Pain perception is increased in congenital but not late onset blindness

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Slimani, Hocine ^a,b   Danti, Sabrina ^b   Ptito, Maurice ^a,b   Kupers, Ron ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEAT PAIN THRESHOLD; HUMAN; LATE ONSET BLINDNESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; ONSET AGE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN PERCEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; QUESTIONNAIRES; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907279920     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107281     Document Type: Article

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