Placebo and other psychological interactions in headache treatment

Journal of Headache and Pain

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 191-198

  Autret, A ^a   Valade, D ^b   Debiais, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

^b HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

Headache treatment; Migraine; Placebo

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; CHRONIC TENSION HEADACHE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CONDITIONING; DISEASE COURSE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEADACHE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MIGRAINE; NERVE CELL; NEUROBIOLOGY; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PLACEBO EFFECT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANALGESICS; HEADACHE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PLACEBO EFFECT; PLACEBOS;

EID: 84861480210     PISSN: 11292369     EISSN: 11292377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10194-012-0422-0     Document Type: Review

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