Expectation, the placebo effect and Parkinson's disease : an investigation using high-resolution positron emission tomography

The placebo effect represents a fascinating example of how cognition can influence the physiology of the brain and body. The expectation of therapeutic benefit elicited by a placebo given in the guise of active medication has been proposed to be a form of reward expectation, and is associated with a...

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Main Author: Lidstone, Sarah Christine
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2008
Subjects:
PET
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/971