Female Hormones Stimulate Body to Make Opioids, Easing Pain
What: UCSF researchers found female hormones trigger immune cells near the spinal cord to produce opioids, helping suppress pain before it reaches the brain.
Key Line: “’If that approach is successful, it could really change the lives of the nearly 20% of Americans who experience chronic pain that is not adequately treated,’ said study leader Allan Basbaum.”
Source: University of California – San Francisco
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