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Martin Schmelz is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany, focusing on medical research with a specialization in physiology, dermatology, pharmacology, neurology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience. Their work encompasses various aspects of pain mechanisms, dermatology and skin diseases, musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, allergic rhinitis and sensitization, botulinum toxin and related neurological disorders, pain management and placebo effect, as well as ion channels and receptors.

Among their recent papers are:

  • What can we learn from the failure of quantitative sensory testing? (2020, Pain)
  • How Do Neurons Signal Itch? (2021, Frontiers in Medicine)

Martin Schmelz has collaborated frequently with a number of researchers, including:

  • Roman Rukwied
  • Sonja Ständer
  • Richard W. Carr
  • Ayşenur Süer
  • Konstantin Agelopoulos

Their publications are often found in journals such as:

  • Pain
  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  • European Journal of Pain
  • Scandinavian Journal of Pain
  • Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel

Martin Schmelz's research topics include:

  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Dermatology and Skin Diseases
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
  • Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
  • Pain Management and Placebo Effect
  • Ion Channels and Receptors

Their work contributes to the broader field of medicine, with a significant emphasis on understanding complex biological and neurological processes related to pain and skin pathology.

Best Publications

  • Specific C-Receptors for Itch in Human Skin

    Schmelz M;Schmidt R;Bickel A;Handwerker Ho

  • The neurobiology of itch

    Akihiko Ikoma;Martin Steinhoff;Sonja Ständer;Gil Yosipovitch

  • Clinical classification of itch: a position paper of the International Forum for the Study of Itch.

    Sonja Ständer;Elke Weisshaar;Thomas Mettang;Jacek C. Szepietowski

  • Proteinase‐activated receptor‐2 mediates itch: a novel pathway for pruritus in human skin

    M. Steinhoff;U. Neisius;A. Ikoma;M. Fartasch

  • Novel classes of responsive and unresponsive C nociceptors in human skin

    Roland Schmidt;Martin Schmelz;Clemens Forster;Matthias Ringkamp

  • Short-term infusion of the μ-opioid agonist remifentanil in humans causes hyperalgesia during withdrawal

    Martin S Angst;Wolfgang Koppert;Ilka Pahl;David J Clark;David J Clark

  • Chemical response pattern of different classes of C-nociceptors to pruritogens and algogens.

    M. Schmelz;R. Schmidt;C. Weidner;Marita Hilliges

  • Frontiers in pruritus research: scratching the brain for more effective itch therapy.

    Ralf Paus;Martin Schmelz;Tamás Bíró;Martin Steinhoff

  • Modern aspects of cutaneous neurogenic inflammation.

    Martin Steinhoff;Sonja Ständer;Stephan Seeliger;John C. Ansel

  • Perioperative intravenous lidocaine has preventive effects on postoperative pain and morphine consumption after major abdominal surgery.

    Wolfgang Koppert;Marc Weigand;Frank Neumann;Reinhard Sittl

  • Differential Modulation of Remifentanil-Induced Analgesia and Postinfusion Hyperalgesia by S-ketamine and Clonidine in Humans

    Wolfgang Koppert;Reinhard Sittl;Karin Scheuber;Monika Alsheimer

  • Functional Attributes Discriminating Mechano-Insensitive and Mechano-Responsive C Nociceptors in Human Skin

    C Weidner;M Schmelz;R Schmidt;B Hansson

  • Which nerve fibers mediate the axon reflex flare in human skin

    M Schmelz;K Michael;C Weidner;R Schmidt

  • Distribution of cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1) and 2 (CB2) on sensory nerve fibers and adnexal structures in human skin

    Sonja Ständer;Martin Schmelz;Dieter Metze;Thomas Luger

  • The important role of neuropeptides in complex regional pain syndrome.

    F. Birklein;M. Schmelz;S. Schifter;M. Weber

  • Neuropeptides, neurogenic inflammation and complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS).

    Frank Birklein;Martin Schmelz

  • Acute Effects of Substance P and Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide in Human Skin – A Microdialysis Study

    Christian Weidner;Monika Klede;Roman Rukwied;Grischa Lischetzki

  • Encoding of burning pain from capsaicin-treated human skin in two categories of unmyelinated nerve fibres

    M Schmelz;R Schmid;H O Handwerker;H E Torebjörk

  • Facilitated neurogenic inflammation in complex regional pain syndrome.

    M Weber;F Birklein;B Neundörfer;M Schmelz

  • High local concentrations and effects on differentiation implicate interleukin-6 as a paracrine regulator.

    Victoria Rotter Sopasakis;Madeléne Sandqvist;Birgit Gustafson;Ann Hammarstedt

Frequent Co-Authors

Hermann-Otto Handwerker
Hermann-Otto Handwerker University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Frank Birklein
Frank Birklein Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Martin Steinhoff
Martin Steinhoff Hamad Medical Corporation
Matthias Ringkamp
Matthias Ringkamp Johns Hopkins University
Robert F. Schmidt
Robert F. Schmidt University of Würzburg
Yoshiki Miyachi
Yoshiki Miyachi Kyoto University
Bernhard Neundörfer
Bernhard Neundörfer University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Thomas A. Luger
Thomas A. Luger University of Münster
Gil Yosipovitch
Gil Yosipovitch University of Miami
Märta Segerdahl
Märta Segerdahl Karolinska Institute

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