SEX-DIFFERENCES IN DESCENDING PAIN MODULATORY PATHWAYS MAY CLARIFY SEX-DIFFERENCES IN PAIN

Authors
STERNBERG WF
Citation
Wf. Sternberg, SEX-DIFFERENCES IN DESCENDING PAIN MODULATORY PATHWAYS MAY CLARIFY SEX-DIFFERENCES IN PAIN, Behavioral and brain sciences, 20(3), 1997, pp. 466
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Biological",Neurosciences,"Behavioral Sciences
Journal title
Behavioral and brain sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
0140525X
Volume
20
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-525X(1997)20:3<466:SIDPMP>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
This commentary addresses the strength of the comparative approach to the study of sex differences in pain. Animal studies can focus our att ention on mechanisms of sex differences in these clinical sex differen ces. Important sex differences are seen in descending pain modulation, thereby providing an explanation for the observation of sex differenc es in pain perception.