The Effect of Treatment Expectation on Drug Efficacy: Imaging the Analgesic Benefit of the Opioid Remifentanil

Bingel U., Wanigasekera V., Wiech K., Ni Mhuircheartaigh R., Lee MC., Ploner M., Tracey I.

An individual’s expectation that a pain treatment will or will not work can alter both its subjective effectiveness and the pain-related activity in the brain.

DOI

10.1126/scitranslmed.3001244

Type

Journal article

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Publication Date

2011-02-16T00:00:00+00:00

Volume

3

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