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David Borsook publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David Borsook sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 394 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

David Borsook D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David Borsook sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 96 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

David Borsook is affiliated with Boston Children's Hospital in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with specific attention to Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental health, Physiology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Pharmacology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Migraine and Headache Studies
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Pain Management and Placebo Effect
  • Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
  • Anesthesia and Pain Management
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control

David Borsook has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Pain
  • Journal of Pain
  • Neurophotonics
  • Neurobiology of Pain

Frequent co-authors of David Borsook include:

  • Scott A. Holmes
  • Laura E. Simons
  • Rami Burstein
  • Christine B. Sieberg
  • Alyssa Lebel

Recent notable publications by David Borsook include:

  • "Discovery and validation of biomarkers to aid the development of safe and effective pain therapeutics: challenges and opportunities," 2020, Nature Reviews Neurology
  • "Secondary effects on brain physiology caused by focused ultrasound-mediated disruption of the blood-brain barrier," 2020, Journal of Controlled Release
  • "NIRS measures in pain and analgesia: Fundamentals, features, and function," 2020, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • "Pre-treatment non-ictal cephalic allodynia identifies responders to prophylactic treatment of chronic and episodic migraine patients with galcanezumab: A prospective quantitative sensory testing study (NCT04271202)," 2023, Cephalalgia
  • "Ictal and interictal brain activation in episodic migraine: Neural basis for extent of allodynia," 2021, PLoS ONE

Best Publications

  • Migraine: multiple processes, complex pathophysiology.

    Rami Burstein;Rodrigo Noseda;David Borsook

  • Reward Circuitry Activation by Noxious Thermal Stimuli

    Lino Becerra;Hans C. Breiter;Roy Wise;R.Gilberto Gonzalez

  • Neural circuitry underlying pain modulation: expectation, hypnosis, placebo

    Alexander Ploghaus;Lino Becerra;Cristina Borras;David Borsook

  • Thalamic sensitization transforms localized pain into widespread allodynia.

    Rami Burstein;Rami Burstein;Moshe Jakubowski;Esther Garcia-Nicas;B A Vanessa Kainz

  • Discovery and validation of biomarkers to aid the development of safe and effective pain therapeutics: challenges and opportunities.

    Karen D. Davis;Karen D. Davis;Nima Aghaeepour;Andrew H. Ahn;Martin S. Angst

  • Psychological processing in chronic pain: a neural systems approach.

    Laura E. Simons;Laura E. Simons;Igor Elman;David Borsook;David Borsook

  • Alterations in brain structure and functional connectivity in prescription opioid-dependent patients

    Jaymin Upadhyay;Nasim Maleki;Jennifer Sharpe Potter;Jennifer Sharpe Potter;Igor Elman

  • Neuroimaging of the periaqueductal gray: State of the field

    Clas Linnman;Eric A. Moulton;Gabi Barmettler;Lino Becerra

  • Anatomical guidance for functional near-infrared spectroscopy: AtlasViewer tutorial

    Christopher M. Aasted;Christopher M. Aasted;Meryem A. Yücel;Robert J. Cooper;Jay Dubb

  • The Cerebellum and Pain: Passive Integrator or Active Participator?

    Eric A. Moulton;Jeremy D. Schmahmann;Lino Becerra;David Borsook

  • Understanding Migraine through the Lens of Maladaptive Stress Responses: A Model Disease of Allostatic Load

    David Borsook;Nasim Maleki;Lino Becerra;Bruce McEwen

  • Human brain activation under controlled thermal stimulation and habituation to noxious heat: An fMRI study

    Lino R. Becerra;Hans C. Breiter;Milan Stojanovic;Scott M Fishman

  • A key role of the basal ganglia in pain and analgesia - insights gained through human functional imaging

    David Borsook;Jaymin Upadhyay;Eric H Chudler;Lino Renan Becerra

  • Common Brain Mechanisms of Chronic Pain and Addiction

    Igor Elman;David Borsook

  • Preclinical Assessment of Candidate Analgesic Drugs: Recent Advances and Future Challenges

    S. Stevens Negus;Todd W. Vanderah;Michael R. Brandt;Edward J. Bilsky

  • Acute plasticity in the human somatosensory cortex following amputation

    D Borsook;L Becerra;S Fishman;A Edwards

  • Neurological diseases and pain.

    David Borsook

  • Somatotopic Activation in the Human Trigeminal Pain Pathway

    Alex F. M. DaSilva;Lino Becerra;Nikos Makris;Andrew M. Strassman

  • The human amygdala and pain: Evidence from neuroimaging

    Laura E. Simons;Laura E. Simons;Eric A. Moulton;Clas Linnman;Elizabeth Carpino

  • Her versus his migraine: multiple sex differences in brain function and structure

    Nasim Maleki;Clas Linnman;Jennifer Brawn;Rami Burstein

  • A role for fMRI in optimizing CNS drug development

    David Borsook;Lino Becerra;Richard Hargreaves

Frequent Co-Authors

Lino Becerra
Lino Becerra Harvard Medical School
Rami Burstein
Rami Burstein Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Richard Hargreaves
Richard Hargreaves Harvard Medical School
Clas Linnman
Clas Linnman Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
David A. Boas
David A. Boas Boston University
Smriti Iyengar
Smriti Iyengar Eli Lilly (United States)
Hans C. Breiter
Hans C. Breiter University of Cincinnati
Steven E. Hyman
Steven E. Hyman Harvard University
Charles B. Berde
Charles B. Berde Boston Children's Hospital

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