# Pain Management and Placebo Effect

**Type:** Topics  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/topics/pain-management-and-placebo-effect-2/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 614,868 |
| Description | This cluster of papers explores the neurobiological mechanisms underlying placebo and nocebo effects, focusing on the role of expectation, pain perception, opioid activity, dopamine release, and the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging in clinical trials. It also delves into the impact of hypnosis on pain relief and the modulation of patient outcomes through placebo responses. |
| Domain | Life Sciences |
| Field | Neuroscience |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/T12035 |
| Works | 58,087 |

## Topic researchers

Showing 12 of 20.

- [David Moher](https://scholariq.org/researchers/david-moher/)
- [Daniel Kahneman](https://scholariq.org/researchers/daniel-kahneman/)
- [Ronald C. Kessler](https://scholariq.org/researchers/ronald-c-kessler/)
- [Karl Friston](https://scholariq.org/researchers/karl-friston/)
- [Peter C Gøtzsche](https://scholariq.org/researchers/peter-c-g-tzsche/)
- [Jeremy Grimshaw](https://scholariq.org/researchers/jeremy-grimshaw/)
- [Isabelle Boutron](https://scholariq.org/researchers/isabelle-boutron/)
- [Penny Whiting](https://scholariq.org/researchers/penny-whiting/)
- [Asbjørn Hróbjartsson](https://scholariq.org/researchers/asbj-rn-hrobjartsson/)
- [Roger Chou](https://scholariq.org/researchers/roger-chou/)
- [Graham A. Colditz](https://scholariq.org/researchers/graham-a-colditz/)
- [Matthew J. Page](https://scholariq.org/researchers/matthew-j-page/)

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