Nocebo hyperalgesia: how anxiety is turned into pain

L Colloca, F Benedetti - Current Opinion in Anesthesiology, 2007 - journals.lww.com
L Colloca, F Benedetti
Current Opinion in Anesthesiology, 2007journals.lww.com
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Summary
Since pain appears to be amplified by anxiety through the activation of cholecystokininergic systems, new therapeutic strategies, such as new cholecystokinin antagonists, can be envisaged whenever pain has an important anxiety component.
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