Sex differences in primary muscle afferent sensitization following ischemia and reperfusion injury
Abstract Background Chronic pain conditions are more prevalent in women, but most preclinical studies into mechanisms of pain generation are performed using male animals. Furthermore, whereas group III and IV nociceptive muscle afferents provoke central sensitization more effectively than their cuta...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-01-01
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Series: | Biology of Sex Differences |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13293-017-0163-5 |