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Märta Segerdahl

Märta Segerdahl

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Neuroscience

D-Index
41
Citations
5427
World Ranking
7943
National Ranking
156

Overview

Märta Segerdahl is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with particular attention to subfields such as Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Molecular Biology, and Cognitive Neuroscience. The main topics of their work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments, Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology, Musculoskeletal Pain and Rehabilitation, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Pain Management and Placebo Effect, Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders, and Computational Drug Discovery Methods.

The scientific contributions of Märta Segerdahl include several research papers published in notable journals. Recent works include:

  • Discovery and validation of biomarkers to aid the development of safe and effective pain therapeutics: challenges and opportunities (2020, Nature Reviews Neurology)
  • No pain, still gain (of function): the relation between sensory profiles and the presence or absence of self-reported pain in a large multicenter cohort of patients with neuropathy (2020, Pain)
  • Contralateral Sensory and Pain Perception Changes in Patients With Unilateral Neuropathy (2021, Neurology)
  • Association of sensory phenotype with quality of life, functionality, and emotional well-being in patients suffering from neuropathic pain (2021, Pain)
  • Pain thresholds and intensities of CRPS type I and neuropathic pain in respect to sex (2020, European Journal of Pain)

They have frequently published in several journals, with the most publications appearing in the European Journal of Pain and Pain. Other publications have appeared in Research Square, Nature Reviews Neurology, and Neurology.

Märta Segerdahl has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including:

  • Magnus M. Halldin
  • Nadine Attal
  • Ralf Baron
  • Rainer Freynhagen
  • Per Hansson

Best Publications

  • Peripheral neuropathic pain: a mechanism-related organizing principle based on sensory profiles.

    Ralf Baron;Christoph Maier;Nadine Attal;Andreas Binder

  • Discovery and validation of biomarkers to aid the development of safe and effective pain therapeutics: challenges and opportunities.

    Karen D. Davis;Karen D. Davis;Nima Aghaeepour;Andrew H. Ahn;Martin S. Angst

  • Stratifying patients with peripheral neuropathic pain based on sensory profiles : algorithm and sample size recommendations

    Jan Vollert;Jan Vollert;Christoph Maier;Nadine Attal;David L H Bennett

  • Systemic Adenosine Infusion Alleviates Spontaneous and Stimulus Evoked Pain in Patients with Peripheral Neuropathic Pain

    Mans Belfrage;Alf Sollevi;Marta Segerdahl;Karl-Fredrik Sjolund

  • Pain relief with lidocaine 5% patch in localized peripheral neuropathic pain in relation to pain phenotype: a randomised, double-blind, and placebo-controlled, phenotype panel study.

    Dyveke Torgaard Demant;Karen Lund;Nanna B. Finnerup;Jan Vollert

  • Systemic adenosine infusion: a new treatment modality to alleviate neuropathic pain.

    Alf Sollevi;Måns Belfrage;Thomas Lundeberg;Märta Segerdahl

  • The Safety and Efficacy of Intrathecal Adenosine in Patients with Chronic Neuropathic Pain

    Mans Belfrage;Marta Segerdahl;Staffan Arner;Alf Sollevi

  • Methadone, ciprofloxacin, and adverse drug reactions.

    Karin Herrlin;Märta Segerdahl;Lars L Gustafsson;Eija Kalso

  • The influence of adenosine, ketamine, and morphine on experimentally induced ischemic pain in healthy volunteers.

    Märta Segerdahl;Anders Ekblom;Alf Sollevi

  • Peroperative Adenosine Infusion Reduces the Requirements for Isoflurane and Postoperative Analgesics

    Marta Segerdahl;Anders Ekblom;Kerstin Sandelin;Marie Wickman

  • Predictors of the placebo analgesia response in randomized controlled trials of chronic pain: a meta-analysis of the individual data from nine industrially sponsored trials.

    Lene Vase;Jan Vollert;Nanna B Finnerup;Xiaopeng Miao

  • Research design considerations for single-dose analgesic clinical trials in acute pain: IMMPACT recommendations

    Stephen A. Cooper;Paul J. Desjardins;Dennis C. Turk;Robert H. Dworkin

  • Experimental pain by ischaemic contractions compared with pain by intramuscular infusions of adenosine and hypertonic saline.

    Thomas Graven-Nielsen;Ylva Jansson;Märta Segerdahl;Jens D. Kristensen

  • Intrathecal Adenosine Administration A Phase 1 Clinical Safety Study in Healthy Volunteers, with Additional Evaluation of Its Influence on Sensory Thresholds and Experimental Pain

    Kerstin Rane;Marta Segerdahl;Michel Goiny;Alf Sollevi

  • Children in day surgery: clinical practice and routines. The results from a nation-wide survey.

    M. Segerdahl;Margareta Warren-Stomberg;N. Rawal;M. Brattwall

  • Quantitative sensory testing using DFNS protocol in Europe: an evaluation of heterogeneity across multiple centers in patients with peripheral neuropathic pain and healthy subjects.

    Jan Vollert;Nadine Attal;Ralf Baron;Rainer Freynhagen

  • TRPV1 antagonistic analgesic effect: A randomized study of AZD1386 in pain after third molar extraction

    Hans Quiding;Bror Jonzon;Ola Svensson;Lynn Webster

  • Who is healthy?: Aspects to consider when including healthy volunteers in QST-based studies- a consensus statement by the EUROPAIN and NEUROPAIN consortia

    Janne Gierthmühlen;Elena K. Enax-Krumova;Nadine Attal;Didier Bouhassira

  • The synergistic effect of combined treatment with systemic ketamine and morphine on experimentally induced windup-like pain in humans.

    Helène Schulte;Alf Sollevi;Märta Segerdahl

  • Cross-centre replication of suppressed burrowing behaviour as an ethologically relevant pain outcome measure in the rat: a prospective multicentre study.

    Rachel Wodarski;Rachel Wodarski;Ada Delaney;Camilla Ultenius;Rosie Morland

Frequent Co-Authors

Per Hansson
Per Hansson Karolinska Institute
Christoph Maier
Christoph Maier Ruhr University Bochum
Nanna B. Finnerup
Nanna B. Finnerup Aarhus University
Rolf-Detlef Treede
Rolf-Detlef Treede Heidelberg University
Rainer Freynhagen
Rainer Freynhagen Technical University of Munich
Thomas R. Tölle
Thomas R. Tölle Technical University of Munich
Thomas Graven-Nielsen
Thomas Graven-Nielsen Aalborg University
Nadine Attal
Nadine Attal Grenoble Alpes University
Lars Arendt-Nielsen
Lars Arendt-Nielsen Aalborg University
Bengt Linderoth
Bengt Linderoth Karolinska Institute

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