Sex Differences in the Connectivity of the Subgenual Anterior Cingulate Cortex: Implications for Pain Habituation
Women exhibit greater habituation to painful stimuli than men. The neural mechanism underlying this sex difference is unknown. However, pain habituation has been associated with pain-evoked activity of the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex (sgACC), implicating a connection between the sgACC and th...
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Language: | en_ca |
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2013
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1807/43328 |