Aged eIF4ES209A demonstrate reduced spontaneous pain. Graphs depicting grimace at indicated times post CFA injection in young (a) and aged (b) mice. Data are plotted as means with standard error (young WT, n = 7; young eIF4ES209A, n = 10; aged WT, n = 21; aged eIF4ES209A, n = 8). For a and b, two-way repeated measures ANOVA with Sidak’s post hoc test was performed. ns, not significant, **p = 0.0066. c Effect size for all four cohorts compared with baseline. Two-way ANOVA was performed with Tukey’s post hoc. *p 0.0191, ****p < 0.0001. BL, baseline; 4 h, four hours; D1, day 1; D2, day 2; D3, day 3; D5, day 5; D7, day 7; CFA, complete Freund’s adjuvant