Behavioural conditioning as the mediator of placebo responses in the immune system

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1572, 2011, Pages 1799-1807

  Vits, Sabine ^a   Cesko, Elvir ^a   Enck, Paul ^b   Hillen, Uwe ^a   Schadendorf, Dirk ^a   Schedlowski, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergy; Behavioural conditioning; Immune system; Placebo response

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BRAIN; DRUG; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NEUROLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONDITIONING; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACEBO EFFECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; PLACEBO EFFECT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79956340356     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0392     Document Type: Review

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