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Genetic diversity contributes to abnormalities in pain behaviors between young and old rats.
Age (Dordrecht, Netherlands) - 1 Feb 2013
Chaloner A, Greenwood-Van Meerveld Beverley
Abstract excerpt
Aging has profound yet unpredictable effects on pain perception and incidence of anxiety disorders. However, the mechanisms underlying age-related pathologies are confounded by contradictory observations in rodent models. Therefore, the goal of our study was to test the hypothesis that genetic variability contributes to age-related pain behaviors and susceptibility to anxiety. To address this hypothesis, we...
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