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SUBMITTER: Ko JH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4109544 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ko Ji Hyun JH Feigin Andrew A Mattis Paul J PJ Tang Chris C CC Ma Yilong Y Dhawan Vijay V During Matthew J MJ Kaplitt Michael G MG Eidelberg David D
The Journal of clinical investigation 20140718 8
Patient responses to placebo and sham effects are a major obstacle to the development of therapies for brain disorders, including Parkinson's disease (PD). Here, we used functional brain imaging and network analysis to study the circuitry underlying placebo effects in PD subjects randomized to sham surgery as part of a double-blind gene therapy trial. Metabolic imaging was performed prior to randomization, then again at 6 and 12 months after sham surgery. In this cohort, the sham response was as ...[more]