Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Comment
. 2019 Jan 21;29(2):R50-R52.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.11.062.

Neuroscience: A Male-Specific Pain Memory Mechanism

Stephanie Shiers  1 , Theodore J Price  2
Affiliations
Free article
Comment

Neuroscience: A Male-Specific Pain Memory Mechanism

Stephanie Shiers et al. Curr Biol. .
Free article

Abstract

Memories of painful events protect us from danger. A new study demonstrates that, in both mice and humans, pain memories elicited by place conditioning are driven by spinal mechanisms, involve stress circuits and are surprisingly only found in males.

PubMed Disclaimer

Comment on

  • Male-Specific Conditioned Pain Hypersensitivity in Mice and Humans.
    Martin LJ, Acland EL, Cho C, Gandhi W, Chen D, Corley E, Kadoura B, Levy T, Mirali S, Tohyama S, Khan S, MacIntyre LC, Carlson EN, Schweinhardt P, Mogil JS. Martin LJ, et al. Curr Biol. 2019 Jan 21;29(2):192-201.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.11.030. Epub 2019 Jan 10. Curr Biol. 2019. PMID: 30639112

LinkOut - more resources