Age differences in suprathreshold sensory function

Age

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-8

  Heft, Marc W ^a   Robinson, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pain; Sensory aging; Somatosensory; Taste; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; SALTY TASTE; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASTE; THERMAL STIMULATION; TOUCH;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 84899116725     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-013-9536-9     Document Type: Article

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