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Donald A. Simone is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Medicine, with significant contributions to various subfields including Physiology, Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The scientist's work focuses on several key topics related to pain and its mechanisms, including:

  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
  • Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Anesthesia and Pain Management
  • Pain Management and Opioid Use
  • Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response

Donald A. Simone has published articles extensively in several scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Blood
  • Neuroscience
  • Molecular Pain
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Pain

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Donald A. Simone cover topics related to pain, inflammation, and neurophysiology. These include:

  • Intrathecal administration of Resolvin D1 and E1 decreases hyperalgesia in mice with bone cancer pain: Involvement of endocannabinoid signaling (2020, Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators)
  • Exosome-associated lysophosphatidic acid signaling contributes to cancer pain (2023, Pain)
  • Cold exposure induces vaso-occlusion and pain in sickle mice that depend on complement activation (2023, Blood)
  • Responses of neurons in the primary somatosensory cortex to itch- and pain-producing stimuli in rats (2020, Journal of Neurophysiology)
  • Global transcriptome analysis of rat dorsal root ganglia to identify molecular pathways involved in incisional pain (2020, Molecular Pain)

Collaborative research efforts are apparent with frequent co-authors such as Iryna A. Khasabova, Sergey G. Khasabov, Malcolm E. Johns, Joseph Juliette, and John D. Belcher. These partnerships likely contribute to the multidisciplinary approach observed in their research output.

Best Publications

  • Neurogenic hyperalgesia: psychophysical studies of underlying mechanisms.

    R. H. LaMotte;C. N. Shain;Donald A Simone;E. F.P. Tsai

  • Neurogenic hyperalgesia: central neural correlates in responses of spinothalamic tract neurons

    D. A. Simone;L. S. Sorkin;U. Oh;J. M. Chung

  • Inhibition of hyperalgesia by ablation of lamina I spinal neurons expressing the substance P receptor.

    Patrick W. Mantyh;Scott D. Rogers;Scott D. Rogers;Prisca Honore;Prisca Honore;Brian J. Allen;Brian J. Allen

  • Dose-dependent pain and mechanical hyperalgesia in humans after intradermal injection of capsaicin.

    Donald A. Simone;Thomas K. Baumann;Robert H. LaMotte

  • Topical capsaicin in humans: parallel loss of epidermal nerve fibers and pain sensation.

    Maria Nolano;Donald A. Simone;Gwen Wendelschafer-Crabb;Timothy Johnson

  • Receptor endocytosis and dendrite reshaping in spinal neurons after somatosensory stimulation

    Patrick W. Mantyh;Patrick W. Mantyh;Eric Demaster;Eric Demaster;Amit Malhotra;Joseph R. Ghilardi;Joseph R. Ghilardi

  • Neurogenic hyperalgesia: the search for the primary cutaneous afferent fibers that contribute to capsaicin-induced pain and hyperalgesia.

    T. K. Baumann;D. A. Simone;C. N. Shain;R. H. LaMotte

  • Transmission of chronic nociception by spinal neurons expressing the substance P receptor.

    Michael L. Nichols;Michael L. Nichols;Brian J. Allen;Brian J. Allen;Scott D. Rogers;Scott D. Rogers;Joseph R. Ghilardi;Joseph R. Ghilardi

  • Windup leads to characteristics of central sensitization

    Jun Li;Donald A Simone;Alice A Larson

  • Intradermal Injection of Capsaicin in Humans Produces Degeneration and Subsequent Reinnervation of Epidermal Nerve Fibers: Correlation with Sensory Function

    Donald A. Simone;Maria Nolano;Timothy Johnson;Gwen Wendelschafer-Crabb

  • The itch-producing agents histamine and cowhage activate separate populations of primate spinothalamic tract neurons.

    Steve Davidson;Xijing Zhang;Chul H. Yoon;Sergey G. Khasabov

  • Response properties of mechanoreceptors and nociceptors in mouse glabrous skin: an in vivo study.

    David M. Cain;Sergey G. Khasabov;Donald A. Simone

  • Spinal neurons that possess the substance P receptor are required for the development of central sensitization.

    Sergey G. Khasabov;Scott D. Rogers;Joseph R. Ghilardi;Christopher M. Peters

  • Enhanced withdrawal responses to heat and mechanical stimuli following intraplantar injection of capsaicin in rats.

    Hart D. Gilchrist;Brandon L. Allard;Donald A. Simone

  • Responses of cutaneous A-fiber nociceptors to noxious cold.

    Donald A. Simone;Keith C. Kajander

  • Mast cell activation contributes to sickle cell pathobiology and pain in mice.

    Lucile Vincent;Derek Vang;Julia Nguyen;Mihir Gupta

  • A randomized, controlled, open-label study of the long-term effects of NGX-4010, a high-concentration capsaicin patch, on epidermal nerve fiber density and sensory function in healthy volunteers.

    William R. Kennedy;Geertrui F. Vanhove;Shiao ping Lu;Jeffrey Tobias

  • Psychophysical studies of the itch sensation and itchy skin ("alloknesis") produced by intracutaneous injection of histamine.

    Donald A. Simone;Meenakshi Alreja;Robert H. Lamotte

  • Mechanism of cancer pain.

    Brian L. Schmidt;Darryl T. Hamamoto;Donald A. Simone;George L. Wilcox

  • Identification of muscle afferents subserving sensation of deep pain in humans

    Donald A Simone;P. Marchettini;G. Caputi;J. L. Ochoa

  • Pain from excitation of identified muscle nociceptors in humans

    Paolo Marchettini;Donald A. Simone;Graziella Caputi;José L. Ochoa

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick W. Mantyh
Patrick W. Mantyh University of Arizona
Glenn J. Giesler
Glenn J. Giesler University of Minnesota
Joseph R. Ghilardi
Joseph R. Ghilardi ThreeWire, Inc.
Robert H. LaMotte
Robert H. LaMotte Yale University
Scott D. Rogers
Scott D. Rogers University of Minnesota
Alvin J. Beitz
Alvin J. Beitz University of Minnesota
George L. Wilcox
George L. Wilcox University of Minnesota
José L. Ochoa
José L. Ochoa Oregon Health & Science University
Patrick M. Dougherty
Patrick M. Dougherty The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
David A. Bereiter
David A. Bereiter University of Minnesota

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