analgesia

Question 1

There are neural circuits in brain that produce analgesia

Answer 1

1. There are neural circuits in brain that produce analgesia

Question 2

Most of these neural circuits release

Answer 2

endogenous opioids

Question 3

Electrical stimulation of the —-or —- produces——

Answer 3

periaqueductal gray or medulla produces analgesia – stimulator implants

Question 4

Periaqueductal gray receives input from —– (emotional regulation, planning, executive functions), —-(emotional memory) and —- (control of autonomic nervous system) allowing for —-

Answer 4

frontal lobes, amygdala, and hypothalamus, allowing for learning and emotions to affect responsiveness to pain

Question 5

Regarding analgesia, acupuncture is demonstrated to produce endogenous…

Answer 5

opioid response that is blocked by drug that blocks opioid receptors (naloxone)

Question 6

Naloxone does not block analgesia produced by

Answer 6

hypnosis indicating hypnosis produces analgesia by some other mechanism