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    Effects and Components of Placebos with a Psychological Treatment Rationale – Three Randomized-Controlled Studies

    In recent years, placebos have evolved from a mean to control for ‘therapeutic chaff’ to something that has clinically relevant effects with biological underpinning and that is considered to have clinical as w...

    Jens Gaab, Joe Kossowsky, Ulrike Ehlert, Cosima Locher in Scientific Reports (2019)

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    Real-world stress resilience is associated with the responsivity of the locus coeruleus

    Individuals may show different responses to stressful events. Here, we investigate the neurobiological basis of stress resilience, by showing that neural responsitivity of the noradrenergic locus coeruleus (LC...

    Marcus Grueschow, Nico Stenz, Hanna Thörn, Ulrike Ehlert in Nature Communications (2021)

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    Early life stress in women with autoimmune thyroid disorders

    Autoimmune thyroid disorders (AITD) represent the most frequent of all autoimmune disorders. Their aetiopathogenesis is incompletely understood, but most likely multifactorial. Early life stress can have long-...

    Alessia Corso, Hermann Engel, Fabienne Müller, Serena Fiacco in Scientific Reports (2023)