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' Men and women handle pain differently '
Men and women handle pain in other ways. Women use completely different cell types to pain signals to the nervous system.
This scientific journal Nature publishes Monday based on the examination of the Canadian McGill University.
Earlier investigations showed already a noticeable difference between the sensitivity to pain of men and women. This social and cultural influences. In the research of McGill University is shown, however, that there is also a biological reason is that men and women handle pain differently.
The researchers come to this conclusion after they have analyzed male and female mice. This shows that males and females use different cell types complete mice pain signals.
With the results of this research, the scientists hope to make bigger steps in the development of better pain relief, for him and her.
By: NU.nl