Listening to a favorite song can trigger a profound emotional response that rivals the feelings produced by biological ...

A new imaging study by the Turku PET Centre in Finland showed that listening to favorite music affects the function of the brain’s opioid system. Music can evoke intense pleasure, sometimes ...

Opioids are a class of drug that is either derived from the opium poppy plant or is made in a lab to mimic the poppy plant. They directly affect the brain and spinal cord and provide pain relief and ...

A new Finnish research reveals how brain's opioids modulate responses towards other people's pain. Recent results obtained by researchers from Turku PET Centre and Aalto University have revealed how ...

Nitazene was first developed in the 1950s as an analgesic, but was never approved for medical use. Instead, it was “limited to those researching opioid pharmacology,” said Rolling Stone. Nitazene’s ...

Scientists have known for decades that opioids relieve pain by binding to molecular switches in the brain called mu-opioid receptors. What they didn't know—until now—was exactly what happens next. A ...

Scientists in the laboratory of Shashank M. Dravid, PhD, in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Texas A&M University Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine are working to ...

Using powerful 7-Tesla brain imaging, researchers mapped how the brainstem manages pain differently across the body. They discovered that distinct regions activate for facial versus limb pain, showing ...