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A. Vania Apkarian publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where A. Vania Apkarian sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 282 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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A. Vania Apkarian D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where A. Vania Apkarian sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 83 D-Index — 85th percentile

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Overview

A. Vania Apkarian is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States and has a research focus primarily situated within the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their work explores significant aspects of pain mechanisms and brain function, contributing extensively to the understanding of chronic pain and its neural correlates.

Their research delves into several subfields, including Cognitive Neuroscience, Physiology, Pharmacology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, and Imaging. This multidisciplinary approach supports investigations into how brain networks and neural dynamics influence pain perception and management.

Among the main topics covered in their work are:

  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Pain Management and Placebo Effect
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces

The scientist has authored several recent papers that highlight their investigative directions and findings in brain pain research. Notable publications include:

  • Reorganization of functional brain network architecture in chronic osteoarthritis pain, 2020, Human Brain Mapping
  • Brain mechanisms of chronic pain: critical role of translational approach, 2021, Translational research
  • Activation of the dorsal, but not the ventral, hippocampus relieves neuropathic pain in rodents, 2021, Pain
  • Brain gray matter abnormalities in osteoarthritis pain: a cross-sectional evaluation, 2020, Pain
  • Excitatory VTA to DH projections provide a valence signal to memory circuits, 2020, Nature Communications

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Andrew D. Vigotsky
  • Paulo Branco
  • Rami Jabakhanji
  • Thomas J. Schnitzer
  • L. Q. Huang

The scientist's research is disseminated mainly through publication venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Pain, Human Brain Mapping, Frontiers in Pain Research, and Translational research, where they have multiple contributions.

Best Publications

  • Human brain mechanisms of pain perception and regulation in health and disease.

    A. Vania Apkarian;M. Catherine Bushnell;Rolf Detlef Treede;Jon Kar Zubieta

  • Scale-Free Brain Functional Networks

    Victor M. Eguíluz;Dante R. Chialvo;Guillermo A. Cecchi;Marwan Baliki

  • Chronic Back Pain Is Associated with Decreased Prefrontal and Thalamic Gray Matter Density

    A. Vania Apkarian;Yamaya Sosa;Sreepadma Sonty;Robert M. Levy

  • Corticostriatal functional connectivity predicts transition to chronic back pain.

    Marwan N Baliki;Bogdan Petre;Souraya Torbey;Kristina M Herrmann

  • Towards a theory of chronic pain

    A. Vania Apkarian;Marwan N. Baliki;Paul Y. Geha

  • Beyond Feeling: Chronic Pain Hurts the Brain, Disrupting the Default-Mode Network Dynamics

    Marwan N. Baliki;Paul Y. Geha;A. Vania Apkarian;Dante R. Chialvo

  • Chronic Pain and the Emotional Brain: Specific Brain Activity Associated with Spontaneous Fluctuations of Intensity of Chronic Back Pain

    Marwan N. Baliki;Dante R. Chialvo;Paul Y. Geha;Robert M. Levy

  • Pain and the brain: Specificity and plasticity of the brain in clinical chronic pain

    A. Vania Apkarian;Javeria A. Hashmi;Marwan N. Baliki

  • Shape shifting pain: chronification of back pain shifts brain representation from nociceptive to emotional circuits

    Javeria A. Hashmi;Marwan N. Baliki;Lejian Huang;Alex T. Baria

  • Nociception, pain, negative moods and behavior selection

    Marwan N. Baliki;A. Vania Apkarian

  • Chronic pain patients are impaired on an emotional decision-making task.

    A. Vania Apkarian;Yamaya Sosa;Beth R. Krauss;P. Sebastian Thomas

  • Predicting Value of Pain and Analgesia: Nucleus Accumbens Response to Noxious Stimuli Changes in the Presence of Chronic Pain

    Marwan N. Baliki;Paul Y. Geha;Howard L. Fields;A. Vania Apkarian

  • The brain in chronic CRPS pain: abnormal gray-white matter interactions in emotional and autonomic regions.

    Paul Y. Geha;Marwan N. Baliki;R. Norman Harden;William R. Bauer

  • Functional reorganization of the default mode network across chronic pain conditions.

    Marwan N. Baliki;Ali R. Mansour;Alex T. Baria;A. Vania Apkarian

  • Abnormalities in Hippocampal Functioning with Persistent Pain

    Amelia A. Mutso;Daniel Radzicki;Marwan N. Baliki;Lejian Huang

  • Targeted Muscle Reinnervation Treats Neuroma and Phantom Pain in Major Limb Amputees: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Gregory A. Dumanian;Benjamin K. Potter;Lauren M. Mioton;Jason H. Ko

  • Morphological and functional reorganization of rat medial prefrontal cortex in neuropathic pain.

    Alexia E. Metz;Hau Jie Yau;Maria Virginia Centeno;A. Vania Apkarian

  • Brain Morphological Signatures for Chronic Pain

    Marwan N. Baliki;Thomas J. Schnitzer;William R. Bauer;A. Vania Apkarian

  • Corticolimbic anatomical characteristics predetermine risk for chronic pain

    Etienne Vachon-Presseau;Pascal Tétreault;Bogdan Petre;Lejian Huang

  • Abnormal brain chemistry in chronic back pain: an in vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study.

    Igor D Grachev;Bruce E Fredrickson;A.Vania Apkarian

  • Cortical representation of pain: functional characterization of nociceptive areas near the lateral sulcus

    Rolf Detlef Treede;A. Vania Apkarian;Burkhart Bromm;Joel D. Greenspan

Frequent Co-Authors

Marwan N. Baliki
Marwan N. Baliki Northwestern University
Thomas J. Schnitzer
Thomas J. Schnitzer Northwestern University
Sean Mackey
Sean Mackey Stanford University
Emeran A. Mayer
Emeran A. Mayer University of California, Los Angeles
Daniel J. Clauw
Daniel J. Clauw University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Richard E. Harris
Richard E. Harris University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Guillermo A. Cecchi
Guillermo A. Cecchi IBM (United States)
Marco Martina
Marco Martina Northwestern University
Jennifer S. Labus
Jennifer S. Labus University of California, Los Angeles
James W. Griffith
James W. Griffith Northwestern University

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