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Amygdala activity contributes to the dissociative effect of cannabis on pain perception

Cannabis is reported to be remarkably effective for the relief of otherwise intractable pain. However, the bases for pain relief afforded by this psychotropic agent are debatable. Nonetheless, the frontal-limbic distribution of cannabinoid receptors in the brain suggests that cannabis may target pre...

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Autores principales: Lee, Michael C., Ploner, Markus, Wiech, Katja, Bingel, Ulrike, Wanigasekera, Vishvarani, Brooks, Jonathan, Menon, David K., Tracey, Irene
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3549497/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23273106
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pain.2012.09.017