Using PET Scans, Researchers Discovered That Both the Injection of a Placebo

question 79

True/False

Using PET scans, researchers discovered that both the injection of a placebo solution and the injection of an actual opioid painkiller activated the same brain area, called the anterior cingulate cortex, which is known to contain opioid receptors.

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