Neuropharmacological dissection of placebo analgesia: Expectation- activated opioid systems versus conditioning-activated specific subsystems

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 484-494

  Amanzio, Martina ^a   Benedetti, Fabrizio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognition; Conditioning; Endogenous opioids; Morphine; Nonsteroid anti inflammatory drugs; Pain; Placebo analgesia

Indexed keywords

KETOROLAC TROMETAMOL; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; OPIATE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISCHEMIA; MALE; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0032938389     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-01-00484.1999     Document Type: Article

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