Functional and anatomical deficits in visceral nociception with age
Vincent Cibert-Goton,
Victor WS Kung,
Cian McGuire,
James RF Hockley,
Michael M Tranter,
Harween Dogra,
Abi Belai,
L Ashley Blackshaw,
Gareth J Sanger,
Charles H Knowles,
Eduardo JA Araujo,
Wendy J Winchester,
David C Bulmer
Jan 16, 2020
The ability to sense visceral pain during appendicitis is diminished with age leading to delay in seeking health care and poorer clinical outcomes. To understand the mechanistic basis of this phenomenon, we examined visceral...