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. 1975 Jun;72(6):2041–2043. doi: 10.1073/pnas.72.6.2041

Failure of the opiate antagonist naloxone to modify hypnotic analgesia.

A Goldstein, E R Hilgard
PMCID: PMC432688  PMID: 1056010

Abstract

Hypnotic analgesia in some respects resembles opiate analgesia. We tested the hypothesis that some features of hypnotic analgesia are mediated through neuronal pathways activating specific opiate receptors in brain. The opiate antagonist naloxone had no effect on hypnotic analgesia in three subjects. Thus, the hypothesis was not confirmed.

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