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Pathophysiological Mechanisms of Visceral Pain

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For this chapter, based on the previous introduction of visceral pain from the anatomy and physiology perspectives, further exploration of the etiology and the receptor and regulation of visceral pain will be done to enable the perception of visceral pain from a pathophysiological perspective.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

    Hong Jiang

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  1. Anesthesiology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China

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  2. Pain Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Bei**g, China

    Bifa Fan

  3. Anesthesiology, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai, China

    Hong Jiang

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Jiang, H. (2024). Pathophysiological Mechanisms of Visceral Pain. In: **a, M., Fan, B., Jiang, H. (eds) Visceral Pain. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-9167-9_4

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