Age interacts with stimulus frequency in the temporal summation of pain

Pain Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 514-520

  Farrell, Michael ^a   Gibson, Stephen ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b National Aging Research Institute   (Australia)

^c Caulfield Pain Management and Research Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Nociceptive Reflex; Pain; Temporal Summation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; REFLEX; SKIN;

EID: 34548237316     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2007.00282.x     Document Type: Article

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