Response to the letter to the editor by L.A. Avila

Affiliations

¹ National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and Clinical Center, Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA Outpatient Clinic of Behavior Therapy, Department of Psychology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany Department of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany Department of Neurology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany.

Comment

Luana Colloca et al. Pain. 2013 Nov.

. 2013 Nov;154(11):2572.

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.06.048. Epub 2013 Aug 21.

¹ National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and Clinical Center, Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA Outpatient Clinic of Behavior Therapy, Department of Psychology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany Department of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany Department of Neurology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany.

No abstract available

Comment on

Placebo analgesia: psychological and neurobiological mechanisms.
Colloca L, Klinger R, Flor H, Bingel U. Colloca L, et al. Pain. 2013 Apr;154(4):511-514. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.02.002. Epub 2013 Feb 13. Pain. 2013. PMID: 23473783 Free PMC article. Review. No abstract available.
Pain beyond biology.
Avila LA. Avila LA. Pain. 2013 Nov;154(11):2571-2572. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.07.003. Epub 2013 Jul 9. Pain. 2013. PMID: 23850424 No abstract available.

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