The placebo response in pain and depression: In search of a common pathway

Frontiers in Bioscience - Scholar

Volumn 2 S, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 106-111

  Wernicke, Joachim F ^a   Ossanna, Melissa J ^a  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Imaging; Neurobiology; Pain; Placebo; Review

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; PAIN; REVIEW; THALAMUS;

DEPRESSION; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; PAIN; PLACEBOS; THALAMUS;

EID: 77957292393     PISSN: 19450516     EISSN: 19450524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/s49     Document Type: Article

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