Understanding the mechanisms of pain modulation through expectations (conscious and unconscious) in placebo analgesia induced in the context of fear conditioning - MEG and EEG study

Project description

Pain modulation through conditioning

For patients who deal with chronic pain, pharmacological treatment is still lacking in terms of providing effective and lasting relief. This gives rise to the need for remedies that take the psychological factor into account. However, greater study is required on the neural basis of the process and how brain activity changes in order to recognise relevant and irrelevant information during conditioning. The EU-funded NeuroCon project aims to understand the relationship between classical conditioning and expectancy in placebo analgesia. Moreover, it will examine the implementation of classical forms of conditioning in the context of basic fear. The project hopes to determine how sensory cortices are modified to better detect relevant information.

Keywords

• MEG
• EEG
• placebo
• fear conditioning
• pain modulation
• neuroimaging

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Topic(s)

• MSCA-IF-2019 - Individual Fellowships

Call for proposal

H2020-MSCA-IF-2019

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Funding Scheme

MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)

Coordinator

UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID

Net EU contribution

€ 172 932,48

Address

Avenida De Seneca 2
28040 Madrid
Spain

Region

Comunidad de Madrid › Comunidad de Madrid › Madrid

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Links

Other funding

€ 0,00