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Brain changes behind pain sensitivity may affect older women more
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Brain changes behind pain sensitivity may affect older women more

by Emily CaldwellEmily Caldwell, The Ohio State University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new study has found that the brain system enabling us to inhibit our own pain changes with age, and that gender-based differences in those changes may lead females to be more sensitive to moderate pain than males as older adults. Researchers used fMRI scans...

Link found between pain sensitivity and circadian rhythm
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Link found between pain sensitivity and circadian rhythm

by Bob Yirka, Medical Xpress The circadian rhythm and melatonin production of a human. Credit: Srruhh, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons A team of researchers with members from Université Claude Bernard Lyon, Hospices Civils de Lyon and Paris-Saclay Université has found a link between pain sensitivity and a person’s circadian rhythm. In their paper...