Brain region central to placebo effect identified
- From: The Ghost Town Herald <bh8rw@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:50:38 -0700
Researchers have pinpointed a brain region central to the machinery of
the placebo effect?the often controversial phenomenon in which a
person's belief in the efficacy of a treatment such as a painkilling
drug influences its effect. The researchers said their findings with
human subjects offer the potential of measuring the placebo effect and
even modulating it for therapeutic purposes. They also said their
findings could enable measurements of brain function that "would help
determine dysfunctions in cerebral mechanisms that may impair recovery
across a number of conditions."...... http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-07/cp-brc071607.php
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