Opioid analgesia alters corticospinal coupling along the descending pain system in healthy participants

Opioids are potent analgesic drugs with widespread cortical, subcortical, and spinal targets. In particular, the central pain system comprising ascending and descending pain pathways has high opioid receptor densities and is thus crucial for opioid analgesia. Here, we investigated the effects of the...

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Auteurs principaux: Alexandra Tinnermann, Christian Sprenger, Christian Büchel
Format: Article
Langue:English
Publié: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2022-04-01
Collection:eLife
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Accès en ligne:https://elifesciences.org/articles/74293