Anbjørn Ree

• Ree, Anbjørn; Morrison, India; Olausson, Håkan; Sailer, Uta; Heilig, Markus & Mayo, Leah M (2019). Using Facial Electromyography to Assess Facial Muscle Reactions to Experienced and Observed Affective Touch in Humans. Journal of Visualized Experiments.  ISSN 1940-087X.  145 . doi: 10.3791/59228
• Ree, Anbjørn; Nilsen, Kristian Bernhard; Knardahl, Stein; Sand, Trond & Matre, Dagfinn (2019). Sleep restriction does not potentiate nocebo‐induced changes in pain and cortical potentials. European Journal of Pain.  ISSN 1090-3801. . doi: 10.1002/ejp.1466 Vis sammendrag

  Background: The increased pain sensitivity following reduced sleep may be related to changes in cortical processing of nociceptive stimuli. Expectations shape pain perception and can inhibit (placebo) or enhance (nocebo) pain. Sleep restriction appears to enhance placebo responses; however, whether sleep restriction also affects nocebo responses remains unknown. The aim of the present study was to determine whether sleep restriction facilitates nocebo‐induced changes in pain and pain‐evoked cortical potentials. Methods: In an experimental study with a crossover design, the sensitivity to electrically induced pain was determined in 53 nurses under two sleep conditions, after habitual sleep and after two consecutive nights at work. Nocebo was induced by conditioning one‐third of the pain stimuli. Pain‐elicited cortical event‐related potentials were recorded by electroencephalography (EEG). Data were analysed both in the time‐domain (N2P2 amplitude) and in the time‐frequency domain (ERP magnitude). Sleepiness and vigilance were also assessed. Results: Both nocebo alone and sleep restriction alone increased the sensitivity to electrically induced pain. However, no interaction effect was found. Moreover, the magnitude of the pain‐elicited responses increased after sleep restriction and decreased after nocebo expectation, suggesting that nocebo is probably not an underlying mechanism for the commonly observed hyperalgesia induced by sleep restriction. Conclusions: The present work addresses whether sleep restriction, known to increase the sensitivity of the pain system, facilitates nocebo‐induced hyperalgesia. Our findings suggest that this is not the case, indicating that the increased sensitivity of the pain system following nocebo and sleep restriction are mediated by different cortical mechanisms.

• Ree, Anbjørn; Mayo, Leah M; Leknes, Siri & Sailer, Uta (2018). Touch targeting C-tactile afferent fibers has a unique physiological pattern: A combined electrodermal and facial electromyography study. Biological Psychology.  ISSN 0301-0511.  140, s 55- 63 . doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2018.11.006
• Rosenberger, Lisa Anna; Ree, Anbjørn; Eisenegger, Christoph & Sailer, Uta (2018). Slow touch targeting CT-fibres does not increase prosocial behaviour in economic laboratory tasks. Scientific Reports.  ISSN 2045-2322.  8(1) . doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-25601-7

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