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Martin W. Wessendorf

Martin W. Wessendorf

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Neuroscience

D-Index
38
Citations
7260
World Ranking
8499
National Ranking
3620

Overview

Martin W. Wessendorf is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research spans several fields within medicine and neuroscience, with a focus on understanding complex biological processes related to pain, hormonal effects, and stress responses.

Their published work covers a range of topics that include:

  • Estrogen and related hormone effects
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Sex and Gender in Healthcare
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Pain Management and Placebo Effect
  • Pain Management and Opioid Use

Wessendorf's recent papers highlight contributions in microscopy and pain research. Notable publications include:

  • "Jim Pawley and the Flowering of Confocal Microscopy" (2020), published in Microscopy and Microanalysis
  • "Optical Microscopy as a Tool for Studying Sex Differences in Pain and Analgesia" (2020), also in Microscopy and Microanalysis
  • "Our Life and Times....Alan R. Gintzler, Ph.D. (1947-2021) Analgesics, Endogenous Opioids and the Variable of Sex" (2021), published in Frontiers in Pain Research

The frequent publication venues where Wessendorf's work appears include:

  • Microscopy and Microanalysis
  • Frontiers in Pain Research

Collaborations have been an important aspect of Wessendorf's research activities. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Nai-Jiang Liu
  • Emiliya M. Storman
  • Alan R. Gintzler
  • Anne Z. Murphy
  • Mark A. Stewart

Their subfields of study incorporate genetics, behavioral neuroscience, public health, physiology, and cognitive neuroscience, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach to examining biological and healthcare-related phenomena.

Best Publications

  • Reduction of Lipofuscin-like Autofluorescence in Fluorescently Labeled Tissue

    Stephen A. Schnell;William A. Staines;Martin W. Wessendorf

  • Distribution and targeting of a mu-opioid receptor (MOR1) in brain and spinal cord

    Ulf Arvidsson;Maureen Riedl;Sumita Chakrabarti;Jang Hern Lee

  • Characterization of an immunofluorescence technique for the demonstration of coexisting neurotransmitters within nerve fibers and terminals.

    Martin W. Wessendorf;Robert P. Elde

  • delta-Opioid receptor immunoreactivity: distribution in brainstem and spinal cord, and relationship to biogenic amines and enkephalin

    Ulf Arvidsson;Robert J. Dado;Maureen Riedl;Jang Hern Lee

  • Transneuronal labeling of CNS neuropeptide and monoamine neurons after pseudorabies virus injections into the stellate ganglion

    A.S.P. Jansen;M.W. Wessendorf;A.D. Loewy

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

    Laura Stone;Carolyn Fairbanks;Tinna Laughlin;H Nguyen

  • A subset of ventral tegmental area neurons is inhibited by dopamine, 5-hydroxytryptamine and opioids

    D.L Cameron;M.W Wessendorf;J.T Williams

  • Evidence for co-existence of thyrotropin-releasing hormone, substance P and serotonin in ventral medullary neurons that project to the intermediolateral cell column in the rat

    C.A. Sasek;M.W. Wessendorf;C.J. Helke

  • Multicolor laser scanning confocal immunofluorescence microscopy: practical application and limitations.

    T Clark Brelje;Martin W Wessendorf;Robert L Sorenson

  • The kappa-opioid receptor is primarily postsynaptic: combined immunohistochemical localization of the receptor and endogenous opioids

    U Arvidsson;M Riedl;S Chakrabarti;L Vulchanova

  • Relationship of μ‐ and δ‐opioid receptors to GABAergic neurons in the central nervous system, including antinociceptive brainstem circuits

    Alexander E. Kalyuzhny;Martin W. Wessendorf

  • Fluro-Gold: composition, and mechanism of uptake

    Martin W. Wessendorf

  • μ-Opioid and δ-opioid receptors are expressed in brainstem antinociceptive circuits: Studies using immunocytochemistry and retrograde tract-tracing

    Alexander E. Kalyuzhny;Ulf Arvidsson;Wei Wu;Martin W. Wessendorf

  • Immunoreactivity for endomorphin-2 occurs in primary afferents in rats and monkey

    Tracie L. Pierce;Michael D. Grahek;Martin W. Wessendorf

  • Thyrotropin-releasing hormone in spinal cord: coexistence with serotonin and with substance P in fibers and terminals apposing identified preganglionic sympathetic neurons.

    Nathan M. Appel;Martin W. Wessendorf;Robert P. Elde

  • Immunocytochemical mapping of endomorphin-2-immunoreactivity in rat brain.

    Tracie L. Pierce;Martin W. Wessendorf

  • The coexistence of serotonin- and substance P-like immunoreactivity in the spinal cord of the rat as shown by immunofluorescent double labeling

    Martin W Wessendorf;R. Elde

  • Which fluorophore is brightest? A comparison of the staining obtained using fluorescein, tetramethylrhodamine, lissamine rhodamine, texas red, and cyanine 3.18

    M. W. Wessendorf;T. C. Brelje

  • Rostral ventromedial medulla neurons that project to the spinal cord express multiple opioid receptor phenotypes

    Silvia Marinelli;Christopher W. Vaughan;Stephen A. Schnell;Martin W. Wessendorf

  • Spinal Synthesis of Estrogen and Concomitant Signaling by Membrane Estrogen Receptors Regulate Spinal κ- and μ-Opioid Receptor Heterodimerization and Female-Specific Spinal Morphine Antinociception

    Nai Jiang Liu;Sumita Chakrabarti;Stephen Schnell;Martin Wessendorf

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Elde
Robert Elde University of Minnesota
Alan R. Gintzler
Alan R. Gintzler SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Ulf Arvidsson
Ulf Arvidsson Karolinska Institute
Herbert K. Proudfit
Herbert K. Proudfit University of Iowa
Laura S. Stone
Laura S. Stone McGill University
George L. Wilcox
George L. Wilcox University of Minnesota
Arthur D. Loewy
Arthur D. Loewy Washington University in St. Louis
Rafael Luján
Rafael Luján University of Castilla-La Mancha
Tomas Hökfelt
Tomas Hökfelt Karolinska Institute

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