Placebo pain relief works differently across the human body, study finds
by University of Sydney edited by Stephanie Baum, reviewed by Robert Egan Somatotopic organization of analgesic brainstem circuitry. Placebo analgesia induced on the face, arm, and leg evoked somatotopically organized activity changes within the lateral PAG and RVM revealed through 7-T functional MRI. This analgesic circuitry organization suggests that stimulating discrete brain circuits can produce pain relief […]
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