Musculoskeletal Pain and Brain Morphology: Oxytocin’s Potential as a Treatment for Chronic Pain in Aging

Chronic pain disproportionately affects older adults, severely impacting quality of life and independent living, with musculoskeletal pain most prevalent. Chronic musculoskeletal pain is associated with specific structural alterations in the brain and interindividual variability in brain structure i...

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Main Authors: Désirée Lussier, Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, Natalie C. Ebner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnagi.2019.00338/full