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Age-related changes in deterministic behaviors of nociceptive firing of rat dorsal horn neurons

Zheng Jihong, Feng Wei, Jian Zhong, Chen Jun

Pain Research Center,Institute of Neuroscience,The Fourth Military Medical University.Xi^an 710032,Shaanxi;China

Abstract

This result suggests that the dynamics of single nociceptive neurons may not remain constant throughout the life span, and this age-associated change may be an underlying mechanism for various pain manifestations in the elderly population.

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Zheng Jihong, Feng Wei, Jian Zhong, Chen Jun. Age-related changes in deterministic behaviors of nociceptive firing of rat dorsal horn neurons. Acta Physiol Sin 2004; 56 (2): (in Chinese with English abstract).