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Heung Sik Na

Heung Sik Na

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Neuroscience

D-Index
36
Citations
5684
World Ranking
8988
National Ranking
47

Overview

Heung Sik Na is affiliated with Korea University in South Korea and focuses on research primarily within the field of Medicine.

Their research work covers multiple subfields, including:

  • Dermatology
  • Physiology
  • Pharmaceutical Science
  • Immunology and Allergy
  • Immunology

Key topics in their body of work consist of:

  • Dermatology and Skin Diseases
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery
  • Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research
  • Mast cells and histamine
  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • "Common and discrete mechanisms underlying chronic pain and itch: peripheral and central sensitization," 2021, Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology
  • "Pathophysiological Role of TLR4 in Chronic Relapsing Itch Induced by Subcutaneous Capsaicin Injection in Neonatal Rats," 2022, Immune Network
  • "Adipose-derived stem cells decolonize skin Staphylococcus aureus by enhancing phagocytic activity of peripheral blood mononuclear cells in the atopic rats," 2022, Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
  • "Graph Neural Network-Based Motor Fault Classification Model," 2025, WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS
  • "ReAx: Resource-efficient Asynchronous Execution for Accelerating LLM Fine-tuning at the Edge," 2025, IEEE Embedded Systems Letters

Frequent collaborators in their published work include:

  • Han Jo Kim
  • Seung Keun Back
  • Chengjin Li
  • Hee Joo Kim
  • Eun-Hui Lee

Heung Sik Na has contributed to several academic journals and publication venues, most notably:

  • Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology
  • Immune Network
  • Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
  • WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS
  • IEEE Embedded Systems Letters

Best Publications

  • The calcium-activated chloride channel anoctamin 1 acts as a heat sensor in nociceptive neurons

    Hawon Cho;Young Duk Yang;Jesun Lee;Byeongjoon Lee

  • A Critical Role of Toll-like Receptor 2 in Nerve Injury-induced Spinal Cord Glial Cell Activation and Pain Hypersensitivity

    Donghoon Kim;Myung Ah Kim;Ik-Hyun Cho;Mi Sun Kim

  • Effects of sympathectomy on a rat model of peripheral neuropathy

    Sun Ho Kim;Heung Sik Na;Sheen Kwangsup;Mo Chung Jin

  • Contributions of injured and intact afferents to neuropathic pain in an experimental rat model

    Young Wook Yoon;Heung Sik Na;Jin Mo Chung

  • Abnormalities of sympathetic innervation in the area of an injured peripheral nerve in a rat model of neuropathic pain

    Kyungsoon Chung;Hee Jin Kim;Heung Sik Na;Mae Ja Park

  • Intrathecal injection of the ς1 receptor antagonist BD1047 blocks both mechanical allodynia and increases in spinal NR1 expression during the induction phase of rodent neuropathic pain

    Dae Hyun Roh;Hyun Woo Kim;Seo Yeon Yoon;Hyoung Sig Seo

  • Nerve regeneration following spinal cord injury using matrix metalloproteinase‐sensitive, hyaluronic acid‐based biomimetic hydrogel scaffold containing brain‐derived neurotrophic factor

    Jonghyuck Park;Eunjeong Lim;Seungkeun Back;Heung Sik Na

  • Effects of electroacupuncture on cold allodynia in a rat model of neuropathic pain: mediation by spinal adrenergic and serotonergic receptors.

    Sun Kwang Kim;Jung Hyuk Park;Sang Jin Bae;Ji Hoon Kim

  • TRPV1 in GABAergic Interneurons Mediates Neuropathic Mechanical Allodynia and Disinhibition of the Nociceptive Circuitry in the Spinal Cord

    Yong Ho Kim;Seung Keun Back;Alexander J. Davies;Heejin Jeong

  • Identification of farnesyl pyrophosphate and N-arachidonylglycine as endogenous ligands for GPR92.

    Da Young Oh;Jung Min Yoon;Mi Jin Moon;Jong-Ik Hwang

  • Ventricular premature beat-driven intermittent restoration of coronary blood flow reduces the incidence of reperfusion-induced ventricular fibrillation in a cat model of regional ischemia.

    Heung Sik Na;Yang In Kim;Young Wook Yoon;Hee Chul Han

  • Natural Killer Cells Degenerate Intact Sensory Afferents following Nerve Injury

    Alexander J. Davies;Hyoung Woo Kim;Rafael Gonzalez-Cano;Jahyang Choi

  • Cell type-specific changes of the membrane properties of peripherally-axotomized dorsal root ganglion neurons in a rat model of neuropathic pain

    Y.I Kim;H.S Na;S.H Kim;H.C Han

  • Relieving effects of electroacupuncture on mechanical allodynia in neuropathic pain model of inferior caudal trunk injury in rat: mediation by spinal opioid receptors

    Ji Hoon Kim;Byung Il Min;Heung Sik Na;Dong Suk Park

  • A behavioral model for peripheral neuropathy produced in rat's tail by inferior caudal trunk injury

    Heung Sik Na;Jung Soo Han;Kyeong Hee Ko;Seung Kil Hong

  • Supraspinal involvement in the production of mechanical allodynia by spinal nerve injury in rats

    Backil Sung;Backil Sung;Heung Sik Na;Yang In Kim;Young Wook Yoon

  • Increased nitric oxide synthase immunoreactivity in rat dorsal root ganglia in a neuropathic pain model

    Jennifer H. Steel;Giorgio Terenghi;Jin Mo Chung;Heung Sik Na

  • A novel method for convenient assessment of arthritic pain in voluntarily walking rats.

    Sun Seek Min;Jeong Seok Han;Yang In Kim;Heung Sik Na

  • T-type Ca2+ channels as therapeutic targets in the nervous system.

    Hee Sup Shin;Eun Ji Cheong;Soonwook Choi;Jungryun Lee

  • NMDA receptors are important for both mechanical and thermal allodynia from peripheral nerve injury in rats.

    Yang In Kim;Heung Sik Na;Young Wook Yoon;Hee Chul Han

Frequent Co-Authors

Seog Bae Oh
Seog Bae Oh Seoul National University
Jin Mo Chung
Jin Mo Chung The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Hee-Sup Shin
Hee-Sup Shin Institute for Basic Science
Yong Chul Bae
Yong Chul Bae Kyungpook National University
Jung-Soo Han
Jung-Soo Han Konkuk University
Sung Joong Lee
Sung Joong Lee Seoul National University
Seo Yeon Yoon
Seo Yeon Yoon Gladstone Institutes
Hyun Kim
Hyun Kim Korea University
Daesoo Kim
Daesoo Kim Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
John Wood
John Wood University College London

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