Placebo

Due to the recent explosion of placebo research at many levels the Editors believe that a volume on Placebo would be a good addition to the Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology series. In particular, this volume will be built up on a meeting on Placebo which will be held in Tuebingen (Germany) in J...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Benedetti, Fabrizio (Editor), Enck, Paul (Editor), Frisaldi, Elisa (Editor), Schedlowski, Manfred (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Series:Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, 225
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Pain: Placebo and Nocebo Effects.-Placebo, Nocebo and Learning Mechanisms
  • A Meta-Analysis of Brain Mechanisms of Placebo Analgesia
  • Placebo Analgesia: Cognition of Perception
  • Pain Related Negative Emotions and Placebo Analgesia
  • How Positive and Negative Expectations Shape the Experience of Visceral Pain.-Placebo Effects in Idiopathic and Neuropathic Pain Conditions.-Emerging Models: Great Expectations: The Placebo Effect in Parkinsons's Disease
  • The Effects of Placebos and Nocebos on Physical Performance
  • Learned Placebo Responses in Neuroendocrine and Immune Functions
  • Placebo Responses on Cardiovascular, Gastrointestinal, and Respiratory Organ Functions
  • Placebo and Nocebo Effects in Itch and Pain. Clinical Practice and Clinical Trials: Clinical and Ethical Implications of Placebo Effects: Enhancing Patients' Benefits from Pain Treatment
  • Traditional and Innovative Eperimental and Clinical Trial Designs and Their Advantages and Pitfalls
  • Lessons to be Learned from Placebo Arms in Psychopharmacology Trials.-The Emperor's New Drugs: Medication and Placebo in the Treatment of Depression.