Reposted by Pittsburgh Center for Pain Research
Surgeries are a common source of #pain in the clinic. Check out our new paper published today in PNAS exploring how stress can lead to enhanced pain after surgery. We found that targeting prolactin can improve outcomes in females. @pnas.org
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A prolactin-targeting antibody to prevent stress-induced peripheral nociceptor sensitization and female postoperative pain | PNAS
Scheduled surgeries elicit stress in many patients. Levels of preoperative stress,
anxiety, and female gender are known risk factors for increased ...