Thermal sensitivity in the elderly: A review

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 80-92

  Guergova, Slava ^a   Dufour, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Age; Perception; Peripheral nerve system; Quantitative sensory testing; Temperature; Thermal sensitivity

Indexed keywords

AGING; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSORY ANALYSIS; THERMAL STIMULATION;

AGED; HUMANS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN AGING; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSENSING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78650252727     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2010.04.009     Document Type: Review

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