The functional neuroanatomy of the placebo effect.

Objective: Administration of placebo can result in a clinical response indistinguishable from that seen with active antidepressant treatment. Functional brain correlates of this phenomenon have not been fully characterized. Method: Changes in brain glucose metabolism were measured by using positron...

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Published in:American Journal of Psychiatry Vol. 159; no. 5; pp. 728 - 738
Main Authors: Mayberg, Helen S., Silva, J. Arturo, Brannan, Steven K.
Format: Article
Published: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. May 2002
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