Contents:

Section 1: Historical overview. Brain imaging and pain: a historical ­perspective --
Section 2: Technology: human neuroimaging. Using neuroimaging to understand pain: pattern recognition and the path from brain mapping to mechanisms --
Resting-state brain signals and functional connectivity mapping --
Monitoring brain electrical and magnetic activity for assessing pain: advantages and limitations --
The time-frequency pattern of pain processing and pain modulation --
The infrastructure of brain rhythms and its disruption in pain --
Modelling the brain as a network --
Pain and machine learning --
Modulation of acute and chronic pain by noninvasive stimulation: advances and future potential --
Spinal cord fMRI to study pain processing in humans --
Neuroimaging the genomics of pain processing --
Section 3: technology: animal neuroimaging. FMRI pain-related brain measures in rodents --
Combining neuroimaging with electrophysiology in animal studies --
phMRI measures of analgesics in preclinical studies --
Section 4: Acute pain. Central nervous system mechanisms supporting the construction of an experience of pain intensity --
The "pain matrix": myths and (unpleasant) truths --
The descending pain modulatory system in humans --
Evoked potentials in relation to pain perception --
Placebo and activity in the central nervous system --
Section 5: Neuroplasticity and chronic pain. Functional reorganization of the brain with chronic pain --
Anatomical reorganization of the brain with chronic pain --
Resting-state alterations in chronic pain --
Understanding pain mechanisms using rodent brain imaging: opportunities and pitfalls --
Section 6: The brain adapting with chronic pain. Chronification of back pain: causes and consequences --
Imaging migraine --
Chronic visceral pain --
Brain imaging and chronic visceral pain --
In search of pelvic pain --
Functional and structural neural abnormalities in temporomandibular disorders --
Brain activity and reorganization in complex regional pain syndrome --
Acupuncture, pain, and brain imaging --
Controversies in the mechanism of central pain --
Pharmacological fMRI --
Section 7: Future directions. Neuroethical issues in brain imaging of pain --
Neuroimaging current developments and future uses.

"Ideal for anyone with an interest in the increasing role of brain imaging in understanding pain perception and pain mechanisms, this unique, full-color resource thoroughly covers technical advances in the field as well as potential new applications. Dozens of worldwide experts first demystify the technological concepts that are crucial for proper understanding and interpretation of neuroimaging findings, then explore new advances in understanding brain mechanisms of pain, in human as well as animal models"--Publisher's description.