FMRIにおけるプラセボ誘発の変化は,痛みの予期と経験における痛みの予期と経験における痛みの予期と経験における痛みの予期と経験における痛みの予期と経験における痛みの予感における痛みの予感である

Tor D Wager1, James K Rilling, Edward E Smith

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, 525 East University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1109, USA. torw@umich.edu

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|February 21, 2004
PubMed
まとめ

プラセボ治療は,痛みを処理する重要な領域の脳の活動を変化させることで痛みを軽減することができます. この研究は,プラセボが脳を変化させる証拠を提供する.

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