Age Differences in Multimodal Quantitative Sensory Testing and Associations With Brain Volume.
Alisa J JohnsonAbigail T WilsonChavier Laffitte NodarseSoamy Montesino-GoicoleaPedro A Valdes-HernandezJessie SomervilleJulio A PerazaRoger B FillingimJoel BialoskyYenisel Cruz-AlmeidaPublished in: Innovation in aging (2021)
Our findings indicate healthy older adults display alterations in sensory responses to innocuous and noxious stimuli compared to younger adults and, furthermore, these alterations are uniquely affected by anatomical site. These findings suggest a nonuniform decline in somatosensation in older adults, which may represent peripheral and central nervous system alterations part of aging processes.