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Christian Maihöfner is a researcher affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. Their academic work predominantly resides within the field of Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Physiology, Pharmacology, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Epidemiology, and Neurology.

The primary research topics addressed by Maihöfner include:

  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Pain Management and Treatment
  • Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
  • Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology
  • Chemotherapy-related skin toxicity
  • Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments

Maihöfner has contributed to scholarly literature with several papers of note, including:

  • Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN): current therapies and topical treatment option with high-concentration capsaicin, 2021, Supportive Care in Cancer
  • The Valencia consensus-based adaptation of the IASP complex regional pain syndrome diagnostic criteria, 2021, Pain
  • The serotonin receptor 2A (HTR2A) rs6313 variant is associated with higher ongoing pain and signs of central sensitization in neuropathic pain patients, 2020, European Journal of Pain
  • Quantitative sensory phenotyping in chronic neuropathic pain patients treated with unilateral L4-dorsal root ganglion stimulation, 2020, Journal of Translational Medicine
  • Blue-light treatment reduces spontaneous and evoked pain in a human experimental pain model, 2021, PAIN Reports

The research work of Maihöfner appears regularly in several academic venues. Frequent publication sources include:

  • Infectious Diseases and Therapy
  • Pain
  • Supportive Care in Cancer
  • Neurological Research and Practice
  • European Journal of Pain

Collaborative efforts are a significant component of Maihöfner's research activities. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Janne Gierthmühlen
  • Walter Magerl
  • Ralf Baron
  • Pavo Marijic
  • Manuel Batram

Best Publications

  • Quantitative sensory testing in the German Research Network on Neuropathic Pain (DFNS): Standardized protocol and reference values

    R. Rolke;R. Baron;C. Maier;T.R. Tölle

  • Validation of proposed diagnostic criteria (the "budapest Criteria") for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

    Robert N Harden;Stephen Bruehl;Roberto S.G.M. Perez;Roberto S.G.M. Perez;Frank Birklein

  • Quantitative sensory testing in the German Research Network on Neuropathic Pain (DFNS): Somatosensory abnormalities in 1236 patients with different neuropathic pain syndromes

    C. Maier;R. Baron;T. R. Tölle;A. Binder

  • Clinical features and pathophysiology of complex regional pain syndrome

    Johan Marinus;G Lorimer Moseley;G Lorimer Moseley;Frank Birklein;Ralf Baron

  • Patterns of cortical reorganization in complex regional pain syndrome

    Christian Maihöfner;Hermann O. Handwerker;Bernhard Neundörfer;Frank Birklein

  • Cortical reorganization during recovery from complex regional pain syndrome

    Christian Maihöfner;Hermann O. Handwerker;Bernhard Neundörfer;Frank Birklein

  • The motor system shows adaptive changes in complex regional pain syndrome

    Christian Maihöfner;Ralf Baron;Roberto DeCol;Andreas Binder

  • TRPA1 and TRPM8 activation in humans: effects of cinnamaldehyde and menthol.

    Barbara Namer;Frank Seifert;Hermann Otto Handwerker;Christian Maihöfner

  • How art changes your brain: differential effects of visual art production and cognitive art evaluation on functional brain connectivity.

    Anne Bolwerk;Jessica Mack-Andrick;Frieder R. Lang;Arnd Dörfler

  • Brain processing during mechanical hyperalgesia in complex regional pain syndrome: a functional MRI study

    Christian Maihöfner;Clemens Forster;Frank Birklein;Bernhard Neundörfer

  • Sensory signs in complex regional pain syndrome and peripheral nerve injury

    Janne Gierthmühlen;Christoph Maier;Ralf Baron;Thomas Tölle

  • Functional imaging of allodynia in complex regional pain syndrome

    Christian Maihöfner;Hermann O. Handwerker;Frank Birklein

  • Complex regional pain syndromes: new pathophysiological concepts and therapies

    C. Maihöfner;F. Seifert;K. Markovic

  • Mechanisms of neuropathic pain

    Florian T. Nickel;Frank Seifert;Stefan Lanz;Christian Maihöfner

  • Central mechanisms of experimental and chronic neuropathic pain: Findings from functional imaging studies

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  • Functional connectivity of the human insular cortex during noxious and innocuous thermal stimulation.

    Elena Peltz;Frank Seifert;Roberto DeCol;Arnd Dörfler

  • Signs and Symptoms in 1,043 Patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.

    Stephan Ott;Christian Maihöfner

  • Development of a severity score for CRPS

    R. Norman Harden;Stephen Bruehl;Roberto S.G.M. Perez;Frank Birklein

  • Transient receptor potential channel polymorphisms are associated with the somatosensory function in neuropathic pain patients.

    Andreas Binder;Denisa May;Ralf Baron;Christoph Maier

  • The Valencia consensus-based adaptation of the IASP complex regional pain syndrome diagnostic criteria.

    Andreas Goebel;Frank Birklein;Florian Brunner;David Clark

  • Differential coding of hyperalgesia in the human brain: a functional MRI study.

    Christian Maihöfner;Hermann O. Handwerker

  • Expression of cyclooxygenase-2 parallels expression of interleukin-1beta, interleukin-6 and NF-kappaB in human colorectal cancer

    Christian Maihöfner;Michalis Panayiotou Charalambous;Upinder Bhambra;Tracy Lightfoot

  • Mechanical hyperalgesia in complex regional pain syndrome: A role for TNF-α?

    Christian Maihöfner;Hermann O. Handwerker;Bernhard Neundörfer;Frank Birklein

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank Birklein
Frank Birklein Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Christoph Maier
Christoph Maier Ruhr University Bochum
Bernhard Neundörfer
Bernhard Neundörfer University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Thomas R. Tölle
Thomas R. Tölle Technical University of Munich
Herta Flor
Herta Flor Heidelberg University
Stefan Schwab
Stefan Schwab University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Roman Rolke
Roman Rolke RWTH Aachen University
Rolf-Detlef Treede
Rolf-Detlef Treede Heidelberg University
Walter Magerl
Walter Magerl Heidelberg University
Claudia Sommer
Claudia Sommer University of Würzburg

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