[Neuro-physiological mechanisms involved in the transmission of pain].
The author analyzes the importance of pain as a defense mechanism against a noxious stimulus; its sensory-discriminatory, affective-emotional, cognitive and behavior components; and how the transmission of pain impulses by means of peripheral receptors occur; neuronal ways of conduction; and the reception and interpretation of pain. The author also states the objectives nurses have in treating pain.
Castro Pérez
Antonia
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Servicio de Reanimación Postquirúrgica, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona.
D006801:Humans; D009420:Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology