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How expectations influence pain

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Fields, Howard L.·2018·Pain

DOI 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001272

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Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States Address: 755 Euclid Ave, Berkeley, CA 94708, United States. Tel.: 510 919 2886. E-mail address: [email protected] (H.L. Fields). Sponsorships or competing interests that may be relevant to content are disclosed at the end of this article.

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Authors: Fields, H. L.
Affiliations: University of California, San Francisco (US)
Corresponding author: Fields, Howard L.
ORCID: Fields, Howard L.
Venue: Pain
Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Published: 2018-09
Volume: 159
Issue: 1
Pages: S3-S10
ISSN: 0304-3959 (ISSN-L)
1872-6623
DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001272
OpenAlex: W2886720387
Cited by: 175
References: 62
Citations by year: 2026: 35 · 2025: 29 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 23 · 2022: 22 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 2
FWCI: 1.47
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
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Locations: Pain (publishedVersion)
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Funders: Eli Lilly and Company
Topics: Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Pain Management and Placebo Effect
Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
Health Sciences › Medicine › Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine › Pain Management and Treatment
Keywords: pain anticipation, placebo effect, pain perception
MeSH terms: Humans, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Motivation, Pain, Pain Perception

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