Age-dependent decline of endogenous pain control: exploring the effect of expectation and depression

Although chronic pain affects all age ranges, it is particularly common in the elderly. One potential explanation for the high prevalence of chronic pain in the older population is impaired functioning of the descending pain inhibitory system which can be studied in humans using conditioned pain mod...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2013-09, Vol.8 (9), p.e75629-e75629
Hauptverfasser:	Grashorn, Wiebke, Sprenger, Christian, Forkmann, Katarina, Wrobel, Nathalie, Bingel, Ulrike
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Adults Age Age groups Aged Aged, 80 and over Aging Chronic pain Chronic Pain - physiopathology Cold Conditioned stimulus Conditioning Depression - physiopathology Diabetic neuropathy Experiments Female Forearm Gender differences Geriatrics Hot Temperature Humans Male Mental depression Middle age Middle Aged Neurology Neurosciences Older people Pain Pain Management - methods Pain perception Pain Threshold - physiology Physical Stimulation Stimuli Studies Temperature Young Adult Young adults
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