Endogenous Opioids

Drug / Medication

Chemicals released from neurons in the Periaqueductal Gray (PAG) and elsewhere that provide a natural numbing effect against pain as part of the body's response to threat.

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Erasing Fears & Traumas Based on the Modern Neuroscience of Fear

Erasing Fears & Traumas Based on the Modern Neuroscience of Fear

Andrew Huberman

Chemicals released from neurons in the Periaqueductal Gray (PAG) and elsewhere that provide a natural numbing effect against pain as part of the body's response to threat.