在老年男性中,可能的慢性疼痛,大脑结构和阿尔茨海默病的血生物标志物

Tyler R Bell1, Carol E Franz1, Lisa T Eyler2

  • 1Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, San Diego, La Jolla, California; Center for Behavior Genetics of Aging, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California.

The journal of pain
|January 10, 2024
PubMed
概括

男性的慢性疼痛与大脑变化和阿尔茨海默病生物标志物有关. 这表明中年疼痛管理可能会降低痴呆症风险.

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