XiXiDu comments on The Neuroscience of Pleasure - Less Wrong

35 Post author: lukeprog 27 March 2011 11:57PM

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Comment author: XiXiDu 28 March 2011 11:24:25AM *  2 points [-]

David Pearce commented on this post on Facebook:

As an illustration of how much we still don't know: The mu-opioid receptor agonist remifentanil induces acute dysphoria irrespective of its analgesic properties.

Selective activation of the mu opioid receptors by a full mu opioid receptor agonist is the closest recipe we have for pure bliss without desire. But this activation needs to be in the ultimate hedonic hotspots of nucleus accumbens and posterior ventral pallidum. What is the gene expression profile of these cells? Why are they so special?

Comment author: nazgulnarsil 28 March 2011 01:37:56PM 4 points [-]

and more importantly, how do I wirehead using them instead of the aforementioned wanting cells.