Today we present 16 new placebo research papers, comments and abstracts identified during December 2017. As usual, they are based on new PUBMED publication using the search terms „placebo“ and „nocebo“ and are hand-selected from more than 682 new publications during the preceding month. Previously published monthly updates can be found in our archive. Todays selection as well as all previously identified papers will also go into our placebo research library that currently contains more than 3,500 relevant papers. If you would like to get access to the full database, please register for our newsletter and provide us with your email address and affiliation.
Brietzke, C., Asano, R. Y., De Russi de Lima, F., Pinheiro, F. A., Franco, A., Ugrinowitsch, C., & Pires, F. O. (2017).
Caffeine effects on VO2max test outcomes investigated by a placebo perceived-as-caffeine design. Nutr Health, 23(4), 231-238. doi:10.1177/0260106017723547
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29214920
Colagiuri, B., & Quinn, V. F. (2017).
Autonomic Arousal as a Mechanism of the Persistence of Nocebo Hyperalgesia. J Pain. doi:10.1016/j.jpain.2017.12.006
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29269281
Harvey, S. C., & Beedie, C. J. (2017).
Studying placebo effects in model organisms will help us understand them in humans. Biol Lett, 13(11). doi:10.1098/rsbl.2017.0585
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29187606
Human, L. J., Woolley, J. D., & Mendes, W. B. (2017).
Effects of Oxytocin Administration on Receiving Help. Emotion. doi:10.1037/emo0000369
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29172621
Huneke, N. T., Walsh, A. E., Brown, R., Browning, M., & Harmer, C. J. (2017).
No evidence for an acute placebo effect on emotional processing in healthy volunteers. J Psychopharmacol, 31(12), 1578-1587. doi:10.1177/0269881117739552
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29182076
Kessels, R., Mozer, R., & Bloemers, J. (2017).
Methods for assessing and controlling placebo effects. Stat Methods Med Res, 962280217748339. doi:10.1177/0962280217748339
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29278143
Koban, L., Jepma, M., Geuter, S., & Wager, T. D. (2017).
What’s in a word? How instructions, suggestions, and social information change pain and emotion. Neurosci Biobehav Rev, 81(Pt A), 29-42. doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.02.014
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29173508
Krummenacher, P. (2017).
Placeboanalgesie und Nocebohyperalgesie – Mechanismen und klinische Nutzung. Ther Umsch, 74(5), 232-240. doi:10.1024/0040-5930/a000909
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29083282
Linnman, C., Catana, C., Petkov, M. P., Chonde, D. B., Becerra, L., Hooker, J., & Borsook, D. (2018).
Molecular and functional PET-fMRI measures of placebo analgesia in episodic migraine: Preliminary findings. Neuroimage Clin, 17, 680-690. doi:10.1016/j.nicl.2017.11.011
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29255671
Oberste, M., Hartig, P., Bloch, W., Elsner, B., Predel, H. G., Ernst, B., & Zimmer, P. (2017).
Control Group Paradigms in Studies Investigating Acute Effects of Exercise on Cognitive Performance-An Experiment on Expectation-Driven Placebo Effects. Front Hum Neurosci, 11, 600. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2017.00600
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29276483
Peerdeman, K. J., Tekampe, J., van Laarhoven, A. I. M., van Middendorp, H., Rippe, R. C. A., Peters, M. L., & Evers, A. W. M. (2017).
Expectations about the effectiveness of pain- and itch-relieving medication administered via different routes. Eur J Pain. doi:10.1002/ejp.1163
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29266544
Sheldon, R., & Opie-Moran, M. (2017).
The Placebo Effect in Cardiology: Understanding and Using It. Can J Cardiol, 33(12), 1535-1542. doi:10.1016/j.cjca.2017.09.017
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29173596
Skyt, I., Moslemi, K., Baastrup, C., Grosen, K., Svensson, P., Jensen, T. S., & Vase, L. (2017).
Does conditioned pain modulation predict the magnitude of placebo effects in patients with neuropathic pain? Eur J Pain. doi:10.1002/ejp.1164
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29266627
Tondorf, T., Kaufmann, L. K., Degel, A., Locher, C., Birkhäuer, J., Gerger, H., Ehlert, U., & Gaab, J. (2017).
Employing open/hidden administration in psychotherapy research: A randomized-controlled trial of expressive writing. PLoS One, 12(11), e0187400. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0187400
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29176768
Wartolowska, K., Beard, D., & Carr, A. (2017).
Blinding in trials of interventional procedures is possible and worthwhile. F1000Res, 6, 1663. doi:10.12688/f1000research.12528.1
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29259763
Zhang, H., Zhou, L., Wei, H., Lu, X., & Hu, L. (2017).
The sustained influence of prior experience induced by social observation on placebo and nocebo responses. J Pain Res, 10, 2769-2780. doi:10.2147/JPR.S147970
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29263691