
John Levine
Neuroscientist
Jon David Levine is an American neuroscientist known for his researches on pain and analgesia, particularly in the area of placebo studies. He is a professor of medicine, of oral and maxillofacial surgery, and of neurosciences at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).
Prof. Levine’s research focuses on pain and analgesia, such as the mechanism of the placebo effect in relieving pain. In 1978, he published an influential study showing that placebo analgesia could be blocked by the opioid antagonist naloxone.
Prof. Levine’s study represents the point where « placebo biology » was born.