Overview
Some powerful and complex painkilling drugs have just been discovered—in a place where you would least expect to find them. Endorphins and their component enkephalins are manufactured in the brain, and perform the same painkilling function as analgesics like morphine. NOVA explores some physiological mysteries, such as why acupuncture works, and how placebos can relieve symptoms, and shows how endorphins could revolutionize the treatment of pain, depression, and even schizophrenia.
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6 - 1Black Tide January 04, 1979
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6 - 2Long Walk Of Fred Young January 11, 1979
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6 - 3A World Of Difference January 18, 1979
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6 - 4Cashing In On The Ocean February 01, 1979
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6 - 5Patterns From The Past February 08, 1979
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6 - 6The Invisible Flame February 22, 1979
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6 - 7The End Of The Rainbow March 01, 1979
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6 - 8The Beersheva Experiment March 08, 1979
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6 - 9Einstein March 15, 1979
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6 - 10The Keys Of Paradise March 29, 1979
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6 - 11A Plague on our Children October 02, 1979
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6 - 12Life on a Silken Thread October 09, 1979
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6 - 13Sweet Solutions October 16, 1979
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6 - 14Race for the Gold October 30, 1979
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6 - 15All Part of the Game November 06, 1979
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6 - 16India: Machinery of Hope November 20, 1979
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6 - 17The Bridge that Spanned the World December 04, 1979
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6 - 18Termites to Telescopes December 11, 1979
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6 - 19Blindness: Five Points of Views December 18, 1979