SUNY Downstate researchers published findings in the Journal of Neuroscience showing that some narcotic analgesics are more effective in women than men because opioid receptors in their brain and spinal cord interact differently.
Researchers also found that a mu-kappa opioid receptor complex is more prevalent in the spinal cord of females than in males and is synchronized by changes in ovarian hormones.
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