Placebo conditioning and placebo analgesia modulate a common brain network during pain anticipation and perception.

The neural mechanisms whereby placebo conditioning leads to placebo analgesia remain unclear. In this study we aimed to identify the brain structures activated during placebo conditioning and subsequent placebo analgesia. We induced placebo analgesia by associating a sham treatment with pain reducti...

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Main Authors: Watson, A, El-Deredy, W, Iannetti, G, Lloyd, D, Tracey, I, Vogt, B, Nadeau, V, Jones, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2009

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