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Citations
5415
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8370
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3575

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1985 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Alan Randich is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a particular focus on urology and pain mechanisms. Within these areas, their work includes subfields such as Urology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Physiology, Behavioral Neuroscience, and Surgery.

Their research explores topics including Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research, Stress Responses and Cortisol, Pediatric Pain Management Techniques, Pain Mechanisms and Treatments, Anesthesia and Pain Management, Urinary Tract Infections Management, and Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies.

Alan Randich has published extensively, with works appearing in journals and venues such as:

  • Journal of Pain
  • Frontiers in Pain Research
  • Brain Research
  • BMC Urology
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Recent papers authored by Randich include:

  • "A Model in Female Rats With Phenotypic Features Similar to Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome" (2021, Frontiers in Pain Research)
  • "Neonatal cystitis leads to alterations in spinal corticotropin releasing factor receptor-type 2 content and function in adult rats following bladder re-inflammation" (2022, Brain Research)
  • "The Double Insult of Neonatal Cystitis Plus Adult Somatic Inflammation Results in Corticotropin Releasing Factor Type II Receptor-Dependent Bladder Hypersensitivity in Female Rats" (2022, Journal of Pain)
  • "Systemic and intrathecal baclofen produce bladder antinociception in rats" (2021, BMC Urology)
  • "Systemic and Intrathecal Baclofen Produce Bladder Antinociception in Rats" (2021, Research Square (Research Square))

Frequent collaborators in Randich's research include Cary DeWitte, Timothy J. Ness, Jennifer J. DeBerry, Keith R. Hildebrand, and Morgan P. Hart.

Randich's research has contributed to understanding pain and bladder function mechanisms, often using animal models to study conditions related to bladder pain syndrome and cystitis. Their focus on corticotropin releasing factor receptor function and pain response modulation intersects with broader themes in stress physiology and pain management.

Among the recognitions in their career, Randich was named a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1985.

Best Publications

  • Interactions Between Cardiovascular and Pain Regulatory Systems

    Alan Randich;William Maixner

  • Vagal afferent modulation of nociception.

    A. Randich;G.F. Gebhart

  • Associative and nonassociative theories of the UCS preexposure phenomenon: implications for Pavlovian conditioning.

    Alan Randich;Vincent M. LoLordo

  • Further behavioral evidence that colorectal distension is a 'noxious' visceral stimulus in rats.

    T.J. Ness;A. Randich;G.F. Gebhart

  • Vagal afferent modulation of a nociceptive reflex in rats: involvement of spinal opioid and monoamine receptors

    K. Ren;A. Randich;G.F. Gebhart

  • The role of sinoaortic and cardiopulmonary baroreceptor reflex arcs in nociception and stress-induced analgesia

    Alan Randich;William Maixner

  • Role of the right vagal nerve trunk in antinociception.

    William Maixner;Alan Randich

  • Vagal afferent modulation of spinal nociceptive transmission in the rat.

    K. Ren;A. Randich;G. F. Gebhart

  • Low intensity vagal nerve stimulation lowers human thermal pain thresholds

    T. J. Ness;R. B. Fillingim;A. Randich;E. M. Backensto

  • Electrical stimulation of cervical vagal afferents. I. Central relays for modulation of spinal nociceptive transmission.

    K. Ren;A. Randich;G. F. Gebhart

  • Medullary substrates mediating antinociception produced by electrical stimulation of the vagus.

    A. Randich;S.A. Aicher

  • Electrical stimulation of cervical vagal afferents. II. Central relays for behavioral antinociception and arterial blood pressure decreases

    A. Randich;K. Ren;G. F. Gebhart

  • Antinociception and cardiovascular responses produced by electrical stimulation in the nucleus tractus solitarius, nucleus reticularis ventralis, and the caudal medulla

    Sue A. Aicher;Alan Randich

  • Responses of celiac and cervical vagal afferents to infusions of lipids in the jejunum or ileum of the rat

    Alan Randich;William J. Tyler;James E. Cox;Stephen T. Meller

  • Neonatal Urinary Bladder Inflammation Produces Adult Bladder Hypersensitivity

    Alan Randich;Tyler Uzzell;Jennifer J. DeBerry;Timothy J. Ness

  • Antinociception and cardiovascular responses produced by intravenous morphine: the role of vagal afferents.

    A. Randich;C.L. Thurston;P.S. Ludwig;M.R. Timmerman

  • Effects of electrical stimulation of vagal afferents on spinothalamic tract cells in the rat.

    K. Ren;A. Randich;G.F. Gebhart

  • [D-Ala2]-methionine enkephalinamide reflexively induces antinociception by activating vagal afferents.

    Alan Randich;William Maixner

  • Effects of vagal afferent stimulation on ON and OFF cells in the rostroventral medulla: relationships to nociception and arterial blood pressure.

    C. L. Thurston;A. Randich

  • Enhancement of feeding suppression by PYY3-36 in rats with area postrema ablations

    James E Cox;Alan Randich

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerald F. Gebhart
Gerald F. Gebhart University of Pittsburgh
William J. Tyler
William J. Tyler University of Alabama at Birmingham
Sue A. Aicher
Sue A. Aicher Oregon Health & Science University
Robert A. Rescorla
Robert A. Rescorla University of Pennsylvania
Raymond M. Klein
Raymond M. Klein Dalhousie University
Isabel M. Smith
Isabel M. Smith Dalhousie University
Brian M. Davis
Brian M. Davis University of Pittsburgh
James R. West
James R. West Texas A&M University System

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