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Mark R. Hutchinson

Mark R. Hutchinson

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
63
Citations
15435
World Ranking
3380
National Ranking
89

Overview

Mark R. Hutchinson is affiliated with the University of Adelaide in Australia and focuses primarily on medical research. Their work covers numerous facets within the medical field, with significant contributions to physiology, molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, immunology, and pharmacology.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Endometriosis Research and Treatment
  • Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
  • Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response

The frequent publication venues for their research encompass:

  • IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
  • Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Pain

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hutchinson include:

  • Dawn Melley
  • Kevin Lisankie
  • Jeffrey Cichocki
  • Kathleen Kramer
  • Thomas Siegert

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Hutchinson are:

  • "A Chat(GPT) about the future of scientific publishing," 2023, Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • "Small-Molecule Modulators of Toll-like Receptors," 2020, Accounts of Chemical Research
  • "The Neuroimmunology of Chronic Pain: From Rodents to Humans," 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Gender inequality in publishing during the COVID-19 pandemic," 2020, Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • "TLR4 biased small molecule modulators," 2021, Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Best Publications

  • Pathological pain and the neuroimmune interface

    Peter M. Grace;Mark R. Hutchinson;Steven F. Maier;Linda R. Watkins

  • Evidence that opioids may have toll-like receptor 4 and MD-2 effects

    Mark R. Hutchinson;Yingning Zhang;Mitesh Shridhar;John H. Evans

  • Morphine activates neuroinflammation in a manner parallel to endotoxin

    Xiaohui Wang;Lisa C. Loram;Khara Ramos;Armando J. de Jesus

  • Non-stereoselective reversal of neuropathic pain by naloxone and naltrexone: involvement of toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)

    Mark R. Hutchinson;Yingning Zhang;Kimberley Brown;Benjamen D. Coats

  • Exploring the Neuroimmunopharmacology of Opioids: An Integrative Review of Mechanisms of Central Immune Signaling and Their Implications for Opioid Analgesia

    Mark R. Hutchinson;Yehuda Shavit;Peter M. Grace;Kenner C. Rice

  • Opioid-induced glial activation: mechanisms of activation and implications for opioid analgesia, dependence, and reward.

    Mark R. Hutchinson;Sondra T. Bland;Kirk W. Johnson;Kenner C. Rice

  • The “Toll” of Opioid-Induced Glial Activation: Improving the Clinical Efficacy of Opioids by Targeting Glia

    Linda R. Watkins;Mark R. Hutchinson;Mark R. Hutchinson;Kenner C. Rice;Steven F. Maier

  • Glia as the “bad guys”: Implications for improving clinical pain control and the clinical utility of opioids

    Linda R. Watkins;Mark R. Hutchinson;Annemarie Ledeboer;Julie Wieseler-Frank

  • Toll-like receptor 4 in CNS pathologies

    Madison M. Buchanan;Mark Hutchinson;Linda R. Watkins;Hang Yin

  • Glia: novel counter-regulators of opioid analgesia

    Linda R. Watkins;Mark R. Hutchinson;Ian N. Johnston;Steven F. Maier

  • Proinflammatory cytokines oppose opioid-induced acute and chronic analgesia

    Mark R. Hutchinson;Benjamen D. Coats;Susannah S. Lewis;Yingning Zhang

  • Toll-like receptors in chronic pain.

    Lauren Nicotra;Lisa C Loram;Linda R Watkins;Mark R Hutchinson

  • Opioid Activation of Toll-Like Receptor 4 Contributes to Drug Reinforcement

    M. R. Hutchinson;A. L. Northcutt;T. Hiranita;X. Wang

  • Reduction of opioid withdrawal and potentiation of acute opioid analgesia by systemic AV411 (ibudilast).

    Mark R. Hutchinson;Susannah S. Lewis;Benjamen D. Coats;David A. Skyba

  • DAT isn't all that: cocaine reward and reinforcement require Toll-like receptor 4 signaling.

    A L Northcutt;M R Hutchinson;X Wang;M V Baratta

  • “Listening” and “talking” to neurons: Implications of immune activation for pain control and increasing the efficacy of opioids

    Linda R. Watkins;Mark R. Hutchinson;Erin D. Milligan;Steven F. Maier

  • Evidence that intrathecal morphine-3-glucuronide may cause pain enhancement via toll-like receptor 4/MD-2 and interleukin-1β

    Susannah S. Lewis;Mark R. Hutchinson;Mark R. Hutchinson;Niloofar Rezvani;Lisa C. Loram

  • Early-Life Experience Decreases Drug-Induced Reinstatement of Morphine CPP in Adulthood via Microglial-Specific Epigenetic Programming of Anti-Inflammatory IL-10 Expression

    Jaclyn M Schwarz;Mark R Hutchinson;Staci D Bilbo

  • Minocycline suppresses morphine-induced respiratory depression, suppresses morphine-induced reward, and enhances systemic morphine-induced analgesia.

    Mark R. Hutchinson;Alexis L. Northcutt;Lindsey W. Chao;Jeffrey J. Kearney

  • Small-Molecule Modulators of Toll-like Receptors

    Yibo Wang;Shuting Zhang;Hongyuan Li;Hongshuang Wang

  • Implications of central immune signaling caused by drugs of abuse: Mechanisms, mediators and new therapeutic approaches for prediction and treatment of drug dependence

    Janet K. Coller;Mark R. Hutchinson

Frequent Co-Authors

Linda R. Watkins
Linda R. Watkins University of Colorado Boulder
Steven F. Maier
Steven F. Maier University of Colorado Boulder
Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem
Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem University of Adelaide
Sondra T. Bland
Sondra T. Bland University of Colorado Denver
Roger J. Narayan
Roger J. Narayan North Carolina State University
Erin D. Milligan
Erin D. Milligan University of New Mexico
Charles M. Judd
Charles M. Judd University of Colorado Boulder
Tanya M. Monro
Tanya M. Monro University of South Australia
Gregory D. Funk
Gregory D. Funk University of Alberta
Sarah J. Spencer
Sarah J. Spencer RMIT University

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