Aging and pain: Specific features of neuropathy treatment in the elderly

The changes in the somatosensory system in aging and peripheral neuropathies are similar. Higher pain sensitivity thresholds in the presence of axonopathy are accompanied by paradoxically decreased pain tolerance associated with neuroplastic changes in the spinal cord and brain. The symptomatic trea...

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Main Authors: A N Barinov, E V Parkhomenko, K A Makhinov
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: "Consilium Medicum" Publishing house 2014-12-01
Series:Терапевтический архив
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Online Access:https://ter-arkhiv.ru/0040-3660/article/view/31643