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Arii_bell

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on: Jun 22, 2018
Imagine that you are suffering chronic pain from a medical condition that cannot be treated.
 
  If you could elect to have a specific region of your brain inactivated to modify your pain reactions, which of the following regions would you choose in order to minimize the emotional response to your pain?
  A) anterior cingulate cortex
  B) dorsal lateral thalamus.
  C) primary somatosensory cortex
  D) prefrontal cortex
  E) posterior cingulate cortex

Question 2

The relay nuclei for somatosensation are located within the
 
  A) medial lateral thalamic nuclei.
  B) medial geniculate nuclei.
  C) spinothalamic nuclei.
  D) ventral posterior thalamic nuclei.
  E) thalamocortical nuclei.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: A
Rationale: Imagine that you are suffering chronic pain from a medical condition that cannot be treated. If you could elect to have a specific region of your brain inactivated to modify your pain reactions, you should ablation of anterior cingulate cortex to minimize the emotional response to your pain?

Answer to Question 2

Answer: D


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