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Dont try this at home: Researchers use tDCS to release your brains strongest opioid painkillers

2013-01-02 21:22:40| Extremetech

A team of international researchers headed up by the University of Michigan has used noninvasive transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to release endogenous opioids -- the human body's most powerful, euphoria-inducing painkillers that are very similar to opiates such as morphine. This approach is significant because releasing these opioids is as simple as strapping a couple of damp sponges to your scalp and attaching a 9-volt battery.

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