The Animated Atlas of Nociceptive Pain is a comprehensive collection of animated videos pertaining to the perception and transmission of pain to the brain via the nociceptors and nerves, the physiology of pain transmission, biological molecules that regulate sensation of pain, types of nociceptive pain, and their treatment using drug therapy or nerve stimulation.
Table of contents
Nociceptive pain
1. Tissue damage – thermal, mechanical & chemical
2. Nociceptors – types
3. Somatic pain
4. Visceral pain
5. Cancer pain
6. Nociceptive pain mechanism
7. Fast pain signal transmission
8. Slow pain signal transmission
9. Protein kinases PKA and ERK in pain-related synaptic plasticity
10. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor & modulation of nociceptive response in spinal cord
11. Substance P in nociceptive neurotransmission
12. Central pharmacology of nociceptive transmission
13. Antipyretic analgesics
14. NSAIDs and Coxibs
15. Adjuvant analgesics for pain relief
16. Opioids
17. Basic mechanisms of opiates
18. Transcutaneous nerve stimulation (TENS) for cancer pain