Building up analgesia in humans via the endogenous μ-opioid system by combining placebo and active tDCS: a preliminary report.

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) is a method of non-invasive brain stimulation that has been frequently used in experimental and clinical pain studies. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying tDCS-mediated pain control, and most important its placebo component, are not completely...

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Main Authors: Marcos F DosSantos, Ilkka K Martikainen, Thiago D Nascimento, Tiffany M Love, Misty D DeBoer, Heidi M Schambra, Marom Bikson, Jon-Kar Zubieta, Alexandre F DaSilva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4100885?pdf=render