Neurobiology of the Placebo Effect, Part I

1. Placebo Analgesia in Rodents: Current and Future Research Asaf Keller, Titilola Akintola and Luana Colloca2. Expectancy Modulation of Opioid NeurotransmissionMarta Pecina and Jon-Kar Zubieta3. Placebo Effects in the Immune SystemMartin Hadamitzky, Wiebke Sondermann, Sven Benson and Manfred Schedlowski4. Human Pharmacological Conditioning of the Immune and Endocrine System: Challenges and OpportunitiesJ. Tekampe, H. van Middendorp, F.C.G.J. Sweep, S.H.P.P. Roerink, A.R.M.M. Hermus and A.W.M. Evers5. Response Expectancy and the Placebo EffectIrving Kirsch6. A Functional-Cognitive Perspective on the Relation Between Conditioning and Placebo ResearchJan De Houwer7. The Application of Persuasion Theory to Placebo EffectsAndrew L. Geers, Pablo Briñol, Erin A. Vogel, Olivia Aspiras, Fawn C. Caplandies and Richard E. Petty8. Mindsets Matter: A New Framework for Harnessing the Placebo Effect in Modern Medicine Sean R. Zion and Alia Crum9. The Role of Social and Interpersonal Factors in Placebo AnalgesiaElizabeth A. Necka and Lauren Y. Atlas10. What Is Minimally Required to Elicit Placebo Effects?Karin B. Jensen11. Critical Life Functions: Can Placebo Replace Oxygen?Fabrizio Benedetti, Diletta Barbiani and Eleonora Camerone12. Placebos Without Deception: Outcomes, Mechanisms, and Ethics Luana Colloca and Jeremy Howick13. Placebo and Psychotherapy: Differences, Similarities, and ImplicationsJens Gaab, Cosima Locher and Charlotte Blease14. Expectation Focused Psychotherapy to Improve Clinical OutcomesBettina K. Doering, Julia A. Glombiewski and Winfried Rief15. Nocebo Effects: Neurobiological Mechanisms and Strategies for Prevention and Optimizing Treatment Julian Kleine-Borgmann and Ulrike Bingel16. Nocebo Effects and Experimental Models in Visceral PainSigrid Elsenbruch and Franziska Labrenz17. Using Learning Strategies to Inhibit the Nocebo EffectVeronica F. Quinn and Ben Colagiuri18. Can Knowledge of Placebo and Nocebo Mechanisms Help Improve Randomized Clinical Trials ?Elisa Carlino and Lene Vase