期刊
PAIN
卷 148, 期 3, 页码 368-374出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.09.033
关键词
Placebo analgesia; Expectation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
资金
- OPO Foundation
- Cogito Foundation
Expectations and beliefs modulate the experience of pain, which is particularly evident in placebo analgesia. The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) has been associated with pain regulation and with the generation, maintenance and manipulation of cognitive representations, consistent with its role in expectation. In a heat-pain paradigm, we employed non-invasive low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to transiently disrupt left and right DLPFC function or used the TMS device itself as a placebo, before applying an expectation-induced placebo analgesia. The results demonstrated that placebo significantly increased pain threshold and pain tolerance. While rTMS did not affect pain experience, it completely blocked placebo analgesia. These findings suggest that expectation-induced placebo analgesia is mediated by symmetric prefrontal cortex function. (c) 2009 International Association for the Study of Pain. Published by Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.
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