Record #:

25919

Author(s):

Spivey, Angela

Abstract:

UNC researchers completed the first study to link a genetic variation with a chronic pain disorder. They found that women who had tiny variations in the COMT gene were more sensitive to pain then men.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 21 Issue 3, Spring 2005, p30-32, il, por

Subject(s):

Genetics--Research; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research