Neurobiology of the Placebo Effect Part A, Volume 138 in the Seires International Review of Neurobiology, is the first part of two volumes book that provide an overview of the latest placebo studies that are now being extended into clinically relevant models of placebo effect. Placebo responses are not merely a psychological, but a complex psycho-neuro-biological process that requires activation of distinct brain areas as well as peripheral physiology including the release of endogenous substrates. This book will discuss in depth the current undergoing research projects on the involved brain circuitry and neurotransmitter systems. INDICE: 1. Placebo effects in the immune system Manfred Schedlowski, Martin Hadamitzky, Sven Benson and Wiebke Sondermann 2. Pharmacological conditioning of the endocrine and immune system: Challenges and opportunities Andrea Evers 3. Expectancy modulation of opioid neurotransmission Marta Pecina and Jon-Kar Zubieta 4. Nocebo effects in visceral pain Sigrid Elsenbruch and Franziska Labrenz 5. What is minimally required to elicit placebo effects? Karin Jensen 6. Critical life functions: can placebo replace oxygen? Fabrizio Benedetti, Diletta Barbiani and Eleonora Camerone 7. Conditioning as a higher-order cognitive phenomenon: Implications for placebo research Jan De Houwer 8. Placebos without deception Luana Colloca and Jeremy Howick 9. Response Expectancy and the Placebo Effect Irving Kirsch 10. Expectancy focused psychotherapy Winfried Rief, Bettina K. Doering and Julia A. Glombiew 11. Placebo and Psychotherapy: Differences, Similarities and Implications Jens Gaab 12. Can knowledge of placebo and nocebo mechanisms help improve the RCT? Lene Vase and Elisa Carlino
- ISBN: 978-0-12-814325-4
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 322
- Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2018
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés