PUBLICATIONS
October 17, 2025
The dorsal column nuclei scale mechanical sensitivity in naive and neuropathic pain states
The dorsal column nuclei scale mechanical sensitivity in naive and neur…
April 25, 2024
During pathological conditions, tactile stimuli can aberrantly engage nociceptive pathways leading to the perception of touch as pain, know…
During pathological conditions, tactile stimuli can abe…
Mapping the neuroethological signatures of pain, analgesia, and recovery in mice
September 20, 2023
Ongoing pain is driven by the activation and modulation of pain-sensing neurons, affecting physiology, motor function, and motivation to e…
Ongoing pain is driven by the activation and modulati…
Automating Mechanical Stimuli Delivery in Behavioral Testing
June 20, 2024
A new study demonstrates a robotic device that makes delivering mechanical stimuli faster and mor…
Chronic paternal morphine exposure increases sensitivity to morphine-derived pain relief in male progeny
Chronic paternal morphine exposure increases sensitivity to morphine-derive…
February 16, 2022
Parental history of opioid exposure is seldom considered when prescribing opioids for pain relief. To explore whether parental opioid expos…
Parental history of opioid exposure is seldom conside…
Using high-speed videography for objective and reproducible pain measurement on a mouse pain scale
Using high-speed videography for objective and reproducible pain measur…
March 19, 2021
Mouse models are essential for studying pain neurobiology and testing pain therapeutics. The reliance on assays that only measure the pre…
Mouse models are essential for studying pain neurobi…
A machine-vision approach for automated pain measurement at millisecond timesc…
August 6, 2020
Objective and automatic measurement of pain in mice remains a barrier for discovery in neuroscience. Here, we capture paw kinematics d…
Objective and automatic measurement of pain in mic…