Chasing Pain The Search For A Neurobiological Mechanism

Conceptual models of how pain is created influence medical practice neuroscientific research and philosophical ideas about pain and other neurological functions. Given the broad scope of pain experiences realistic models of pain neurobiology must consider the correlation between pain and tissue damage and how it is strongly affected by neurological disease emotionally compelling circumstances and by complex cognitive processes. Recent discoveries have made it clear that both sensory and affectiv