Insights into the mechanisms and the emergence of sex-differences in pain

Insights into the mechanisms and the emergence of sex-differences in pain

Highlights • Sex and gender influence the occurrence of pain and the response to treatments. • Women are overrepresented in most clinical pain conditions. • Biological and psychological factors are acting on sex and gender pain modulation. • Sex and gender are essential factors in personalized pain...

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Veröffentlicht in:Neuroscience 2016-12, Vol.338, p.63-80
Hauptverfasser: Melchior, Meggane, Poisbeau, Pierrick, Gaumond, Isabelle, Marchand, Serge
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animals
Cognitive science
development
gender
Humans
Neurology
Neuroscience
nociception
pain
Pain - drug therapy
Pain - physiopathology
Pain - psychology
sex
Sex Characteristics
sex hormones
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Sex and gender influence the occurrence of pain and the response to treatments. • Women are overrepresented in most clinical pain conditions. • Biological and psychological factors are acting on sex and gender pain modulation. • Sex and gender are essential factors in personalized pain medicine.
ISSN:0306-4522
1873-7544
DOI:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.05.007