Sex Differences in the Role of Neurexin 3α in Zoster Associated Pain

Varicella zoster virus (VZV) induces orofacial pain and female rats show greater pain than male rats. During the proestrus phase of the estrous cycle the VZV induce pain response is attenuated in female rats. A screen of gene expression changes in diestrus and proestrus female rats indicated neurexi...

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Main Authors: Phillip R. Kramer, Mikhail Umorin, Rebecca Hornung, M. Douglas Benson, Paul R. Kinchington
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnint.2022.915797/full