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Neurobiological Mechanisms of the Placebo Effect

Year: 2005

Type: review

Abstract: Any medical treatment is surrounded by a psychosocial context that affects the therapeutic outcome. If we want to study this psychosocial context, we need to eliminate the specific action of a therapy and to simulate a context that is similar in all respects to that of a real treatment. To do this,

Source: Journal of Neuroscience

DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3458-05.2005

Authors: Fabrizio Benedetti, Helen S. Mayberg, Tor D. Wager, Christian S. Stohler, Jon-Kar Zubieta

Institutions: University of Turin, Emory University, University of Michigan, Columbia University, University of Maryland, Baltimore

Language: English

Topic: Pain Management and Placebo Effect

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: Eli Lilly and Company, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health