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Nervous System and Brain

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Signs and Symptoms: Neurologic Manifestations | Pain | Information Processing Disorders | Language Disorders | Learning Disorders | Perceptual Disorders

Central Nervous System: Brain Diseases | Brain Injury | Infections | Malformations | Spinal Cord Diseases | Spinal Cord Injury

Other Diseases and Disorders: Autoimmune Nervous System Diseases | Autonomic Nervous System Diseases | Cranial Nerve Disorders | Degenerative Nervous System Diseases | Dementias | Headache and Migraine | Motor Neuron Diseases | Movement Disorders | Peripheral Nerve Disorders | Sleep Disorders

Other Topics: General Nervous System and Brain | Anatomy | Diagnostic Procedures | Neural Transplantation | Surgery

Pain

(Jump to: Pain Disorders | Pain in Children | Pain in Specific Parts of the Body | Pain Management | Pain Research | Organizations | Overviews )

Organizations
American Chronic Pain Association (ACPA)

Overviews of Pain
Pain:Merck Manual, Home Edition
Pain: Hope Through Research:NINDS
Pain:MedlinePlus

Index to Pain in Specific Parts of the Body
Abdomen Ear Jaw Shoulder
Ankle Face Knee Sinus
Back Foot Leg Testicle
Breast Hand Neck Throat
Chest Head Nerve Tooth
Elbow Heel Pelvis Vulva
Eye Hip Rectum Wrist

Pain in Children
Growing Pains:Nemours Foundation

Pain Disorders
Central Pain Syndrome
Central Pain Syndrome:NINDS
Central Pain Syndrome Information Resource:Pain Online
Thalamic Syndrome (Dejerine Roussy):NORD
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome)
What is CRPS?:RSDS Association
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Fact Sheet:NINDS
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome:MedlinePlus
Myofascial (Muscle) Pain Syndrome
Myofascial Pain Syndrome:Mayo Clinic
Neuropathic Pain
Neuropathic Pain:Brain & Spine Foundation
See also Peripheral Nerve Disorders
See also Perceptual Disorders, Phantom Limb

Pain Management
General Pain Management
Pain Management Tools:ACPA
Living With - and Without - Pain:Muscular Dystrophy Association
Management of Pain:American Society of Anesthesiologists
Challenges in Pain Management at the End of Life:American Academy of Family Physicians
See also Cancer, Coping With Cancer and Its Treatment, Pain
Pain Management Medications
Chronic Pain Medicines:FamilyDoctor.org
Pain Relievers: Understanding Your OTC Options:FamilyDoctor.org
Pain Medications:eMedicine Consumer Health
Pain Relievers:MedlinePlus
Complementary Approaches
Alternative and Complementary Therapy:NPF
Psychological and Mind-Body Therapies:Beth Israel Medical Center
Pain Management Resource Guide:Alternative Medicine Foundation
Interventional Approaches
Overviews
Interventional Approaches:Beth Israel Medical Center
Implantable Technologies:  Spinal Cord Stimulation and Implantable Drug Delivery Systems:NPF
Injections
Injections for Pain:Spine University
Cortisone Shots:Mayo Clinic
Nerve Blocks: Medication Injections:SpineUniverse
See also Musculoskeletal System, Non-Surgical Treatment of Back and Neck Pain, Injections
Pain Pumps
Intrathecal Pump Implant:Spine-health.com [Animation]
Pain Pumps:Spine University
Spinal Cord Stimulation
Spinal Cord Stimulator Implant:Spine-health.com [Animation]
Spinal Cord Stimulators:Spine University
Stimulatory Approaches
Treatment of Pain and Inflammation:Merck Manual, Home Edition
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS):Aetna InteliHealth
Acupuncture, see CAM Therapies and Modalities
Surgical Approaches
Surgical Approaches:Beth Israel Medical Center
Chronic Pain:American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Find a Pain Management Clinic or Specialist
Tips for Finding a Pain Physician:NPF
Pain Management Center:Stanford Hospital & Clinics
Pain Management Clinic:Lucile Packard Children's Hospital [Pediatric]
Pain Management Training & Support Classes (in San Francisco Bay Area):For Those In Pain, Inc.
Find an Academy Member Professional:American Academy of Pain Management
Find an Academy Accredited Clinic:American Academy of Pain Management
Search the AAPM Public Directory:American Academy of Pain Medicine

Pain Research
Amid Ongoing Controversy, Researchers Find Opiates Relieve Chronic Pain From Nervous System Damage:NINDS
Study Links Chronic Pain to Signals in the Brain:NINDS
How You Feel Pain:Mayo Clinic
Gender and Pain:Society for Neuroscience

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