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Gregory Dussor is affiliated with The University of Texas at Dallas in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine and neuroscience, focusing on areas such as physiology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, molecular biology, and pharmacology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including:

  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Migraine and Headache Studies
  • Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Neuroscience of Respiration and Sleep
  • Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior
  • Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies

Dussor has contributed extensively to the scientific literature with notable papers such as:

  • Spatial transcriptomics of dorsal root ganglia identifies molecular signatures of human nociceptors, 2022, Science Translational Medicine
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis Sulfolipid-1 Activates Nociceptive Neurons and Induces Cough, 2020, Cell
  • RNA profiling of human dorsal root ganglia reveals sex differences in mechanisms promoting neuropathic pain, 2022, Brain
  • Repetitive stress in mice causes migraine-like behaviors and calcitonin gene-related peptide-dependent hyperalgesic priming to a migraine trigger, 2020, Pain
  • Pharmacological target-focused transcriptomic analysis of native vs cultured human and mouse dorsal root ganglia, 2020, Pain

The research has been published frequently in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Pain, Pain, Cephalalgia, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Frequent collaborators include Theodore J. Price, Stephanie Shiers, Andi Wangzhou, Pradipta Ray, and Armen N. Akopian.

Best Publications

  • Central modulation of pain

    Michael H. Ossipov;Gregory O. Dussor;Frank Porreca

  • Unmasking the tonic-aversive state in neuropathic pain.

    Tamara King;Louis Vera-Portocarrero;Tannia Gutierrez;Todd W Vanderah

  • Spatial transcriptomics of dorsal root ganglia identifies molecular signatures of human nociceptors

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  • Comparative transcriptome profiling of the human and mouse dorsal root ganglia: an RNA-seq–based resource for pain and sensory neuroscience research

    Pradipta Ray;Andrew Torck;Lilyana Quigley;Andi Wangzhou

  • Electrophysiological and transcriptomic correlates of neuropathic pain in human dorsal root ganglion neurons.

    Robert Y North;Yan Li;Pradipta Ray;Laurence D Rhines

  • Triptan-induced latent sensitization: a possible basis for medication overuse headache.

    Milena De Felice;Michael H. Ossipov;Ruizhong Wang;Josephine Lai

  • Targeting adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) in preclinical models reveals a potential mechanism for the treatment of neuropathic pain

    Ohannes K Melemedjian;Marina N Asiedu;Dipti V Tillu;Raul Sanoja

  • Engagement of descending inhibition from the rostral ventromedial medulla protects against chronic neuropathic pain

    Milena De Felice;Raul Sanoja;Ruizhong Wang;Louis Vera-Portocarrero

  • The 'headache tree' via umbellulone and TRPA1 activates the trigeminovascular system

    Romina Nassini;Serena Materazzi;Joris Joris vriens;Jean Prenen

  • Dural Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Produces Female-Specific Responses in Rodent Migraine Models

    Amanda Avona;Carolina Burgos-Vega;Michael D. Burton;Armen N. Akopian

  • IL-6- and NGF-induced rapid control of protein synthesis and nociceptive plasticity via convergent signaling to the eIF4F complex.

    Ohannes K. Melemedjian;Marina N. Asiedu;Dipti V. Tillu;Katherine A. Peebles

  • Neurovascular contributions to migraine: Moving beyond vasodilation

    Blaine Jacobs;Gregory Dussor

  • Resveratrol engages AMPK to attenuate ERK and mTOR signaling in sensory neurons and inhibits incision-induced acute and chronic pain

    Dipti V Tillu;Ohannes K Melemedjian;Marina N Asiedu;Ning Qu

  • RNA profiling of human dorsal root ganglia reveals sex-differences in mechanisms promoting neuropathic pain.

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  • A phenotypically restricted set of primary afferent nerve fibers innervate the bone versus skin: therapeutic opportunity for treating skeletal pain.

    Juan Miguel Jimenez-Andrade;William G. Mantyh;Aaron P. Bloom;Haili Xu

  • Treatment of trigeminal ganglion neurons in vitro with NGF, GDNF or BDNF: effects on neuronal survival, neurochemical properties and TRPV1-mediated neuropeptide secretion

    Theodore J Price;Michael D Louria;Damaries Candelario-Soto;Gregory O Dussor

  • Sensitization of dural afferents underlies migraine-related behavior following meningeal application of interleukin-6 (IL-6).

    Jin Yan;Ohannes K Melemedjian;Theodore J Price;Gregory Dussor

  • Triptan-induced enhancement of neuronal nitric oxide synthase in trigeminal ganglion dural afferents underlies increased responsiveness to potential migraine triggers

    Milena De Felice;Michael H. Ossipov;Ruizhong Wang;Gregory Dussor

  • Activation of TRPA1 on dural afferents: a potential mechanism of headache pain.

    Rebecca M. Edelmayer;Larry N. Le;Jin Yan;Xiaomei Wei

  • Afferent drive elicits ongoing pain in a model of advanced osteoarthritis.

    Alec Okun;Ping Liu;Peg Davis;Jiyang Ren

  • Stretchable multichannel antennas in soft wireless optoelectronic implants for optogenetics.

    Sung Il Park;Sung Il Park;Gunchul Shin;Jordan G. McCall;Ream Al-Hasani

  • The MNK-eIF4E Signaling Axis Contributes to Injury-Induced Nociceptive Plasticity and the Development of Chronic Pain.

    Jamie K. Moy;Arkady Khoutorsky;Marina N. Asiedu;Bryan J. Black

  • Dural afferents express acid-sensing ion channels: A role for decreased meningeal pH in migraine headache

    Jin Yan;Rebecca M. Edelmayer;Xiaomei Wei;Milena De Felice

Frequent Co-Authors

Theodore J. Price
Theodore J. Price The University of Texas at Dallas
Armen N. Akopian
Armen N. Akopian The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Todd W. Vanderah
Todd W. Vanderah University of Arizona
David R. Grattan
David R. Grattan University of Otago
Robert W. Gereau
Robert W. Gereau Washington University in St. Louis
Patrick W. Mantyh
Patrick W. Mantyh University of Arizona
Tamara King
Tamara King University of New England
Patrick M. Dougherty
Patrick M. Dougherty The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Howard L. Fields
Howard L. Fields University of California, San Francisco

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