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Endogenous opioid receptor system mediates costly altruism in the human brain

2023-12-08

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Functional neuroimaging studies suggest that a large-scale brain network transforms others’ pain into its vicarious representation in the observer, potentially modulating helping behaviour. The neuromolecular basis of individual differences in vicarious pain and helping, however, have remain poorly understood. Here we investigated the role of the endogenous μ-opioid receptor (MOR) system – known for its role in an...

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Literature Corpus work: efdff437-51db-5dd4-a2a3-883d9c745e33
DOI: 10.1101/2023.12.06.569026

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