Brain activity associated with expectancy-enhanced placebo analgesia as measured by functional magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 381-388

  Kong, Jian ^a,e   Gollub, Randy L ^a,b   Rosman, Ilana S ^a   Megan Webb, J ^a   Vangel, Mark G ^a,b   Kirsch, Irving ^c   Kaptchuk, Ted J ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HMS ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Expectancy; Expectancy manipulation; Pain; Placebo; Placebo acupuncture needle; Placebo analgesia; Steitberger needle

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CALCULATION; CEREBELLUM; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; MALE; NEEDLE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARIETAL LOBE; PONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBICULUM;

EID: 32544444712     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3556-05.2006     Document Type: Article

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