A female-specific role for Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide (CGRP) in rodent pain models
Candler Paige, Isabel Plasencia-Fernández, Moeno Kume, Melina Papalampropoulou-Tsiridou, Louis-Étienne Lorenzo, Eric T. David, Lucy He, Galo L. Mejia, Christopher M. Driskill, Francesco Ferrini, Andrew L. Feldhaus, Leon F. Garcia-Martinez, Armen N. Akopian, Yves De Koninck, Gregory Dussor, Theodore J. Price
This study investigates the sex-specific role of CGRP in pain models, finding that CGRP promotes pain plasticity in female mice but has limited impact in males.
Journal of Neuroscience · Jan 20, 2022Peer-reviewedNeuroscience