An Examination of Pain Perception and Cerebral Event-Related Potentials following Carbon Dioxide Laser Stimulation in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease and Age-Matched Control Volunteers

Stephen J Gibson; Xenophon Voukelatos; David Ames; Leon Flicker; Robert D Helme

doi:10.1155/2001/814374

Pain Research and Management (Jan 2001)

An Examination of Pain Perception and Cerebral Event-Related Potentials following Carbon Dioxide Laser Stimulation in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease and Age-Matched Control Volunteers

Stephen J Gibson,
Xenophon Voukelatos,
David Ames,
Leon Flicker,
Robert D Helme

Affiliations

Stephen J Gibson: National Ageing Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Xenophon Voukelatos: National Ageing Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
David Ames: Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Leon Flicker: Royal Perth Hospital, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Robert D Helme: National Ageing Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2001/814374
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 3
pp. 126 – 132

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Pain perception is known to depend on integrated cognitive processing. Alzheimer's disease affects 5% to 10% of older adults, but the impact of this disease on pain sensitivity and report has yet to be fully investigated.

Published in Pain Research and Management

ISSN: 1203-6765 (Print); 1918-1523 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7040

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