Age and Sleep Modify Finger Temperature Responses to Facial Cooling
- 1 May 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Gerontology
- Vol. 48 (3) , M108-M116
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geronj/48.3.m108
Abstract
The increased incidence of hypothermia with age suggests that healthy 80-year-olds might show impaired responsivity to transient, localized thermal stimulation. Such a deficit might be particularly clear during sleep, when behavioral thermoregulation is less likely.Keywords
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