Luana Colloca

The paper identifies convergent and selective functional zones in the insula using fMRI data, revealing a hierarchical convergence architecture across pain, appetitive, aversive, and cognitive control domains.

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.