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Karin N. Westlund is affiliated with the University of New Mexico in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Medicine, Neuroscience, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Key subfields of study in their work include Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, and Neurology.

The main topics addressed in Westlund's research comprise:

  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling
  • Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds
  • Nerve Injury and Regeneration
  • Musculoskeletal Pain and Rehabilitation

Westlund has published extensively, contributing to various scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Pain
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Pain
  • Neurobiology of Pain

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Westlund are:

  • "Manganese-enhanced MRI reveals changes within brain anxiety and aversion circuitry in rats with chronic neuropathic pain- and anxiety-like behaviors" (2020) in NeuroImage
  • "Electrophysiological Analyses of Human Dorsal Root Ganglia and Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived Sensory Neurons From Male and Female Donors" (2023) in Journal of Pain
  • "Trigeminal neuropathic pain is alleviated by inhibition of Cav3.3 T-type calcium channels in mice" (2020) in Channels
  • "Minimally Invasive Oral Surgery Induction of the FRICT-ION Chronic Neuropathic Pain Model" (2020) in BIO-PROTOCOL
  • "The Therapeutic Effectiveness of Full Spectrum Hemp Oil Using a Chronic Neuropathic Pain Model" (2020) in Life

Westlund frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Sascha R.A. Alles
  • Marena A. Montera
  • Aleyah E. Goins
  • Nesia A. Zurek
  • Reza Ehsanian

Best Publications

  • NEUROANATOMY OF THE PAIN SYSTEM AND OF THE PATHWAYS THAT MODULATE PAIN

    W D Willis;K N Westlund

  • Distinct monoamine oxidase A and B populations in primate brain.

    KN Westlund;RM Denney;LM Kochersperger;RM Rose

  • Noradrenergic projections to the spinal cord of the rat

    K.N. Westlund;R.M. Bowker;M.G. Ziegler;J.D. Coulter

  • Descending serotonergic, peptidergic and cholinergic pathways from the raphe nuclei: A multiple transmitter complex

    R.M. Bowker;K.N. Westlund;M.C. Sullivan;J.F. Wilber

  • Localization of distinct monoamine oxidase A and monoamine oxidase B cell populations in human brainstem.

    K.N. Westlund;R.M. Denney;R.M. Rose;C.W. Abell

  • Origins of serotonergic projections to the spinal cord in rat: an immunocytochemical-retrograde transport study.

    R.M. Bowker;K.N. Westlund;J.D. Coulter

  • Transdermal cannabidiol reduces inflammation and pain‐related behaviours in a rat model of arthritis

    D.C. Hammell;L.P. Zhang;S.M. Abshire

  • The efferent projections of the periaqueductal gray in the rat: a Phaseolus vulgaris-leucoagglutinin study. II. Descending projections.

    Adrian A. Cameron;Iqbal A. Khan;Karin N. Westlund;William D. Willis

  • Descending projections of the locus coeruleus and subcoeruleus/medial parabrachial nuclei in monkey: Axonal transport studies and dopamine-β-hydroxylase immunocytochemistry

    Karin N. Westlund;Joe Dan Coulter

  • Excitatory amino acid receptor involvement in peripheral nociceptive transmission in rats.

    Nada B. Lawand;William D. Willis;Karin N. Westlund

  • A visceral pain pathway in the dorsal column of the spinal cord

    William D. Willis;Elie D. Al-Chaer;Michael J. Quast;Karin N. Westlund

  • Visceral nociceptive input into the ventral posterolateral nucleus of the thalamus: a new function for the dorsal column pathway

    E. D. Al-Chaer;N. B. Lawand;K. N. Westlund;W. D. Willis

  • Is there a pathway in the posterior funiculus that signals visceral pain

    R.M. Hirshberg;E.D. Al-Chaer;N.B. Lawand;K.N. Westlund

  • Pelvic visceral input into the nucleus gracilis is largely mediated by the postsynaptic dorsal column pathway

    E. D. Al-Chaer;N. B. Lawand;K. N. Westlund;W. D. Willis

  • Behavioral and immunohistochemical changes in an experimental arthritis model in rats.

    K. A. Sluka;K. N. Westlund

  • Organization of Descending Serotonergic Projections to the Spinal Cord

    R.M. Bowker;K.N. Westlund;M.C. Sullivan;J.D. Coulter

  • Neural changes in acute arthritis in monkeys. I. Parallel enhancement of responses of spinothalamic tract neurons to mechanical stimulation and excitatory amino acids

    Patrick M Dougherty;K. A. Sluka;L. S. Sorkin;K. N. Westlund

  • Amino acid release into the knee joint : key role in nociception and inflammation

    Nada B. Lawand;Terry McNearney;Karin N. Westlund

  • Neural changes in acute arthritis in monkeys. IV. Time-course of amino acid release into the lumbar dorsal horn.

    L. S. Sorkin;K. N. Westlund;K. A. Sluka;Patrick M Dougherty

  • Immunocytochemical localization of monoamine oxidases A and B in human peripheral tissues and brain.

    Larry W. Thorpe;Karin N. Westlund;Lynn M. Kochersperger;C. W. Abell

Frequent Co-Authors

Kathleen A. Sluka
Kathleen A. Sluka University of Iowa
William D. Willis
William D. Willis The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Joe Dan Coulter
Joe Dan Coulter University of Iowa
Susan M. Carlton
Susan M. Carlton The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Claire E. Hulsebosch
Claire E. Hulsebosch The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Michael G. Ziegler
Michael G. Ziegler University of California, San Diego
Richard E. Coggeshall
Richard E. Coggeshall The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Patrick M. Dougherty
Patrick M. Dougherty The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Steven P. Wilson
Steven P. Wilson University of South Carolina
Charles R. Carlson
Charles R. Carlson University of Kentucky

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