Involvement of Frontal Functions in Pain Tolerance in Aging: Evidence From Neuropsychological Assessments and Gamma-Band Oscillations

Involvement of Frontal Functions in Pain Tolerance in Aging: Evidence From Neuropsychological Assessments and Gamma-Band Oscillations

Reduced pain tolerance may be one of the possible explanations for high prevalence of chronic pain among older people. We hypothesized that age-related alterations in pain tolerance are associated with functioning deterioration of the frontal cortex during normal aging. Twenty-one young and 41 elder...

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Main Authors: Shu Zhou, Ségolène Lithfous, Olivier Després, Thierry Pebayle, Xiaoying Bi, André Dufour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Subjects:
tonic pain
frontal cortex
executive functions
gamma-band oscillations
normal aging
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnagi.2020.00131/full

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