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Description:About the book: Standing 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 chapters and spans basic concepts in pharmacology, neurobiology, physiology, and psychology to provide a practical approach to the treatment of chronic pain. Examining a condition that affects up to 25% of the general U.S. population, this source is the only book on the subject to cover both clinical syndromes and neurobiology and ranges from basic mechanisms to diagnosis and clinical treatment of specific syndromes including inflammatory bowel disease, functional abdominal pain, dyspepsia, non-cardiac chest pain, and pelvic pain syndromes; analyses the latest scientific advances including the role of functional imaging in patient care; integrates fundamental scientific concepts with a practical clinical approach; and; supplies 250 figures, and more than 16 color photographs. About the editors: P.Jay Pasricha is Chief, Division of Gastroenterology; Since 1995, Dr. Pasricha has been the recipient of federal funding for his research that includes pain and motility disorders. Dr. Pasricha has served on numerous national gastroenterological committees and on NIH panels. He holds several patents related to gastrointestinal diagnostics and therapeutics and is a consultant to many companies. He received the M.D. degree (1982) from the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. William D. Willis is Director, Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Chair, and Chief of the Division of Comparative Neurobiology, Marine Biomedical Institute; Professor and Chairman, Department of Anatomy & Neurosciences; and Professor, Department of Physiology & Biophysics; University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston. Dr.Willis has been President of the Society for Neuroscience (1984-1985), the Association of Neuroscience Departments and Programs (1982-1983), and the American Pain Society (1982-1983). He has also been on the Executive Committee of the American Association of Anatomists (1982-1986) and the Council of the International Association for the Study of Pain (1984-1990). He received the M.D. degree (196) from the University of Texas Southwestern Medi; D. degree (1963) from the Australian National University, Canberra. G. F. Gebghart is Head, Department of Pharmacology, University of Iowa, Iowa City. The author or editor of numerous professional publications, he is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Pain and is the recipient of the Purdue Pharma Prize for Pain Research (2004).We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Chronic Abdominal and Visceral Pain: Theory and Practice. To get started finding Chronic Abdominal and Visceral Pain: Theory and Practice, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: About the book: Standing 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 chapters and spans basic concepts in pharmacology, neurobiology, physiology, and psychology to provide a practical approach to the treatment of chronic pain. Examining a condition that affects up to 25% of the general U.S. population, this source is the only book on the subject to cover both clinical syndromes and neurobiology and ranges from basic mechanisms to diagnosis and clinical treatment of specific syndromes including inflammatory bowel disease, functional abdominal pain, dyspepsia, non-cardiac chest pain, and pelvic pain syndromes; analyses the latest scientific advances including the role of functional imaging in patient care; integrates fundamental scientific concepts with a practical clinical approach; and; supplies 250 figures, and more than 16 color photographs. About the editors: P.Jay Pasricha is Chief, Division of Gastroenterology; Since 1995, Dr. Pasricha has been the recipient of federal funding for his research that includes pain and motility disorders. Dr. Pasricha has served on numerous national gastroenterological committees and on NIH panels. He holds several patents related to gastrointestinal diagnostics and therapeutics and is a consultant to many companies. He received the M.D. degree (1982) from the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. William D. Willis is Director, Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Chair, and Chief of the Division of Comparative Neurobiology, Marine Biomedical Institute; Professor and Chairman, Department of Anatomy & Neurosciences; and Professor, Department of Physiology & Biophysics; University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston. Dr.Willis has been President of the Society for Neuroscience (1984-1985), the Association of Neuroscience Departments and Programs (1982-1983), and the American Pain Society (1982-1983). He has also been on the Executive Committee of the American Association of Anatomists (1982-1986) and the Council of the International Association for the Study of Pain (1984-1990). He received the M.D. degree (196) from the University of Texas Southwestern Medi; D. degree (1963) from the Australian National University, Canberra. G. F. Gebghart is Head, Department of Pharmacology, University of Iowa, Iowa City. The author or editor of numerous professional publications, he is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Pain and is the recipient of the Purdue Pharma Prize for Pain Research (2004).We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Chronic Abdominal and Visceral Pain: Theory and Practice. To get started finding Chronic Abdominal and Visceral Pain: Theory and Practice, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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