Brain activity associated with placebo suppression of the urge-to-cough in humans

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1069-1075

  Leech, Jennifer ^a,b   Mazzone, Stuart B ^a   Farrell, Michael J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Cough; Functional neuroimaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Placebo effect

Indexed keywords

ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; CAPSAICIN; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PARIETAL CORTEX; PLACEBO EFFECT; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SELF REPORT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; URGE TO COUGH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENTS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CAPSAICIN; COUGH; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PLACEBO EFFECT; PLACEBOS; SENSORY SYSTEM AGENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887316561     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201306-1079OC     Document Type: Article

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