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Electric stimulation of brain releases powerful, opiate-like painkiller

January 2, 2013 by

Researchers used electricity on certain regions in the brain of a patient with chronic, severe facial pain to release an opiate-like substance that's considered one of the body's most powerful painkillers.

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