Marta Čeko

This study shows placebo treatment reduces pain-related brain activity in affective and cognitive systems but not in nociceptive regions, using fMRI data from 392 participants.

The paper uses fNIRS to validate fMRI findings on reading-related brain activity in a large sample, showing reliable prefrontal and temporal activations.

This study examines genetic relationships between chronic pain, psychiatric conditions, and neuroticism, finding shared genetic factors between pain and psychiatric conditions, with neuroticism explaining some shared variance.

This study identifies the dorsal premammillary nucleus as a central node in the escape network by showing its role in controlling escape vigor from both innate and conditioned threats in mice and suggesting a similar pathway in humans.

This study investigates the role of the prefrontal cortex in placebo analgesia by comparing brain activity during high and low heat conditions with inert creams, finding reduced prefrontal activation despite lower pain ratings.

This study investigates placebo analgesia in fibromyalgia patients and healthy individuals, finding no differences in neural or behavioral responses despite opioid receptor antagonism.