,  and  soreness  are  among  the  most  distinctive  of  all  the  sensory  modalities.  As  with  the  other  somatosensory  modalities—touch,  pressure,  and  position  sense—pain  serves  an  important  protective  function,  alerting  us  to  injuries  that  require  evasion  or  treatment.  In  children  born  with  insensitivity  to  pain,  severe  injuries  often  go  unnoticed  and  can  lead  to  permanent  tissue  damage.  Yet  pain  is  unlike  other  somatosensory  modalities,  or  vision,  hearing,  and  smell,  in  that  it  has  an  urgent  and  primitive  quality,  possessing  a  powerful  emotional  component.