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Volume 148, Issue 3 , Pages 368-374 , March 2010

Prefrontal cortex modulates placebo analgesia

  • Peter Krummenacher

      Affiliations

    • Collegium Helveticum, Schmelzbergstrasse 25, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Collegium Helveticum, Schmelzbergstrasse 25, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland. Tel.: +41(0) 44 632 54 35; fax: +41(0) 44 632 12 04.
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  • Victor Candia

      Affiliations

    • Collegium Helveticum, Schmelzbergstrasse 25, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Gerd Folkers

      Affiliations

    • Collegium Helveticum, Schmelzbergstrasse 25, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Manfred Schedlowski

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Immunobiology, University Clinic Essen, 45122 Duisburg-Essen, Germany
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  • Georg Schönbächler

      Affiliations

    • Collegium Helveticum, Schmelzbergstrasse 25, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland
    • Department of Psychology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa

Received 22 July 2009 ,Revised 10 September 2009 ,Accepted 30 September 2009.

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PII: S0304-3959(09)00569-7

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.09.033

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