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Overview

Jianren Mao is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their research encompasses a range of topics within these areas, focusing particularly on pain mechanisms, neuropharmacology, and related clinical conditions.

Their main fields of study include Medicine with 52 publications and Neuroscience with 19 publications. Subfields of study cover Physiology, Pharmacology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology, and Molecular Biology. The primary topics addressed in their work are:

  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
  • Dermatology and Skin Diseases
  • Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
  • Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research
  • Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies

Jianren Mao has published articles in a number of notable scientific journals, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Pain Medicine (3 publications)
  • Anesthesia & Analgesia (2 publications)
  • Nature Communications (2 publications)
  • Science Advances (2 publications)
  • Anesthesiology (2 publications)

Recent significant papers include:

  • "Gut Microbiota Influences Neuropathic Pain Through Modulating Proinflammatory and Anti-inflammatory T Cells," 2020, Anesthesia & Analgesia
  • "Electroacupuncture attenuates surgical pain-induced delirium-like behavior in mice via remodeling gut microbiota and dendritic spine," 2022, Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Perioperative Continuation of Buprenorphine at Low-Moderate Doses Was Associated with Lower Postoperative Pain Scores and Decreased Outpatient Opioid Dispensing Compared with Buprenorphine Discontinuation," 2020, Pain Medicine
  • "Indole-3-Propionic Acid, a Gut Microbiota Metabolite, Protects Against the Development of Postoperative Delirium," 2023, Annals of Surgery
  • "The endocannabinoid N-arachidonoyl dopamine is critical for hyperalgesia induced by chronic sleep disruption," 2023, Nature Communications

Jianren Mao frequently collaborates with other researchers, with notable coauthors including:

  • Shiqian Shen (17 joint works)
  • Zerong You (14 joint works)
  • Lucy Chen (11 joint works)
  • Weihua Ding (10 joint works)
  • Liuyue Yang (10 joint works)

Best Publications

  • Opioid therapy for chronic pain

    Jane C Ballantyne;Jianren Mao

  • Mechanisms of hyperalgesia and morphine tolerance: a current view of their possible interactions.

    Jianren Mao;Donald D. Price;David J. Mayer

  • Neuropathic pain: mechanisms and their clinical implications

    Steven P Cohen;Jianren Mao

  • Opioid-induced abnormal pain sensitivity: implications in clinical opioid therapy.

    Jianren Mao

  • Cellular mechanisms of neuropathic pain, morphine tolerance, and their interactions

    David J. Mayer;Jianren Mao;Jason Holt;Donald D. Price

  • Thermal hyperalgesia in association with the development of morphine tolerance in rats: roles of excitatory amino acid receptors and protein kinase C.

    Jianren Mao;Donald D. Price;David J. Mayer

  • Altered Expression and Uptake Activity of Spinal Glutamate Transporters after Nerve Injury Contribute to the Pathogenesis of Neuropathic Pain in Rats

    Backil Sung;Grewo Lim;Jianren Mao

  • Systemic lidocaine for neuropathic pain relief.

    Jianren Mao;Lucy L Chen

  • The N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist dextromethorphan selectively reduces temporal summation of second pain in man.

    Donald D. Price;Jianren Mao;Hanan Frenk;David J. Mayer

  • Chronic Morphine Induces Downregulation of Spinal Glutamate Transporters: Implications in Morphine Tolerance and Abnormal Pain Sensitivity

    Jianren Mao;Backil Sung;Ru-Rong Ji;Grewo Lim

  • Experimental mononeuropathy reduces the antinociceptive effects of morphine: implications for common intracellular mechanisms involved in morphine tolerance and neuropathic pain

    Jianren Mao;Donald D. Price;David J. Mayer

  • Neuronal Apoptosis Associated with Morphine Tolerance: Evidence for an Opioid-Induced Neurotoxic Mechanism

    Jianren Mao;Backil Sung;Ru-Rong Ji;Grewo Lim

  • Brain indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase contributes to the comorbidity of pain and depression

    Hyangin Kim;Lucy Chen;Grewo Lim;Backil Sung

  • Skin β-Endorphin Mediates Addiction to UV Light

    Gillian L. Fell;Kathleen C. Robinson;Jianren Mao;Clifford J. Woolf;Clifford J. Woolf

  • Intrathecal MK-801 and local nerve anesthesia synergistically reduce nociceptive behaviors in rats with experimental peripheral mononeuropathy.

    J. Mao;D.D. Price;D.J. Mayer;J. Lu

  • NMDA and opioid receptors: their interactions in antinociception, tolerance and neuroplasticity

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  • The development of morphine tolerance and dependence is associated with translocation of protein kinase C

    David J. Mayer;Jianren Mao;Donald D. Price

  • Differential roles of NMDA and non-NMDA receptor activation in induction and maintenance of thermal hyperalgesia in rats with painful peripheral mononeuropathy

    J. Mao;D.D. Price;R.L. Hayes;J. Lu

  • Intrathecal treatment with dextrorphan or ketamine potently reduces pain-related behaviors in a rat model of peripheral mononeuropathy

    Jianren Mao;Donald D. Price;Ronald L. Hayes;Juan Lu

  • Gut microbiota is critical for the induction of chemotherapy-induced pain.

    Shiqian Shen;Grewo Lim;Zerong You;Weihua Ding

  • Opioid tolerance and hyperalgesia.

    Grace Chang;Lucy Chen;Jianren Mao

  • Gabapentin in pain management.

    Jianren Mao;Lucy L. Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Clifford J. Woolf
Clifford J. Woolf Boston Children's Hospital
Ru-Rong Ji
Ru-Rong Ji Duke University
Jane C. Ballantyne
Jane C. Ballantyne University of Washington
Randy L. Gollub
Randy L. Gollub Harvard Medical School
Julien Cohen-Adad
Julien Cohen-Adad Polytechnique Montréal
M. Catherine Bushnell
M. Catherine Bushnell National Institutes of Health
Marco L. Loggia
Marco L. Loggia Harvard University
Hans C. Breiter
Hans C. Breiter University of Cincinnati
David Borsook
David Borsook Boston Children's Hospital
Cenk Ayata
Cenk Ayata Harvard University

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