Modern medicine has progressed in parallel with the advancement of biochemistry,
anatomy, and physiology. By using the tools of modern medicine, the physician today can …

The placebo effect has often been considered a nuisance in basic and particularly clinical
research. This view has gradually changed in recent years due to deeper insight into the …

In modern medicine, the placebo response or placebo effect has often been regarded as a
nuisance in basic research and particularly in clinical research. The latest scientific evidence …

Historically, norepinephrine and the sympathetic nervous system have been associated with
the “fight or flight” response, and they also contribute to the regulation of autonomic activity …

Behavioral conditioned immunosuppression has been described in rodents as the most
impressive demonstration of brain‐to‐immune system interaction. To analyze whether …

Patients after organ transplantation or with chronic, inflammatory autoimmune diseases
require lifelong treatment with immunosuppressive drugs, which have toxic adverse effects …

Objective The present study investigated the cardiovascular, genital, and endocrine
changes in women after masturbation-induced orgasm because the neuroendocrine …

Objective: To test the hypothesize that psoriasis patients treated under a partial schedule of
pharmacologic (corticosteroid) reinforcement would show less severe symptoms and …

The phenomenon of behaviorally conditioned immunological and neuroendocrine functions
has been investigated for the past 100 yr. The observation that associative learning …

The ability to associate physiological changes with a specific flavor was most likely acquired
during evolution as an adaptive strategy aimed at protecting the organism while preparing it …