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Parsing dopamine’s different pain sensitivity role in males, females

March 18, 2021 by

Males and females, generally speaking, experience and respond to pain differently, but scientists have yet to understand all the brain circuits involved in these differences. Now, new research shows how neurons use dopamine to regulate pain differently in male and female mice.

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