Brian E. Cairns

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Best Publications

• Pathophysiology of TMD pain – basic mechanisms and their implications for pharmacotherapy

  B. E. Cairns

  373
  Citations

• Sex-related differences in human pain and rat afferent discharge evoked by injection of glutamate into the masseter muscle.

  Brian E. Cairns;James W. Hu;Lars Arendt-Nielsen;Barry J. Sessle

  339
  Citations

• Injection of nerve growth factor into human masseter muscle evokes long-lasting mechanical allodynia and hyperalgesia.

  Peter Svensson;Brian Edwin Cairns;Kelun Wang;Lars Arendt-Nielsen

  315
  Citations

• Activation of peripheral NMDA receptors contributes to human pain and rat afferent discharges evoked by injection of glutamate into the masseter muscle.

  Brian E. Cairns;Peter Svensson;Kelun Wang;Steen Hupfeld

  284
  Citations

• Glutamate-evoked pain and mechanical allodynia in the human masseter muscle.

  Peter Svensson;Peter Svensson;Peter Svensson;Brian E Cairns;Kelun Wang;James W Hu

  231
  Citations

• Evidence That Excitatory Amino Acid Receptors within the Temporomandibular Joint Region Are Involved in the Reflex Activation of the Jaw Muscles

  Brian E. Cairns;Barry J. Sessle;James W. Hu

  199
  Citations

• Sex-related differences in pain

  Brian E. Cairns;Parisa Gazerani

  191
  Citations

• Glutamate-induced sensitization of rat masseter muscle fibers.

  B.E Cairns;G Gambarota;P Svensson;P Svensson;P Svensson;L Arendt-Nielsen

  176
  Citations

• SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCES IN NMDA-EVOKED RAT MASSETER MUSCLE AFFERENT DISCHARGE RESULT FROM ESTROGEN-MEDIATED MODULATION OF PERIPHERAL NMDA RECEPTOR ACTIVITY

  Xu-Dong Dong;Mandeep K. Mann;Ujendra Kumar;Peter Svensson

  148
  Citations

• The influence of gender and sex steroids on craniofacial nociception.

  Brian E. Cairns

  138
  Citations

• Characteristics of glutamate-evoked temporomandibular joint afferent activity in the rat.

  Brian E. Cairns;Barry J. Sessle;James W. Hu

  121
  Citations

• Effects of subcutaneous administration of glutamate on pain, sensitization and vasomotor responses in healthy men and women.

  Parisa Gazerani;Kelun Wang;Brian Edwin Cairns;Peter Svensson;Peter Svensson

  121
  Citations

• Neural Mechanisms of Temporomandibular Joint and Masticatory Muscle Pain: A Possible Role for Peripheral Glutamate Receptor Mechanisms

  David K Lam;Barry J Sessle;Brian E Cairns;James W Hu

  115
  Citations

• Effect of systemic monosodium glutamate (MSG) on headache and pericranial muscle sensitivity

  L Baad-Hansen;BE Cairns;M Ernberg;P Svensson;P Svensson

  113
  Citations

• Botulinum neurotoxin type A (BoNTA) decreases the mechanical sensitivity of nociceptors and inhibits neurogenic vasodilation in a craniofacial muscle targeted for migraine prophylaxis

  Parisa Gazerani;Sammy Au;Xudong Dong;Ujendra Kumar

  112
  Citations

• Ketamine attenuates glutamate-induced mechanical sensitization of the masseter muscle in human males.

  Brian Edwin Cairns;Peter Svensson;Kelun Wang;Eduardo Castrillon

  106
  Citations

• The effect of glutamate-evoked masseter muscle pain on the human jaw-stretch reflex differs in men and women.

  Brian E Cairns;Kelun Wang;James W Hu;Barry J Sessle

  97
  Citations

• Pain effects of glutamate injections into human jaw or neck muscles.

  Peter Svensson;Kelun Wang;Lars Arendt-Nielsen;Brian Edwin Cairns

  97
  Citations

• Influence of sex on reflex jaw muscle activity evoked from the rat temporomandibular joint

  Brian E Cairns;Yiin Sim;David A Bereiter;Barry J Sessle

  95
  Citations

• Interstitial glutamate concentration is elevated in the masseter muscle of myofascial temporomandibular disorder patients.

  Eduardo E. Castrillon;Malin Ernberg;Brian Edwin Cairns;Kelun Wang

  90
  Citations

• Cannabidiol, cannabinol and their combinations act as peripheral analgesics in a rat model of myofascial pain.

  Hayes Wong;Brian E. Cairns

  90
  Citations