Interaction between expectancies and drug effects: An experimental investigation of placebo analgesia with caffeine as an active placebo

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 215, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 537-548

  Bjørkedal, Espen ^a   Flaten, Magne Arve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Active placebo; Arousal; Balanced placebo design; Caffeine; Expectancies Laser evoked potentials; Pain; Placebo analgesia

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; PLACEBO; ANALGESIC AGENT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PLACEBO EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; AROUSAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; EVOKED RESPONSE; LASER; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESICS; AROUSAL; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PLACEBO EFFECT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052340087     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-011-2233-4     Document Type: Article

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