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- Title
The relation of tactile thresholds to histology in the fingers of elderly people.
- Authors
Bruce, M F
- Abstract
Touch thresholds in a group of elderly people were determined for three sites on the little finger. They were found to be raised by some two and a half times in each site, in comparison with a group of young subjects. An age-associated reduction in the number of Meissner corpuscles also was observed, but it is suggested that this may reflect a general reduction in peripheral innervation and may not be necessarily directly related to the decrease in tactile sensitivity. No significant sex differences were found either in sensory thresholds, or in the population density of corpuscles.
- Publication
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry, 1980, Vol 43, Issue 8, p730
- ISSN
0022-3050
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1136/jnnp.43.8.730