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Neurobiology of Somatization

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Evidence for overlap<br />

•Opioids reduce social pain<br />

–1978 pr<strong>of</strong>oundly reduced crying<br />

and motor agitation <strong>of</strong> puppy dogs<br />

subjected to social isolation<br />

–1988 same in rhesus monkeys<br />

•neuro-endocrine also blocked<br />

•naloxone blocked both<br />

– implicating the opioid receptor

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