Pain Management and Placebo Effect
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This cluster of papers explores the neurobiological mechanisms underlying placebo and nocebo effects, focusing on the role of expectation, pain perception, opioid activity, dopamine release, and the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging in clinical trials. It also delves into the impact of hypnosis on pain relief and the modulation of patient outcomes through placebo responses.
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hypnosis; placebo effect; hypnotherapy; hypnotic susceptibility; placebo response; nocebo effect; hypnotic suggestion; hypnotic induction; placebo; placebo analgesia; hypnotic analgesia; self-hypnosis; history of hypnosis; hypnotic state; medical hypnosis; hypnotic trance; pain anticipation; placebo mechanisms; suggestion therapy; open-label placebo; posthypnotic suggestion; verbal suggestion; hypnotic phenomena; hypnotic techniques; trance states
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Morton address: 36249559483426445 · morton4x16-v1
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