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Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld is affiliated with the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of medicine, with a strong focus on physiology and gastroenterology. Additional areas of study include pediatrics, perinatology and child health, behavioral neuroscience, and urology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics within biomedical research, notably:

  • Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Stress responses and cortisol
  • Urinary bladder and prostate research
  • Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms
  • Dietary effects on health
  • Pain mechanisms and treatments

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Gastroenterology
  • Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
  • Neurogastroenterology & Motility
  • American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology
  • Frontiers in Pain Research

Some notable recent papers by Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld are:

  • Inhibition of Microglial Activation in the Amygdala Reverses Stress-Induced Abdominal Pain in the Male Rat, 2020, Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • Targeting the Endocannabinoid System for the Treatment of Abdominal Pain in Irritable Bowel Syndrome, 2022, Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • Amygdala Microglia Modify Neuronal Plasticity via Complement C1q/C3-CR3 Signaling and Contribute to Visceral Pain in a Rat Model, 2021, American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology
  • Stress-Induced Visceral Pain in Female Rats Is Associated with Epigenetic Remodeling in the Central Nucleus of the Amygdala, 2021, Neurobiology of Stress
  • A Monoclonal Anti-Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Antibody Decreases Stress-Induced Colonic Hypersensitivity, 2021, Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld include:

  • Casey O. Ligon
  • Albert Orock
  • Tijs Louwies
  • Ehsan Mohammadi
  • Tian Yuan

Best Publications

  • Fundamentals of neurogastroenterology: Basic science

    Stephen J. Vanner;Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld;Gary M. Mawe;Terez Shea-Donohue

  • Stress and the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis in Visceral Pain: Relevance to Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

    Rachel D. Moloney;Anthony C. Johnson;Siobhain M. O'Mahony;Timothy G. Dinan

  • Enteroendocrine cells: a review of their role in brain–gut communication

    R. Latorre;C. Sternini;R. De Giorgio;B. Greenwood-Van Meerveld

  • Age-Associated Remodeling of the Intestinal Epithelial Barrier

    Lee Tran;Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld

  • Activation of colonic mucosal 5-HT(4) receptors accelerates propulsive motility and inhibits visceral hypersensitivity.

    Jill M. Hoffman;Karl Tyler;Sarah J. MacEachern;Onesmo B. Balemba

  • Epigenetic modulation of chronic anxiety and pain by histone deacetylation

    L Tran;J Schulkin;C O Ligon;B Greenwood-Van Meerveld

  • Stereotaxic delivery of corticosterone to the amygdala modulates colonic sensitivity in rats.

    Beverley Greenwood Van Meerveld;Matthew Gibson;Wesley Gunter;Jack Shepard

  • Hyperexcitability of convergent colon and bladder dorsal root ganglion neurons after colonic inflammation: mechanism for pelvic organ cross-talk.

    A. P. Malykhina;C. Qin;B. Greenwood‐van Meerveld;R. D. Foreman

  • Preclinical studies of opioids and opioid antagonists on gastrointestinal function.

    B. Greenwood-Van Meerveld;C. J. Gardner;P. J. Little;G. A. Hicks

  • Corticosteroid receptor-mediated mechanisms in the amygdala regulate anxiety and colonic sensitivity

    Brent Myers;Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld

  • Corticotropin-releasing factor 1 receptor-mediated mechanisms inhibit colonic hypersensitivity in rats.

    B. Greenwood‐van Meerveld;A. C. Johnson;S. Cochrane;J. Schulkin

  • Effects of serotonin transporter inhibition on gastrointestinal motility and colonic sensitivity in the mouse

    M D Coates;A C Johnson;B Greenwood-Van Meerveld;G M Mawe

  • Aging and gastrointestinal neuromuscular function: insights from within and outside the gut.

    K. Bitar;B. Greenwood-Van Meerveld;R. Saad;J. W. Wiley

  • Mechanisms of Stress-induced Visceral Pain.

    Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld;Anthony C Johnson

  • Importance of CRF receptor-mediated mechanisms of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in the processing of anxiety and pain.

    Lee Tran;Jay Schulkin;Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld;Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld

  • Prokinetic Effects of a New Ghrelin Receptor Agonist TZP-101 in a Rat Model of Postoperative Ileus

    Kalina Venkova;Graeme Fraser;Hamid R. Hoveyda;Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld;Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld

  • Sexually dimorphic effects of unpredictable early life adversity on visceral pain behavior in a rodent model.

    Aaron Chaloner;Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld;Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld

  • The Aging Colon: The Role of Enteric Neurodegeneration in Constipation

    Brandt Wiskur;Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld;Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld

  • Inhibition of small intestinal secretion by cannabinoids is CB1 receptor-mediated in rats.

    Karl Tyler;Cecilia J Hillard;Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld

  • Divergent effects of amygdala glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptors in the regulation of visceral and somatic pain.

    Brent Myers;Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld

  • Stress-Induced Chronic Visceral Pain of Gastrointestinal Origin

    Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld;Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld;Anthony C. Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert D. Foreman
Robert D. Foreman University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Bengt Linderoth
Bengt Linderoth Karolinska Institute
Greg M. Swain
Greg M. Swain Michigan State University
Jay Schulkin
Jay Schulkin University of Washington
Lisa A. Brenner
Lisa A. Brenner University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

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