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NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2101273118
关键词
placebo and nocebo effects; transcranial direct current stimulation; expectancy manipulation; dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; mechanistic manipulation
资金
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)/NIH [AT008563]
The study demonstrated that active tDCS at the right DLPFC can enhance placebo effects, weaken nocebo effects, and modulate brain activity and connectivity related to placebo analgesia and nocebo hyperalgesia, providing a potential mechanism for manipulating placebo and nocebo effects to improve clinical outcomes.
Harnessing placebo and nocebo effects has significant implications for research and medical practice. Placebo analgesia and nocebo hyperalgesia, the most well-studied placebo and nocebo effects, are thought to initiate from the dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and then trigger the brain's descending pain modulatory system and other pain regulation pathways. Combining repeated transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), an expectancy manipulation model, and functional MRI, we investigated the modulatory effects of anodal and cathodal tDCS at the right DLPFC on placebo analgesia and nocebo hyperalgesia using a randomized, double-blind and sham-controlled design. We found that compared with sham tDCS, active tDCS could 1) boost placebo and blunt nocebo effects and 2) modulate brain activity and connectivity associated with placebo analgesia and nocebo hyperalgesia. These results provide a basis for mechanistic manipulation of placebo and nocebo effects and may lead to improved clinical outcomes in medical practice.
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