Pleasurable music activates cerebral µ-opioid receptors: a combined PET-fMRI study.
Purpose: The μ-opioid receptor (MOR) system mediates incentive motivation and the hedonic component of primary rewards such as food and sex. However, there is no direct in vivo evidence for the involvement of the MOR system in pleasure derived from aesthetic rewards such as music. Methods: We measur...
| Published in: | European Journal of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging Vol. 52; no. 10; pp. 3540 - 3550 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Aug2025
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| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |