The Neurophysiology of Placebo Effect

Authors: Alessandro Piedimonte*

DOI: 10.23880/cprj-16000108

Volume 2, Issue 1

Abstract

Traditionally, the word placebo refers to an inert substance or treatment given to please the patient, in the absence of a real therapy. However this definition is not entirely correct. Indeed, recent advances in placebo research have conceptualized the placebo as the act of delivering a sham treatment in a therapeutic context full of physical and psychological elements.

Keywords: Placebo effect; Parkinson’s disease

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