The Pain Beat (Episode 7) – Brain Imaging of Pain in People: What Have We Learned? Where Are We Going?

For its seventh episode, The Pain Beat gathered together an international group of pain researchers to discuss brain imaging of pain in humans. The podcast focuses on how studies of expectation and the placebo effect have advanced our understanding in this area. What we've learned so far, whether pain brain imaging can be used as a diagnostic tool, and future prospects for neuroimaging are all addressed in this lively discussion. Podcast participants include: Christian Büchel, MD, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany Irene Tracey, DPhil, University of Oxford, UK Tor Wager, PhD, Dartmouth College, Hanover, US Howard Fields, MD, PhD, University of California San Francisco, US (moderator)