Chapter 1 Animal Models of Analgesia

Chapter 2 Peripheral Mediators of Pain

Chapter 3 Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs and Pain

Chapter 4 The Sympathetic Nervous System and Pain

Chapter 5 Excitability Blockers: Anticonvulsants and Low Concentration Local Anesthetics in the Treatment of Chronic Pain

Chapter 6 Tachykinins: Central and Peripheral Effects

Chapter 7 Growth Factors and Pain

Chapter 8 Mechanisms of Central Hypersensitivity: Excitatory Amino Acid Mechanisms and Their Control

Chapter 9 Novel Modulators in Nociception

Chapter 10 Pharmacological Studies of Nociceptive Systems Using the C-Fos Immunohistochemical Technique: An Indicator of Noxiously Activated Spinal Neurones

Chapter 11 Molecular Aspect of Opioid Receptors

Chapter 12 Opioid Pharmacology of Acute and Chronic Pain

Chapter 13 Opioid Problems, and Morphine Metabolism and Excretion

Chapter 15 The Role of Descending Noradrenergic and Serotoninergic Pathways in the Modulation of Nociception: Focus on Receptor Multiplicity

Chapter 16 Neonatal Pharmacology of Pain