TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 45. Pain Management
A1  - Scullion, Bridget Fowler
A1  - Ryan, Laurajo
A2  - Attridge, Rebecca L.
A2  - Miller, Monica L.
A2  - Moote, Rebecca
A2  - Ryan, Laurajo
PY  - 2013
T2  - Internal Medicine: A Guide to Clinical Therapeutics
AB  - Pain  is  a  warning  mechanism;  tissue  damage  causes  release  of  prostaglandins  &  other  substances  that  send  signals  via  peripheral  nerves  (nociceptors)  to  dorsal  horn  of  spinal  cord;  from  spinal  cord,  neurotransmitters  transmit  pain  signals  to  spinothalamic  tract  &  thalamus  which  process  the  pain  signal  in  the  brain;  neurotransmitters  (NE,  5HT)  &  endogenous  opioids  in  brain  &  spinal  cord  modulate  pain  signal  
SN  - 
PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/16
UR  - accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57295616
ER  -