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Predrag Petrovic1, Eija Kalso, Karl Magnus Petersson

  • 1Cognitive Neurophysiology Research Group, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm 171 76, Sweden., Pain Clinic, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Helsinki University Hospital, Finland.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|February 9, 2002
PubMed
概括

安慰剂和阿片类止痛药共享类似的大脑机制. 两者都激活面前环状皮质 (rACC) 并涉及大脑干连接,表明疼痛调节的共同神经通路.

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