Chronic pain is more common in women, however, our understanding of sex-specific differences in pain mechanisms is rudimentary. In this issue of Neuron, Luo et al., (2021) delineate a novel sex-specific neuro-immune pathway contributing to enhanced mechanical pain in females.

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解决性别痛苦差距

慢性疼痛在女性中更为常见，然而，我们对疼痛机制的性别差异的理解还很初步。在本期《神经元》中，Luo 等人 (2021) 描述了一种新的性别特异性神经免疫通路，有助于增强女性的机械性疼痛。