Measuring our natural painkiller
by
Derbyshire SW. Dept of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine,
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center,
200 Lothrop Street, 15213,
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Trends Neurosci 2002 Feb;25(2):67-8
ABSTRACTStudies of the brain during noxious experience converge on the anterior cingulate cortex as a key region in the processing of pain. A recent exciting study extends this understanding to include the anterior cingulate as a center for endogenous opioid activation specific to negative pain affect.Pain
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