Episode 121: The Biology of Pain
The Science of Everything Podcast
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Introduction
This episode we look at the biology and psychology behind the perception of pain. James Fodor will talk about the underlying mechanisms of pain, a transduction and detection of pain signals. We'll then talk about the modulatory effects of chemicals such as opioids on how all of these different signals are processed by the brain to deliver the percept of pain.
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