Vitor Colaco wrote:
>> Vitor Colaco (fermanag at student) wrote:
>> I'm a 2nd year Phisics student making a work about pain, it's
> physical mechanisms and methods of control.
> However I'm having some problem about getting some articles or books for
> supporting my work.
> I would appreciate if someone could direct me to some material that I
> could use or even help me in the construction of it...
>> The structure is something like this:
>> - Introduction
>> - Mechanisms of pain; Physical alterations created by pain.
>> - Body reaction to pain.
>> - The control of pain: Anesthesics
>> - Other forms of control: Meditation; Uncouncious modifiers.
>> - Pain stimulators, chemical or psycological
>> - Sensorial overload as a pain trigger
>> - Conclusion
>> TIA
>> Vitor C.
Well Your best shot in my opinion is of course " Textbook of Pain" by Wall & Melzack. It's got almost anything
you need to know about pain.
Dan Levy
Dlevy at acs.ucalgary.ca