Estrogenic influences in pain processing
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Estrogenic influences in pain processing.
Gonadal hormones not only play a pivotal role in reproductive behavior and sexual differentiation, they also contribute to thermoregulation, feeding, memory, neuronal survival, and the perception of somatosensory stimuli. Numerous studies on both animals and human subjects have also demonstrated the potential effects of gonadal hormones, such as estrogens, on pain transmission. These effects mo...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0091-3022
DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2013.06.001