The Warmth, Anticipation, Sensation, Aversion, and Body-part Imaging Study
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Pain
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
Healthy Volunteers Welcome
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 and older
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Basic Science
- Participants needed
- 150 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Trustees of Dartmouth College · Other
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About This Trial
This functional magnetic-resonance imaging study of the brain will feature a within-subject crossover design to investigate the effects of a placebo cream on painful thermal stimulation rendered upon eight body sites. The investigators aim to 1.) improve the understanding of how the brain represents thermal pain responses somatotopically (i.e., across different body-sites) 2.) to test these brain …
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Subject must be a volunteer with a minimum age of 18 years and must be able and willing to provide written informed consent.
* If female, the subject must be non-lactating, not pregnant, and using a reliable contraception method.
* Subject must be able to read and speak Englis…
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