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The Common Vein Copyright 2008

Jamie Armstrong

Ashley Davidoff MD

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Web References

scientificamerican.com Genetic Underpinnings of Pain Sensitivity Revealed

medicalnewstoday.com Idiopathic Pain Disorders Pathways of Vulnerability

ahfmr.ab.ca (Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research) The mechanisms of pain and inflammation

eMedicine Schiel WM Jr., Back Pain Overview

theMerckmanualsonline Portenoy, Russell K, Treatment of Pain

medscape 5 str  http://www.medscape.com/viewprogram/2441  5 articles including Clifford Woolfs

 

Pain Pathway. http://www.macalester.edu/psychology/whathap/UBNRP/Audition/site/pain%20pathway

 

Warfield  Carol A. Warfield, Zahid H. Bajwa  Principles and Practice of Pain Medicine  Published by McGraw-Hill Professional, 2003

History of pain

Zang Xi-Chun Zhang, Andrew M. Strassman, Rami Burstein, and Dan Levy  Sensitization and Activation of Intracranial Meningeal Nociceptors by Mast Cell Mediators JPET 322:806-812, 2007