Effects of age and mild cognitive impairment on the pain response system

Gerontology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 674-682

  Kunz, Miriam ^a,b,c   Mylius, Veit ^b   Schepelmann, Karsten ^b   Lautenbacher, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autonomic responses; Facial responses; Mild cognitive impairment; Pain processing; RIII reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449521075     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000235719     Document Type: Article

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