In this volume, specialists from a variety of medical and basic science disciplines examine the latest
advances in pathogenesis, diagnosis, and therapy of tension-type headache. These experts confront the key questions regarding the medico-social impact of tension-type headache; the adequacy of present diagnostic criteria; the involvement of peripheral and central
pain mechanisms in
tension-headache pathogenesis; the role of psychiatric factors; the significance of recent data about myofascial and central nociception; the experimental models used to study tension-type headache; and the neurophysiological and biochemical abnormalities that characterize this disorder. The book includes…
