Age related changes in human C-fiber function

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 470, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 185-187

  Namer, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aged human; C fiber function; Microneurography

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; CHRONIC PAIN; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; EFFERENT NERVE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; MICRONEUROGRAPHY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER C; NEUROGRAPHY; NEUROPATHY; PAIN RECEPTOR; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; REVIEW; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGING; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SKIN; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 75149175532     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.07.023     Document Type: Review

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