Effect of ageing on tactile transduction processes

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 90-99

  Decorps, Johanna ^a   Saumet, Jean Louis ^a   Sommer, Pascal ^a   Sigaudo Roussel, Dominique ^a   Fromy, Berengere ^a  

^a CNRS UMR 5305   (France)

Author keywords

Animal models; Mechanosensitivity; Microcirculation; Sensory fibres; Skin; Touch

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH; TRANSDUCER; VASODILATATION;

ANIMAL MODELS; MECHANOSENSITIVITY; MICROCIRCULATION; SENSORY FIBRES; SKIN; TOUCH;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MICE; MICROCIRCULATION; MODELS, ANIMAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PRESSURE; RATS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SKIN; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84892532777     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: 18729649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2013.12.003     Document Type: Review

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