Stress Gene Influences Chronic Pain (IMAGE)

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Stress Gene Influences Chronic Pain

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A study of more than 1,000 motor vehicle accident survivors published inJNeurosci reveals a common variant in a gene involved in the stress response that increases vulnerability to developing chronic pain. Addressing the interaction between this genetic variant and post-traumatic stress may represent a supplemental or alternative to treatment with addictive opioids.

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Linnstaedt et al., <em>JNeurosci</em> (2018)

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