Ovariectomy results in variable changes in nociception, mood and depression in adult female rats.
Decline in the ovarian hormones with menopause may influence somatosensory, cognitive, and affective processing.The present study investigated whether hormonal depletion alters the nociceptive, depressive-like and learning behaviors in experimental rats after ovariectomy (OVX), a common method to deplete animals of their gonadal Planter Set hormone