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D-Index
36
Citations
6884
World Ranking
8941
National Ranking
3785

Best Publications

  • Glial–Cytokine–Neuronal Interactions Underlying the Mechanisms of Persistent Pain

    Wei Guo;Hu Wang;Mineo Watanabe;Kohei Shimizu

  • Supraspinal Glial–Neuronal Interactions Contribute to Descending Pain Facilitation

    Feng Wei;Wei Guo;Shiping Zou;Ke Ren

  • Genetic enhancement of inflammatory pain by forebrain NR2B overexpression.

    Feng Wei;Guo-Du Wang;Geoffrey A. Kerchner;Susan J. Kim

  • Central Terminal Sensitization of TRPV1 by Descending Serotonergic Facilitation Modulates Chronic Pain

    Yu Shin Kim;Yuxia Chu;Liang Han;Man Li;Man Li

  • Genetic Elimination of Behavioral Sensitization in Mice Lacking Calmodulin-Stimulated Adenylyl Cyclases

    Feng Wei;Chang Shen Qiu;Susan J Kim;Lisa Muglia

  • Impaired synaptic plasticity and cAMP response element-binding protein activation in Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type IV/Gr-deficient mice.

    Nga Ho;Jason A. Liauw;Frank Blaeser;Feng Wei

  • Upregulation of Forebrain NMDA NR2B Receptors Contributes to Behavioral Sensitization after Inflammation

    Long-Jun Wu;Hiroki Toyoda;Ming-Gao Zhao;Yong-Seok Lee

  • Molecular depletion of descending serotonin unmasks its novel facilitatory role in the development of persistent pain.

    Feng Wei;Ronald Dubner;Shiping Zou;Ke Ren

  • Supraspinal Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Signaling: A Novel Mechanism for Descending Pain Facilitation

    Wei Guo;Meredith T Robbins;Feng Wei;Shiping Zou

  • AMPA receptor-PDZ interactions in facilitation of spinal sensory synapses.

    Ping Li;Geoffrey A. Kerchner;Carlo Sala;Feng Wei

  • Loss of Synaptic Depression in Mammalian Anterior Cingulate Cortex after Amputation

    Feng Wei;Ping Li;Min Zhuo

  • Group I Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor NMDA Receptor Coupling and Signaling Cascade Mediate Spinal Dorsal Horn NMDA Receptor 2B Tyrosine Phosphorylation Associated with Inflammatory Hyperalgesia

    Wei Guo;Feng Wei;Shiping Zou;Meredith T. Robbins

  • Nucleus reticularis gigantocellularis and nucleus raphe magnus in the brain stem exert opposite effects on behavioral hyperalgesia and spinal Fos protein expression after peripheral inflammation

    Feng Wei;Ronald Dubner;Ke Ren

  • Oxytocin mediates stress-induced analgesia in adult mice

    D. A. Robinson;F. Wei;G. D. Wang;P. Li

  • Oxytocin in the anterior cingulate cortex attenuates neuropathic pain and emotional anxiety by inhibiting presynaptic long-term potentiation.

    Xu-Hui Li;Xu-Hui Li;Takanori Matsuura;Man Xue;Qi-Yu Chen

  • Calcium calmodulin-stimulated adenylyl cyclases contribute to activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase in spinal dorsal horn neurons in adult rats and mice.

    Feng Wei;Kunjumon I Vadakkan;Hiroki Toyoda;Long-Jun Wu

  • Role of EGR1 in hippocampal synaptic enhancement induced by tetanic stimulation and amputation.

    Feng Wei;Zao C. Xu;Zhican Qu;Jeffrey Milbrandt

  • Postsynaptic potentiation of corticospinal projecting neurons in the anterior cingulate cortex after nerve injury

    Tao Chen;Tao Chen;Tao Chen;Kohei Koga;Kohei Koga;Giannina Descalzi;Shuang Qiu;Shuang Qiu

  • Bone Marrow Stromal Cells Produce Long‐Term Pain Relief in Rat Models of Persistent Pain

    Wei Guo;Hu Wang;Shiping Zou;Ming Gu

  • Activation of Erk in the anterior cingulate cortex during the induction and expression of chronic pain

    Feng Wei;Min Zhuo

Frequent Co-Authors

Ke Ren
Ke Ren University of Maryland, Baltimore
Ronald Dubner
Ronald Dubner University of Maryland, Baltimore
Min Zhuo
Min Zhuo University of Toronto
Tao Chen
Tao Chen Air Force Medical University
Zhou-Feng Chen
Zhou-Feng Chen Washington University in St. Louis
Xinzhong Dong
Xinzhong Dong Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Hiroki Toyoda
Hiroki Toyoda Osaka University
Long-Jun Wu
Long-Jun Wu Mayo Clinic
Yun Guan
Yun Guan Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Anne Z. Murphy
Anne Z. Murphy Georgia State University

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