A neural mechanism of direct and observational conditioning for placebo and nocebo responses

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Yiheng Tu, Joel Park, Seppo P. Ahlfors, Sheraz Khan, Natalia Egorova, Courtney Amanda Lang, Jin Cao, Jian Kong

Published: 01 Jan 2019, Last Modified: 09 May 2025NeuroImage 2019EveryoneRevisionsBibTeXCC BY-SA 4.0
Abstract: Highlights•Direct and observational conditioning could produce placebo/nocebo effects•Direct and observational conditioning could modulate alpha band brain connectivity•Alpha band brain connectivity was predictive for placebo/nocebo responses•rACC-MTG connectivity was an indicator of placebo/nocebo response magnitude