Tag: Nocireception
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Red hair doesn’t explain differences in pain
The Tweet: “Redheads don’t feel pain like everyone else does. They are less sensitive to electrically induced pain, but more sensitive to thermal pain.” Sensitivity to pain has been linked to the gene responsible for red hair colour and pale skin in humans. Melanocortin-1 receptor (MC1R) genes determine the level of the brown skin pigment melanin.…