Most of what they discussed was menstrual migraine.

The studies show sudden dips in estrogen can trigger these migraines, in women with a genetic tendency. Not in ALL women.

But there are hormonal links to other pain states and receptors.
http://www.scientificblogging.com/ne...rogen_and_pain

This is the presenter who gave one portion of the lectures.
He is very smart, (and cute)....but his accent so thick as to
be incomprehensible. But I found this link and it sort of summarizes what he said.
http://www.med.umich.edu/opm/newspag.../painbrain.htm

Someone asked during the program about peri-menopause and post menopause, and the answer was "we don't know yet".

But I can tell you that nothing changed for me during my menopause. It was fairly easy, compared to what I have seen other women report. My major problem was sleep. The sleep cycles DO change... and that was a bummer. I found methylcobalamin helps with this, though.