Effect of aging on the cerebral processing of thermal pain in the human brain

Pain

Volumn 154, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2120-2129

  Tseng, Ming Tsung ^a,b,c   Chiang, Ming Chang ^d   Yazhuo, Kong ^c   Chao, Chi Chao ^a   Tseng, Wen Yih I ^a,e   Hsieh, Sung Tsang ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aging Contact heat evoked potential Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) Voxel based morphometry Pain Noxious heat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CINGULATE GYRUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; THERMAL STIMULATION;

AGING; CONTACT HEAT-EVOKED POTENTIAL; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (FMRI); NOXIOUS HEAT; PAIN; VOXEL-BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN;

EID: 84884290022     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.06.041     Document Type: Article

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