Henry J. McQuay

Eija Kalso

Contains papers from the first international research symposium of the International Association for the Study of Pain, held in Helsinki, Finland, Fall 1998. Focus is on opioid responsiveness to neuropathic pain. Papers are arranged in sections on function and dysfunction of opioid receptors, clinical pharmacology of opioids, understanding and improving opioid sensitivity, and opioid sensitivity of different chronic pain states. Specific topics include targeting of opioid receptors to presynaptic sites, route of opioid administration, phenotypic changes induced in dorsal root ganglion neurons by nerve injury, and opioids in headache. Kalso is currently affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. IASP member price, $44.85. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

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