Mechanisms of the placebo effect in pain and psychiatric disorders

Valence-Specific Effects of BDNF Val66Met Polymorphism on Dopaminergic Stress and Reward Processing in Humans

(2014) M. Pecina et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Effects of the Mu Opioid Receptor Polymorphism (OPRM1 A118G) on Pain Regulation, Placebo Effects and Associated Personality Trait Measures

(2014) Marta Peciña et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Placebo Response in Antipsychotic Clinical Trials

(2014) Bret R. Rutherford et al.   JAMA Psychiatry

Meta-Regression Analysis of Placebo Response in Antipsychotic Trials, 1970–2010

(2013) Ofer Agid et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY

FAAH selectively influences placebo effects

(2013) M Peciña et al.   MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY

Placebo analgesia: Psychological and neurobiological mechanisms

(2013) Luana Colloca et al.   PAIN

The Influence of the Val158Met Catechol-O-Methyltransferase Polymorphism on the Personality Traits of Bipolar Patients

(2013) Wendy Dávila et al.   PLoS One

Pharmacometabolomic mapping of early biochemical changes induced by sertraline and placebo

(2013) R Kaddurah-Daouk et al.   Translational Psychiatry

Whole-Genome Sequencing in Personalized Therapeutics

(2012) P Cordero et al.   CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS

Predictors of remission with placebo using an integrated study database from patients with major depressive disorder

(2012) J.C. Nelson et al.   CURRENT MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OPINION

Placebo-related effects in clinical trials in schizophrenia: what is driving this phenomenon and what can be done to minimize it?

(2012) Larry Alphs et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Assessing the Sources of Unreliability (Rater, Subject, Time-Point) in a Failed Clinical Trial Using Items of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS)

(2012) Anzalee Khan et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Brain Activation Associated with Attentional Bias in Smokers is Modulated by a Dopamine Antagonist

(2012) Maartje Luijten et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Amygdala Subregions Tied to SSRI and Placebo Response in Patients with Social Anxiety Disorder

(2012) Vanda Faria et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Personality Trait Predictors of Placebo Analgesia and Neurobiological Correlates

(2012) Marta Peciña et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

White matter integrity of the descending pain modulatory system is associated with interindividual differences in placebo analgesia

(2012) Niklas Stein et al.   PAIN

Catechol-O-Methyltransferase val158met Polymorphism Predicts Placebo Effect in Irritable Bowel Syndrome

(2012) Kathryn T. Hall et al.   PLoS One

A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of Aripiprazole Adjunctive to Antidepressant Therapy among Depressed Outpatients with Inadequate Response to Prior Antidepressant Therapy (ADAPT-A Study)

(2012) Maurizio Fava et al.   PSYCHOTHERAPY AND PSYCHOSOMATICS

Placebos in 19th century medicine: a quantitative analysis of the BMJ

(2012) J. E. Raicek et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Genetic determinants of aggression and impulsivity in humans

(2011) Konstantin A. Pavlov et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED GENETICS

Predicting Individual Differences in Placebo Analgesia: Contributions of Brain Activity during Anticipation and Pain Experience

(2011) T. D. Wager et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Drives Mesolimbic Dopaminergic Regions to Initiate Motivated Behavior

(2011) I. C. Ballard et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Recent developments in improving signal detection and reducing placebo response in psychiatric clinical trials

(2011) Craig H. Mallinckrodt et al.   JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH

Nonopioid placebo analgesia is mediated by CB1 cannabinoid receptors

(2011) Fabrizio Benedetti et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Endogenous Opioids as Physiological Antidepressants: Complementary Role of Delta Receptors and Dopamine

(2011) Emily M Jutkiewicz et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Systematic review: Placebo response in drug trials of fibromyalgia syndrome and painful peripheral diabetic neuropathy—magnitude and patient-related predictors

(2011) Winfried Häuser et al.   PAIN

Placebo response trajectories in short-term and long-term antipsychotic trials in schizophrenia

(2011) Steven Potkin et al.   SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH

Relationship between probability of receiving placebo and probability of prematurely discontinuing treatment in double-blind, randomized clinical trials for MDD: A meta-analysis

(2010) Enrico Tedeschini et al.   EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Predictors of Placebo Response in Randomized Controlled Trials of Psychotropic Drugs for Children and Adolescents with Internalizing Disorders

(2010) David Cohen et al.   JOURNAL OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Does Inclusion of a Placebo Arm Influence Response to Active Antidepressant Treatment in Randomized Controlled Trials?

(2010) Mark Sinyor et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY

Dispositional Optimism Predicts Placebo Analgesia

(2010) Andrew L. Geers et al.   JOURNAL OF PAIN

Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for personality

(2010) M H M de Moor et al.   MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY

How Placebos Change the Patient's Brain

(2010) Fabrizio Benedetti et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Reward and the serotonergic system

(2010) G.S. Kranz et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

The different trajectories of antipsychotic response: antipsychotics versus placebo

(2010) T. R. Marques et al.   PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE

Spontaneous improvement in randomised clinical trials: meta-analysis of three-armed trials comparing no treatment, placebo and active intervention

(2009) Lasse Theis Krogsbøll et al.   BMC Medical Research Methodology

Predictors of Placebo Response in Pooled Lamotrigine Neuropathic Pain Clinical Trials

(2009) Michael C. Irizarry et al.   CLINICAL JOURNAL OF PAIN

Monoamine Oxidase A and Catechol-O-Methyltransferase Functional Polymorphisms and the Placebo Response in Major Depressive Disorder

(2009) Andrew F. Leuchter et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

The Anatomy of the Mesolimbic Reward System: A Link between Personality and the Placebo Analgesic Response

(2009) P. Schweinhardt et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Serum correlates of the placebo effect in irritable bowel syndrome

(2009) e. kokkotou et al.   NEUROGASTROENTEROLOGY AND MOTILITY

Imaging genetics of anxiety disorders

(2009) Katharina Domschke et al.   NEUROIMAGE

Activation of the Opioidergic Descending Pain Control System Underlies Placebo Analgesia

(2009) Falk Eippert et al.   NEURON

Reproducibility of placebo analgesia: Effect of dispositional optimism

(2009) Debbie L. Morton et al.   PAIN

Genetic predictors of response to antidepressants in the GENDEP project

(2009) Rudolf Uher et al.   PHARMACOGENOMICS JOURNAL

Patient and Practitioner Influences on the Placebo Effect in Irritable Bowel Syndrome

(2009) John M. Kelley et al.   PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE

Direct Evidence for Spinal Cord Involvement in Placebo Analgesia

(2009) F. Eippert et al.   SCIENCE

A118G Single Nucleotide Polymorphism of Human μ-Opioid Receptor Gene Influences Pain Perception and Patient-controlled Intravenous Morphine Consumption after Intrathecal Morphine for Postcesarean Analgesia

(2008) Alex T. Sia et al.   ANESTHESIOLOGY

The placebo effect and its determinants in osteoarthritis: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

(2008) W Zhang et al.   ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES

Placebo and Nocebo Effects Are Defined by Opposite Opioid and Dopaminergic Responses

(2008) David J. Scott et al.   ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY

Do “placebo responders” exist?

(2008) Ted J. Kaptchuk et al.   Contemporary Clinical Trials

Imaging the placebo response: A neurofunctional review

(2008) Vanda Faria et al.   EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Does the probability of receiving placebo influence clinical trial outcome? A meta-regression of double-blind, randomized clinical trials in MDD

(2008) George I. Papakostas et al.   EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Trial methodology and patient characteristics did not influence the size of placebo effects on pain

(2008) Steven J. Kamper et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

A Link between Serotonin-Related Gene Polymorphisms, Amygdala Activity, and Placebo-Induced Relief from Social Anxiety

(2008) T. Furmark et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Consistency of the placebo effect

(2008) Ben Whalley et al.   JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH

What Is Causing the Reduced Drug-Placebo Difference in Recent Schizophrenia Clinical Trials and What Can be Done About It?

(2008) A. S. Kemp et al.   SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN

MAOA and the neurogenetic architecture of human aggression

(2008) Joshua W. Buckholtz et al.   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

Components of placebo effect: randomised controlled trial in patients with irritable bowel syndrome

(2008) Ted J Kaptchuk et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Initial Severity and Antidepressant Benefits: A Meta-Analysis of Data Submitted to the Food and Drug Administration

(2008) Irving Kirsch et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Mechanisms of Placebo and Placebo-Related Effects Across Diseases and Treatments

(2007) Fabrizio Benedetti   Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology