Neuropathic Pain

David M. Simpson, MD is Professor of Neurology and Director of Neuromuscular Division, Director of Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratories, and Director of Neuro-AIDS Program at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York.Justin C. McArthur, MBBS, MPH is Professor of Neurology, Pathology and Epidemiology and Director of Department of Neurology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltiomore, Maryland.Robert H. Dworkin, PhD, is Professor of Anesthesiology, Neurology, Oncology, and Psychiatry, and Professor at the Center for Human Experimental Therapeutics at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in Rochester, New York.

"... thisconcise but comprehensive book is a timely and important addition to the field. The editors have assembled a group of internationally known experts in the field of neuropathic pain... I recommend the book to anyone who is interested in learning more about neuropathic pain and its treatment. It will be most useful for students, resident physicians, and practicing physicians who are not experts in neuropathy and neuropathic pain." -- John D. England,MD, Neurology

• Foreword ; Preface ; Contributors ; 1. Neuropathic Pain: A Brief Conceptual History ; 2. Peripheral and Central Mechanisms of Neuropathic Pain ; 3. Experimental Approaches to Neuropathic Pain ; 4. Drug Discovery for Neuropathic Pain ; 5. Definitions, Anatomical Localization, Signs and Symptoms of Neuropathic Pain ; 6. Diagnostic Testing: NCS, QST, Autonomic Testing, Skin/Nerve BX, Pain Scales ; 7. Psychosocial Aspects of Neuropathic Pain ; 8. Pharmacology of Neuropathic Pain ; 9. Understanding and Interpreting Neuropathic Pain Clinical Trials ; 10. Ethical, Legal and Social Issues in the Management of Neuropathic Pain ; 11. Painful Diabetic Neuropathy ; 12. HIV-Associated Distal Symmetric Polyneuropathy ; 13. Heritable Neuropathies ; 14. Cancer Associated Neuropathic Pain and Paraneoplastic Syndromes ; 15. Herpes Zoster and Postherepetic Neuralgia ; 16. Immune Mediated Neuropathies ; 17. Entrapment Syndromes ; 18. Traumatic Peripheral Nerve Injuries ; 19. Chronic Postsurgical Pain ; 20. Central Neuropathic Pain ; 21. Spinal Root Disease: Radiculopathy and Arachnoiditis ; 22. The Complex Regional Pain Syndrome ; 23. Trigeminal Neuralgia and Atypical Facial Pain ; 24. Metabolic, Endocrine, and Other Toxic Neuropathies ; 25. Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Neuropathic Pain ; 26. Neuropathic Pain: An Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Approach ; 27. Preventing Neuropathic Pain in Experimental Models and Predictable Clinical Settings ; 28. Peripheral Neuropathy: Educating Patients and Providers ; Index