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Jonathan O. Dostrovsky

Jonathan O. Dostrovsky

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Neuroscience

D-Index
91
Citations
41750
World Ranking
1052
National Ranking
55

Overview

Jonathan O. Dostrovsky is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research spans several interconnected fields centered on medicine and neuroscience, with a particular focus on psychiatry and mental health, cellular and molecular neuroscience, philosophy, pharmacy, and physiology.

Jonathan O. Dostrovsky's work is reflected in a range of topics, including:

  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Infant Health and Development
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
  • Pain Management and Placebo Effect

The scientist has published research in several venues, including:

  • Brain Research
  • Nature Neuroscience
  • Pain
  • Current topics in behavioral neurosciences

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Jonathan O. Dostrovsky include:

  • "Responses of neurons in rostral ventromedial medulla to nociceptive stimulation of craniofacial region and tail in rats" (2021, Brain Research)
  • "A. D. (Bud) Craig, Jr. (1951-2023)" (2023, Nature Neuroscience)
  • "Interoception and AD (Bud) Craig's paradigm-shifting legacy" (2024, Pain)
  • "The Life and Legacy of Arthur D. Craig, Jr.: A Pioneer in Interoception" (2025, Current topics in behavioral neurosciences)

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Anders Blomqvist
  • HC Evrard
  • Irina A. Strigo
  • Jing-Shi Tang
  • Chen Yu Chiang

Best Publications

  • The hippocampus as a spatial map. Preliminary evidence from unit activity in the freely-moving rat

    J. O'Keefe;J. Dostrovsky

  • Neuropathic pain Redefinition and a grading system for clinical and research purposes

    R. D. Treede;T. S. Jensen;J. N. Campbell;G. Cruccu

  • Pain-related neurons in the human cingulate cortex.

    W D Hutchison;K D Davis;A M Lozano;R R Tasker

  • Dependence of subthalamic nucleus oscillations on movement and dopamine in Parkinson's disease.

    Ron Levy;Peter Ashby;William D. Hutchison;Anthony E. Lang

  • Neurophysiological identification of the subthalamic nucleus in surgery for Parkinson's disease

    W. D. Hutchison;R. J. Allan;H. Opitz;R. Levy

  • Chronic anterior thalamus stimulation for intractable epilepsy.

    Mojgan Hodaie;Richard A. Wennberg;Jonathan O. Dostrovsky;Andres M. Lozano

  • High-frequency Synchronization of Neuronal Activity in the Subthalamic Nucleus of Parkinsonian Patients with Limb Tremor

    Ron Levy;William D. Hutchison;William D. Hutchison;Andres M. Lozano;Jonathan O. Dostrovsky

  • Effect of GPi pallidotomy on motor function in Parkinson's disease

    A.M Lozano;A.E Lang;N Galvez-Jimenez;J Miyasaki

  • Beta Oscillatory Activity in the Subthalamic Nucleus and Its Relation to Dopaminergic Response in Parkinson's Disease

    Moran Weinberger;Neil Mahant;William Duncan Hutchison;Andres M Lozano

  • Microstimulation-induced inhibition of neuronal firing in human globus pallidus.

    J. O. Dostrovsky;R. Levy;J. P. Wu;W. D. Hutchison

  • Mechanisms of deep brain stimulation

    Jonathan O. Dostrovsky;Andres M. Lozano

  • Localization of clinically effective stimulating electrodes in the human subthalamic nucleus on magnetic resonance imaging.

    Jean A. Saint-Cyr;Tasnuva Hoque;Luiz C. M. Pereira;Jonathan O. Dostrovsky

  • Methods for microelectrode-guided posteroventral pallidotomy

    Andres Lozano;William Hutchison;Zelma Kiss;Ronald Tasker

  • Unilateral pedunculopontine stimulation improves falls in Parkinson's disease

    Elena Moro;Clement Hamani;Yu-Yan Poon;Thamar Al-Khairallah

  • 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

  • Deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease: disrupting the disruption

    Andres M Lozano;Andres M Lozano;Jonathan Dostrovsky;Jonathan Dostrovsky;Robert Chen;Robert Chen;Peter Ashby;Peter Ashby

  • 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

  • Functional properties of neurons in cat trigeminal subnucleus caudalis (medullary dorsal horn). I. Responses to oral-facial noxious and nonnoxious stimuli and projections to thalamus and subnucleus oralis.

    J W Hu;J O Dostrovsky;B J Sessle

  • Effects of apomorphine on subthalamic nucleus and globus pallidus internus neurons in patients with Parkinson's disease.

    R. Levy;J. O. Dostrovsky;A. E. Lang;E. Sime

  • Synchronized Neuronal Discharge in the Basal Ganglia of Parkinsonian Patients Is Limited to Oscillatory Activity

    Ron Levy;William D. Hutchison;William D. Hutchison;Andres M. Lozano;Jonathan O. Dostrovsky;Jonathan O. Dostrovsky

Frequent Co-Authors

Andres M. Lozano
Andres M. Lozano University of Toronto
William D. Hutchison
William D. Hutchison University of Toronto
Barry J. Sessle
Barry J. Sessle University of Toronto
Karen D. Davis
Karen D. Davis University Health Network
Ronald R. Tasker
Ronald R. Tasker University of Toronto
James W. Hu
James W. Hu University of Toronto
Elena Moro
Elena Moro Grenoble Alpes University
Mojgan Hodaie
Mojgan Hodaie University of Toronto
Frederick Lenz
Frederick Lenz Johns Hopkins University
Clement Hamani
Clement Hamani University of Toronto

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