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Laura S. Stone

Laura S. Stone

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Neuroscience

D-Index
47
Citations
7398
World Ranking
6491
National Ranking
382

Overview

Laura S. Stone is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and has a research focus primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work encompasses multiple subfields, including Physiology, Pharmacology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Molecular Biology.

Their research topics cover areas such as musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, spine and intervertebral disc pathology, pain mechanisms and treatments, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome research, pediatric pain management techniques, pregnancy-related medical research, and plant toxicity and pharmacological properties.

Recent significant publications by Laura S. Stone include:

  • "TACAN Is an Ion Channel Involved in Sensing Mechanical Pain," 2020, Cell
  • "Adenotonsillectomy for Snoring and Mild Sleep Apnea in Children," 2023, JAMA
  • "Macrophages and Intervertebral Disc Degeneration," 2023, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Adverse childhood experience is associated with an increased risk of reporting chronic pain in adulthood: a stystematic review and meta-analysis," 2023, European Journal of Psychotraumatology
  • "Protein Adsorption on Surfaces Functionalized with COOH Groups Promotes Anti-inflammatory Macrophage Responses," 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as the Journal of Pain, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Pain, JOR Spine, and Osteoarthritis and Cartilage.

Laura S. Stone has collaborated frequently with colleagues including Magali Millecamps, Seunghwan Lee, Lisbet Haglund, Jean Ouellet, and Stéphanie Grégoire.

Best Publications

  • Effective Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain in Humans Reverses Abnormal Brain Anatomy and Function

    David A. Seminowicz;Timothy H. Wideman;Lina Naso;Zeinab Hatami-Khoroushahi

  • P2X3 is expressed by DRG neurons that terminate in inner lamina II.

    L. Vulchanova;M. S. Riedl;S. J. Shuster;L. S. Stone

  • The alpha2a adrenergic receptor subtype mediates spinal analgesia evoked by alpha2 agonists and is necessary for spinal adrenergic-opioid synergy.

    Laura S. Stone;Leigh B. MacMillan;Kelley F. Kitto;Lee E. Limbird

  • Agmatine reverses pain induced by inflammation, neuropathy, and spinal cord injury

    C A Fairbanks;K L Schreiber;K L Brewer;C G Yu

  • Differential Distribution of α2A and α2C Adrenergic Receptor Immunoreactivity in the Rat Spinal Cord

    Laura S. Stone;Christian Broberger;Lucy Vulchanova;George L. Wilcox

  • Spinal analgesic actions of the new endogenous opioid peptides endomorphin-1 and -2.

    Laura Stone;Carolyn Fairbanks;Tinna Laughlin;H Nguyen

  • α2C-Adrenergic Receptors Mediate Spinal Analgesia and Adrenergic-Opioid Synergy

    Carolyn A. Fairbanks;Laura S. Stone;Kelley F. Kitto;H. Oanh Nguyen

  • High mechanical strain of primary intervertebral disc cells promotes secretion of inflammatory factors associated with disc degeneration and pain

    Rahul Gawri;Derek H Rosenzweig;Emerson Krock;Jean A Ouellet

  • Partial recovery of abnormal insula and dorsolateral prefrontal connectivity to cognitive networks in chronic low back pain after treatment

    Marta Čeko;Yoram Shir;Yoram Shir;Jean A. Ouellet;Jean A. Ouellet;Mark A. Ware;Mark A. Ware

  • Painful, degenerating intervertebral discs up-regulate neurite sprouting and CGRP through nociceptive factors

    Emerson Krock;Derek H. Rosenzweig;Anne Julie Chabot-Doré;Peter Jarzem

  • Cytotoxic targeting of isolectin IB4-binding sensory neurons

    L Vulchanova;T.H Olson;L.S Stone;M.S Riedl

  • Peripheral nerve injury is associated with chronic, reversible changes in global DNA methylation in the mouse prefrontal cortex.

    Maral Tajerian;Sebastian Alvarado;Magali Millecamps;Pascal Vachon

  • TACAN Is an Ion Channel Involved in Sensing Mechanical Pain.

    Lou Beaulieu-Laroche;Marine Christin;Annmarie Donoghue;Francina Agosti

  • Lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration associated with axial and radiating low back pain in ageing SPARC-null mice.

    Magali Millecamps;Maral Tajerian;Lina Naso;E. Helene Sage;E. Helene Sage

  • Pharmacological profiles of alpha 2 adrenergic receptor agonists identified using genetically altered mice and isobolographic analysis.

    Carolyn A. Fairbanks;Laura S. Stone;George L. Wilcox

  • DNA methylation of SPARC and chronic low back pain.

    Maral Tajerian;Sebastian Alvarado;Magali Millecamps;Magali Millecamps;Thomas Dashwood

  • ISSLS Prize winner: Increased innervation and sensory nervous system plasticity in a mouse model of low back pain due to intervertebral disc degeneration

    Masayuki Miyagi;Magali Millecamps;Alexander T. Danco;Seiji Ohtori

  • Alleviation of chronic neuropathic pain by environmental enrichment in mice well after the establishment of chronic pain

    Pascal Vachon;Magali Millecamps;Lucie Low;Scott J Thompsosn

  • Effects of peripheral nerve injury on alpha-2A and alpha-2C adrenergic receptor immunoreactivity in the rat spinal cord.

    L.S. Stone;L. Vulchanova;M.S. Riedl;J. Wang

  • Peripheral nerve injury is accompanied by chronic transcriptome-wide changes in the mouse prefrontal cortex

    Sebastian Alvarado;Maral Tajerian;Magali Millecamps;Mathew Suderman

Frequent Co-Authors

George L. Wilcox
George L. Wilcox University of Minnesota
Robert Elde
Robert Elde University of Minnesota
David A. Seminowicz
David A. Seminowicz University of Maryland, Baltimore
M. Catherine Bushnell
M. Catherine Bushnell National Institutes of Health
Ulf Arvidsson
Ulf Arvidsson Karolinska Institute
Alfredo Ribeiro-da-Silva
Alfredo Ribeiro-da-Silva McGill University
Petra Schweinhardt
Petra Schweinhardt University of Zurich
Robert Sladek
Robert Sladek McGill University
Gang Niu
Gang Niu Xi'an Jiaotong University
Xiaoyuan Chen
Xiaoyuan Chen National University of Singapore

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