about the bookStanding alone as the first definitive and comprehensive book on the subject, this guide describes the most recent studies on the brain-gut connection and psychosocial issues related to patients experiencing visceral pain. Bringing together leading experts from the top-tiers of the science, this source provides 33 engaging ch

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Front cover
Preface
Contents
Contributors
Section I. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW OF VISCERAL AND ABDOMINAL PAIN
Chapter 1. Distinctive Clinical and Biological Characteristics of Visceral Pain
Chapter 2. Epidemiology and Socioeconomic Impact of Visceral and Abdominal Pain Syndromes
Section II. THE NEUROBIOLOGY AND PSYCHOBIOLOGY OF CHRONIC VISCERAL PAIN
Chapter 3. Overview of Pain and Sensitization
Chapter 4. Neuroanatomy of Visceral Pain: Pathways and Processes
Chapter 5. The Neurobiology of Visceral Nociceptors
Chapter 6. Neurochemical and Molecular Basis of Peripheral Sensitization
Chapter 7. Spinal Mechanisms of Visceral Pain and Sensitization
Chapter 8. Animal Models of Visceral Pain
Chapter 9. Measuring Pain and Hyperalgesia in Persistent Pain Conditions with a Special Emphasis on Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Chapter 10. Mechanisms of Visceral Sensitization in Humans
Chapter 11. Visceral Pain: Lessons from Functional Brain Imaging
Chapter 12. The Neural Basis of Referred Visceral Pain
Chapter 13. From Sensation to Perception: The Gut-Brain Connection
Chapter 14. Stress, Visceral Pain, and the Brain-Gut Connections
Chapter 15. The Biopsychosocial Continuum in Visceral Pain in Chronic Abdominal and Visceral Pain: Theory and Practice
Chapter 16. Chronic Pain and Addiction
Section III. THERAPY FOR VISCERAL PAIN: SCIENTIFIC BASIS AND PRACTICE ASPECTS
Chapter 17. Treating Visceral Pain Via Molecular Targets on Afferent Neurons: Current and Future
Chapter 18. Management of the Patient with Chronic Abdominal Pain and Clinical Pharmacology of Nonopioid Drugs
Chapter 19. Pharmacology and Practice of Opioid Drugs for Visceral Pain
Chapter 20. Clinical Approach to Visceral Cancer Pain
Chapter 21. Neuromodulation Techniques for Visceral Pain from Benign Disorders
Chapter 22. Psychological Interventions for Patients with Chronic Abdominal and Pelvic Pain
Chapter 23. Complementary and Integrative Medicine Approaches to Visceral Pain
Section IV. CLINICAL SYNDROMES: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT
Chapter 24. Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Functional Abdominal Pain Syndromes: Pathophysiology
Chapter 25. Noncardiac Chest Pain: Pathophysiology
Chapter 26. Pathophysiology of Functional Dyspepsia
Chapter 27. Pathophysiology and Management of Pain in Chronic Pancreatitis
Chapter 28. Abdominal Wall Pain
Chapter 29. Unexplained Visceral Pain in Children: Pathophysiology, Clinical Features, and Management
Chapter 30. Functional Biliary Type Pain Syndromes
Section V. PELVIC PAIN SYNDROMES
Chapter 31. Pelvic Pain Syndromes: Pathophysiology
Chapter 32. Pelvic Pain Syndromes: Clinical Features and Management
Chapter 33. Interstitial Cystitis and Related Painful Bladder Syndromes: Pathophysiology
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