GONADAL HORMONES, WOMEN AND PAIN


Submitted: 18 April 2014
Accepted: 18 April 2014
Published: 31 December 2013
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Authors

  • Anna Maria Aloisi Neurophysiology of Stress and Pain laboratory, Department of Medicine, Surgery and neurosceince, Polo Scientifico San Miniato, Siena, Italy.
  • Paolo Fiorenzani Neurophysiology of Stress and Pain laboratory, Department of Medicine, Surgery and neurosceince, Polo Scientifico San Miniato, Siena, Italy, Italy.
The clear presence of sex differences in chronic pain and the number of studies showing the power of gonadal hormones to modify pain-induced behavioral responses appear to have convinced clinicians and researchers. In the present review, the old and new literature is summarized to put together data on pain and its modulation by gonadal hormones, particularly estrogens. Targets of these hormones are discussed.

Aloisi, A. M., & Fiorenzani, P. (2013). GONADAL HORMONES, WOMEN AND PAIN. Journal of the Siena Academy of Sciences, 5(1), 23–27. https://doi.org/10.4081/jsas.2013.3828

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