In this episode, Leah Barz-Snell (Bryn Mawr ’24) tells us about chronic pain, which is more prevalent in women than in men. Can this be explained by differences in the brain? To answer this question, Leah takes us on a journey through the literature: Do men and women experience pain differently? What about male and female rodents? Might gonadal hormones contribute to these differences? Throughout all of this, Leah weaves in a thread about how until recently, most preclinical trials used only male subjects. How has this influenced what we know about sex differences in pain? Tune in Leah’s tour de force explanation to find out!!
A Podcast about the Neurobiology of Sex
