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Estrogens influence female itch sensitivity via the spinal gastrin-releasing peptide receptor neurons
There are sex differences in somatosensory sensitivity. Circulating estrogens appear to have a pronociceptive effect that explains why females are reported to be more sensitive to pain than males. Although itch symptoms develop during pregnancy in many women, the underlying mechanism of female-speci...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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National Academy of Sciences
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8346901/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34312228 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2103536118 |