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Frederick Lenz is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Their work spans multiple subfields including neurology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

Their research focuses on key topics such as advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, neurological disorders and treatments, advanced MRI techniques, COVID-19 and mental health, posttraumatic stress disorder research, optimism, hope, and well-being, as well as pain mechanisms and treatments.

Frederick Lenz has multiple publications in several prominent academic venues, with frequent contributions to the Journal of Neurophysiology, Brain Structure and Function, and the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

  • Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Brain Structure and Function
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Representative recent papers by Frederick Lenz include:

  • "Mapping tracts in the human subthalamic area by 11.7T ex vivo diffusion tensor imaging," 2020, Brain Structure and Function
  • "A Cross-Sectional Time Course of COVID-19 Related Worry, Perceived Stress, and General Anxiety in the Context of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder-like Symptomatology," 2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "During vigilance to painful stimuli: slower response rate is related to high trait anxiety, whereas faster response rate is related to high state anxiety," 2020, Journal of Neurophysiology
  • "Neuroscience of the human thalamus related to acute pain and chronic 'thalamic' pain," 2024, Journal of Neurophysiology
  • "Identification and characterization of the thalamic ventral posterior complex by 11.7T ex vivo diffusion tensor imaging," 2025, Brain Structure and Function

Collaborations have been a significant aspect of their scholarly work. Frequent co-authors include Kenichi Oishi, Timothy J. Meeker, Mark Saffer, Juan C. Troncoso, and Jui-Hong Chien.

  • Kenichi Oishi
  • Timothy J. Meeker
  • Mark Saffer
  • Juan C. Troncoso
  • Jui-Hong Chien

Best Publications

  • Single unit analysis of the human ventral thalamic nuclear group. Tremor-related activity in functionally identified cells.

    F. A. Lenz;H. C. Kwan;R. L. Martin;R. R. Tasker

  • Characteristics of the bursting pattern of action potentials that occurs in the thalamus of patients with central pain

    Frederick A. Lenz;Hon C. Kwan;Jonathan O. Dostrovsky;Ronald R. Tasker

  • Single unit analysis of the human ventral thalamic nuclear group: correlation of thalamic "tremor cells" with the 3-6 Hz component of parkinsonian tremor

    FA Lenz;RR Tasker;HC Kwan;S Schnider

  • Cortical representation of pain: functional characterization of nociceptive areas near the lateral sulcus

    Rolf Detlef Treede;A. Vania Apkarian;Burkhart Bromm;Joel D. Greenspan

  • Pain sensitivity alterations as a function of lesion location in the parasylvian cortex

    Joel D Greenspan;Roland R Lee;Fred A Lenz

  • Human brain endothelium: coexpression and function of vanilloid and endocannabinoid receptors.

    Susanne Andrea Golech;Richard M. McCarron;Ye Chen;Joliet Bembry

  • Electrocorticographic high gamma activity versus electrical cortical stimulation mapping of naming

    Alon Sinai;Christopher W. Bowers;Ciprian M. Crainiceanu;Dana Boatman

  • Single-unit analysis of the human ventral thalamic nuclear group: somatosensory responses.

    F. A. Lenz;J. O. Dostrovsky;R. R. Tasker;K. Yamashiro

  • Painful stimuli evoke potentials recorded over the human anterior cingulate gyrus.

    F. A. Lenz;M. Rios;A. Zirh;D. Chau

  • Thalamic single neuron activity in patients with dystonia: dystonia-related activity and somatic sensory reorganization.

    F. A. Lenz;C. J. Jaeger;M. S. Seike;Y. C. Lin

  • Thermal and pain sensations evoked by microstimulation in the area of human ventrocaudal nucleus.

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  • Abnormal single-unit activity recorded in the somatosensory thalamus of a quadriplegic patient with central pain.

    Frederick A. Lenz;Ronald R. Tasker;Jonathan O. Dostrovsky;Hon C. Kwan

  • Allodynia in patients with post-stroke central pain (CPSP) studied by statistical quantitative sensory testing within individuals.

    J.D Greenspan;S Ohara;E Sarlani;F.A Lenz

  • Posture-related oscillations in human cerebellar thalamus in essential tremor are enabled by voluntary motor circuits.

    Sherwin E. Hua;Frederick A. Lenz

  • Thalamic neuronal activity correlated with essential tremor

    S. E. Hua;F. A. Lenz;T. A. Zirh;S. G. Reich

  • Methods for microstimulation and recording of single neurons and evoked potentials in the human central nervous system.

    Frederick A. Lenz;Jonathan O. Dostrovsky;Hon C. Kwan;Ronald R. Tasker

  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the brain: guidelines for pain treatment research

    Max M. Klein;Roi Treister;Tommi Raij;Alvaro Pascual-Leone

  • Transcortical sensory aphasia: Revisited and revised

    Dana Boatman;Barry Gordon;John Hart;Ola Selnes

  • Patterns of bursting occurring in thalamic cells during parkinsonian tremor

    T.A. Zirh;F.A. Lenz;S.G. Reich;P.M. Dougherty

  • Stimulation in the human somatosensory thalamus can reproduce both the affective and sensory dimensions of previously experienced pain.

    F. A. Lenz;R. H. Gracely;A. J. Romanoski;E. J. Hope

  • Central nervous system mechanisms of pain

    Frederick A. Lenz;Patrick M. Dougherty;Joel D. Greenspan;Arthur K. Asbury

Frequent Co-Authors

Shinji Ohara
Shinji Ohara Johns Hopkins University
Patrick M. Dougherty
Patrick M. Dougherty The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Joel D. Greenspan
Joel D. Greenspan University of Maryland, Baltimore
Nathan E. Crone
Nathan E. Crone Johns Hopkins University
Kenneth L. Casey
Kenneth L. Casey University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
William D. Willis
William D. Willis The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Jonathan O. Dostrovsky
Jonathan O. Dostrovsky University of Toronto
Rolf-Detlef Treede
Rolf-Detlef Treede Heidelberg University
Edward G. Jones
Edward G. Jones University of California, Davis
Steven S. Hsiao
Steven S. Hsiao Johns Hopkins University

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