# Luana Colloca

**Type:** Researchers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/researchers/luana-colloca/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 17,808 |
| Field | Pain Management and Placebo Effect |
| h-index | 66 |
| i10-index | 158 |
| Last Known Institution | University of Maryland, Baltimore |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/A5017306126 |
| ORCID iD | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6503-4709 |
| Works | 309 |

## Researcher papers

- [When words are painful: Unraveling the mechanisms of the nocebo effect](https://scholariq.org/papers/when-words-are-painful-unraveling-the-mechanisms-of-the-nocebo-effect/)
- [Overt versus covert treatment for pain, anxiety, and Parkinson's disease](https://scholariq.org/papers/overt-versus-covert-treatment-for-pain-anxiety-and-parkinson-s-disease/)
- [Placebo-responsive Parkinson patients show decreased activity in single neurons of subthalamic nucleus](https://scholariq.org/papers/placebo-responsive-parkinson-patients-show-decreased-activity-in-single-neurons/)
- [To what extent are surgery and invasive procedures effective beyond a placebo response? A systematic review with meta-analysis of randomised, sham controlled trials](https://scholariq.org/papers/to-what-extent-are-surgery-and-invasive-procedures-effective-beyond-a-placebo/)

## Researcher topics

- [Pain Management and Placebo Effect](https://scholariq.org/topics/pain-management-and-placebo-effect/)
- [Pain Mechanisms and Treatments](https://scholariq.org/topics/pain-mechanisms-and-treatments/)
- [Empathy and Medical Education](https://scholariq.org/topics/empathy-and-medical-education/)
- [Pediatric Pain Management Techniques](https://scholariq.org/topics/pediatric-pain-management-techniques/)
- [Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation](https://scholariq.org/topics/musculoskeletal-pain-and-rehabilitation/)

## Researcher university

- [University of Maryland, Baltimore](https://scholariq.org/institutions/university-of-maryland-baltimore/)

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