Direct evidence for spinal cord involvement in Placebo Analgesia

Science

Volumn 326, Issue 5951, 2009, Pages 404-

  Eippert, Falk ^a   Finsterbusch, Jürgen ^a   Bingel, Ulrike ^a   Büchel, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

BRAIN; DRUG PRESCRIBING; INHIBITION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NOCICEPTION; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PLACEBO EFFECT; PLACEBOS; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; SPINAL CORD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350130996     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1180142     Document Type: Article

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