Direct evidence for spinal cord involvement in placebo analgesia.
Placebo analgesia is a prime example of the impact that psychological factors have on pain perception. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging of the human spinal cord to test the hypothesis that placebo analgesia results in a reduction of nociceptive processing in the spinal cord. In line wit...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Langue: | English |
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2009
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