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6BBYN302 Perspectives on Pain and Nervous System Disorders

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By: Lydia Olika
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Lecture 1: History of Pain
Learning outcomes: To define pain in history and modern times
36  cards
Lecture 2: Pain Systems
Learning objectives: - to describe the different types of nociceptors and understand how they transduce different type of stimuli
33  cards
Chemical anatomy of pain (1)
To discuss neurochemical variety of DRG neurons (particularly nociceptors); To highlight the progressive changes in our understanding of the characteristics of nociceptors, in relation to technical developments; To discuss the issue of the functional specificity of different identifiable subpopulations of nociceptors To draw attention to the areas of uncertainty/controversy in the field.
55  cards
Chemical anatomy of pain (2)
What is the role of the acc anter...,
What is the role of the primary s...,
What is the role of the prefronta...
30  cards
Sensitization of nociceptive pathways I
Overall aim of the sensitisation lectures: to provide a conceptual framework to support the understanding of the mechanisms underlying plastic changes in peripheral nociceptors and in neurons of the dorsal horn of the spinal cord, which lead to increased nociception, and may underlie persistent pain states.
92  cards
Sensitization of nociceptive pathways II
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Do the intracellular signaling pa...,
How is the specificity of the res...
20  cards
Neuropathic Pain
I am writing to express my keen i...,
What are the primary types of sen...,
Describe the path of nociceptor a...
39  cards
Neuroimaging in Pain
Are there other things that could...,
What is episodic analgesia and ho...,
How does the concept of congenita...
54  cards
Neurobiology of placebo effects in analgesia
What is the origin of the word pl...,
What is the modern definition of ...,
How does descending inhibition re...
25  cards
Ephrins & Pain
Research paper that discusses topics of the lecture: https://www.nature.com/articles/nn1034
20  cards
Neurodeg: Pathophysiology of CNS astrocytes part 1
Astrocytes make up how much of br...,
What are the two types of astrocyes,
Main role of oligodendrocyes
10  cards

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