Sharing pain and relief: Neural correlates of physicians during treatment of patients

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 392-398

  Jensen, K B ^a,b   Petrovic, P ^c   Kerr, C E ^d   Kirsch, I ^b,e   Raicek, J ^a   Cheetham, A ^a   Spaeth, R ^a   Cook, A ^a   Gollub, R L ^a,b   Kong, J ^a   Kaptchuk, T J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Doctor patient; Pain; Patient provider; Placebo

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMPATHY; EXPECTANCY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MALE; PAIN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PLACEBO EFFECT; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SATISFACTION; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTROLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAIN; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PLACEBO EFFECT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REWARD;

EID: 84894517131     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2012.195     Document Type: Article

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