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  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Anthony H. Dickenson is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a primary focus on physiology, molecular biology, pharmacology, cognitive neuroscience, and anesthesiology and pain medicine. Their research output includes 52 publications in medicine, with notable work in subfields such as physiology (24 publications) and molecular biology (10 publications).

The main topics explored in their research involve pain mechanisms and treatments, ion channel regulation and function, pain management and the placebo effect, musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, pain management and opioid use, botulinum toxin and related neurological disorders, and cancer treatment and pharmacology. These topics encompass 44 publications on pain mechanisms and treatments and 16 on ion channel regulation and function, among others.

Anthony H. Dickenson has authored various papers, including notable recent publications such as:

  • Neuropathic Pain: Mechanism-Based Therapeutics, 2020, The Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology
  • GPR160 de-orphanization reveals critical roles in neuropathic pain in rodents, 2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Capsaicin 8% dermal patch in clinical practice: an expert opinion, 2020, Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy
  • Maximizing treatment efficacy through patient stratification in neuropathic pain trials, 2022, Nature Reviews Neurology
  • Central Nervous System Targets: Supraspinal Mechanisms of Analgesia, 2020, Neurotherapeutics

Their frequent co-authors include Ryan Patel, Kirsty Bannister, Ralf Baron, David Bennett, and Stephen B. McMahon, indicating collaborative efforts across multiple studies.

Many publications have appeared in venues such as Pain (4 publications), Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy (2), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2), Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care (2), and The Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology (1).

Anthony H. Dickenson also has contributed to book publications, including the title Encountering Pain: Hearing, seeing, speaking, published by UCL Press in 2021.

The scientist has been recognized as a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Evidence for a role of the NMDA receptor in the frequency dependent potentiation of deep rat dorsal horn nociceptive neurones following c fibre stimulation.

    A.H. Dickenson;Ann F. Sullivan

  • The tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium channel SNS has a specialized function in pain pathways

    Armen N. Akopian;Veronika Souslova;Steven England;Steven England;Kenji Okuse

  • Nociceptor-specific gene deletion reveals a major role for Nav1.7 (PN1) in acute and inflammatory pain

    Mohammed A. Nassar;L. Caroline Stirling;Greta Forlani;Mark D. Baker

  • Evidence for spinal N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor involvement in prolonged chemical nociception in the rat

    Jane E. Haley;Ann F. Sullivan;Anthony H. Dickenson

  • Subcutaneous formalin-induced activity of dorsal horn neurones in the rat: differential response to an intrathecal opiate administered pre or post formalin.

    Anthony H. Dickenson;Ann F. Sullivan

  • Assessment and manifestation of central sensitisation across different chronic pain conditions.

    L Arendt-Nielsen;B Morlion;S Perrot;A Dahan

  • Spinal cord mechanisms of pain

    R. D’Mello;A.H. Dickenson

  • Bad news from the brain: descending 5-HT pathways that control spinal pain processing.

    Rie Suzuki;Lars J. Rygh;Anthony H. Dickenson

  • Broad-Spectrum, Non-Opioid Analgesic Activity by Selective Modulation of Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors

    A. W. Bannon;M. W. Decker;M. W. Holladay;P. Curzon

  • The pharmacology of excitatory and inhibitory amino acid-mediated events in the transmission and modulation of pain in the spinal cord.

    A.H. Dickenson;V. Chapman;G.M. Green

  • The increased trafficking of the calcium channel subunit alpha2delta-1 to presynaptic terminals in neuropathic pain is inhibited by the alpha2delta ligand pregabalin.

    Claudia S Bauer;Manuela Nieto-Rostro;Wahida Rahman;Alexandra Tran-Van-Minh

  • The Cell and Molecular Basis of Mechanical, Cold, and Inflammatory Pain

    Bjarke Abrahamsen;Jing Zhao;Curtis O. Asante;Cruz Miguel Cendan

  • Warm-coding deficits and aberrant inflammatory pain in mice lacking P2X3 receptors.

    Veronika Souslova;Paolo Cesare;Yanning Ding;Armen N. Akopian

  • KCNQ/M currents in sensory neurons: Significance for pain therapy

    Gayle M. Passmore;Alexander A. Selyanko;Mohini Mistry;Mona Al-Qatari

  • A cure for wind up: NMDA receptor antagonists as potential analgesics.

    Anthony H. Dickenson

  • Differential effects of excitatory amino acid antagonists on dorsal horn nociceptive neurones in the rat.

    Anthony H. Dickenson;Ann F. Sullivan

  • Electrophysiological evidence for a role of nitric oxide in prolonged chemical nociception in the rat.

    J.E. Haley;A.H. Dickenson;M. Schachter

  • Mechanisms and Management of Diabetic Painful Distal Symmetrical Polyneuropathy

    Solomon Tesfaye;Andrew J.M. Boulton;Anthony H. Dickenson

  • Electrophysiological studies on the effects of intrathecal morphine on nociceptive neurones in the rat dorsal horn.

    Anthony H. Dickenson;Ann F. Sullivan

  • Pain and Nociception: Mechanisms of Cancer-Induced Bone Pain

    Sarah Falk;Anthony H. Dickenson

Frequent Co-Authors

Victoria Chapman
Victoria Chapman University of Nottingham
Lars Arendt-Nielsen
Lars Arendt-Nielsen Aalborg University
Stephen B. McMahon
Stephen B. McMahon King's College London
Ole Kæseler Andersen
Ole Kæseler Andersen Aalborg University
John Wood
John Wood University College London
Stephen P. Hunt
Stephen P. Hunt University College London
Frank Porreca
Frank Porreca University of Arizona
Henry J McQuay
Henry J McQuay University of Oxford
Annette C. Dolphin
Annette C. Dolphin University College London
Alyson Fox
Alyson Fox Welcome Trust

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