Variations in the arginine vasopressin receptor gene, AVPR1A, are shown to be associated with pain sensitivity in a stress- and sex-specific manner in both mice and men.
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Wiltshire, T., Maixner, W. & Diatchenko, L. Relax, you won't feel the pain. Nat Neurosci 14, 1496–1497 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.2987
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