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New perspectives exploring the present and future of pain management
Pain is an important sensation that protects us from threats, but when it actually occurs, it causes suffering and discomfort, which makes it something that should be avoided or eliminated. While pain from a common injury will go away over time and can be quickly relieved with medication, chronic pain that lasts for a long time without an exact cause can be debilitating and reduce one’s quality of life.
Decades of research have gone into understanding how information about pain is transmitted to the brain. Based on the latest research, this book discusses the causes of acute, chronic, and phantom pain and how to relieve them.
Throughout the book, the author demonstrates how neuroscience and pain are related, and explains in detail what happens in our brains when pain occurs. This is a must-read for anyone who suffers from pain, or anyone who wants to understand pain in more detail.
Richard Ambron is emeritus professor of pathology, anatomy, and cell biology at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, where he codirected the clinical anatomy course for first-year medical and dental students. For forty years, he directed a laboratory that investigated the molecular bases of nerve regeneration and the molecular pathways responsible for pain. His pioneering work on the relationship between neuroscience and pain has earned him a distinguished position in the field. With years of experience in research, Dr. Ambron has published papers on the relationship between the brain and pain in <The Journal of Neuroscience>, <Journal of Neurobiology>, and <Experimental Neurology>, and currently leads the efforts to use neuroscience to identify new treatments to alleviate pain.
After completing bachelor's and master's degrees at Kyung Hee University and Seoul National University, Jeong Seonghyeon received a PhD in biochemistry from the City University of New York. After a postdoctoral fellowship in pharmacology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NYC, Jeong joined the faculty of Kyung Hee University, serving as a professor for 33 years. Jeong is currently working as a translator specializing in medicine and pharmacology in the translation agency Enterskorea.
