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Mary M. Heinricher is affiliated with Oregon Health & Science University in the United States. Their research spans significant domains within medicine and neuroscience, with a particular focus on pain mechanisms and treatments. Their work integrates physiological and cellular approaches to better understand pain modulation and related responses.

Their recent publications include studies that investigate descending pain modulation and the physiological properties of pain-modulating neurons. Selected recent papers are:

  • "Shifting the Balance: How Top-Down and Bottom-Up Input Modulate Pain via the Rostral Ventromedial Medulla" (2022), published in Frontiers in Pain Research
  • "The 'in's and out's' of descending pain modulation from the rostral ventromedial medulla" (2024), published in Trends in Neurosciences
  • "Different Methods for Traumatic Brain Injury Diagnosis Influence Presence and Symptoms of Post-Concussive Syndrome in United States Veterans" (2021), published in Journal of Neurotrauma
  • "Physiological properties of pain-modulating neurons in rostral ventromedial medulla in female rats, and responses to opioid administration" (2021), published in Neurobiology of Pain
  • "Photosensitivity Is Associated with Chronic Pain following Traumatic Brain Injury" (2022), published in Journal of Neurotrauma

Their frequent collaborators include Caitlynn C. De Preter, Nadir M. Balba, Miranda M. Lim, Alisha A. McBride, and Jonathan E. Elliott.

Mary M. Heinricher has contributed extensively to several journals, particularly:

  • Journal of Neurotrauma
  • Neurobiology of Pain
  • Frontiers in Pain Research
  • Trends in Neurosciences
  • Journal of Neuroscience

Their research explores various fields within neuroscience and medicine including physiology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, and epidemiology.

The main topics covered in their work encompass:

  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
  • Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Pain Management and Placebo Effect
  • Musculoskeletal Pain and Rehabilitation
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol

This multidisciplinary approach illustrates their involvement in understanding both the biological underpinnings of pain and clinical aspects related to trauma and chronic pain conditions. Their contributions to the scientific community reflect wide-ranging interests connecting basic neuroscience with applied medical research.

Best Publications

  • Neurotransmitters in Nociceptive Modulatory Circuits

    Howard L. Fields;Mary M. Heinricher;Peggy Mason

  • Descending control of nociception: Specificity, recruitment and plasticity.

    M M Heinricher;I Tavares;I Tavares;J L Leith;B M Lumb

  • Central nervous system mechanisms of pain modulation

    Howard L. Fields;Allan I. Basbaum;Mary M. Heinricher

  • Anatomy and physiology of a nociceptive modulatory system.

    H. L. Fields;Mary M. Heinricher

  • Orphanin FQ/nociceptin: A role in pain and analgesia, but so much more

    Tristan Darland;Mary M. Heinricher;David K. Grandy

  • Disinhibition of off-cells and antinociception produced by an opioid action within the rostral ventromedial medulla

    M.M. Heinricher;M.M. Morgan;V. Tortorici;H.L. Fields

  • Direct and indirect actions of morphine on medullary neurons that modulate nociception.

    M.M. Heinricher;M.M. Morgan;H.L. Fields

  • Parabrachial Complex: A Hub for Pain and Aversion

    Michael C. Chiang;Anna Bowen;Lindsey A. Schier;Domenico Tupone

  • Medullary pain facilitating neurons mediate allodynia in headache-related pain.

    Rebecca M. Edelmayer;Todd W. Vanderah;Lisa Majuta;En-Tan Zhang

  • A possible neural basis for stress-induced hyperalgesia.

    Melissa E. Martenson;Justin S. Cetas;Mary M. Heinricher

  • Putative nociceptive modulating neurons in the rostral ventromedial medulla of the rat: firing of on- and off-cells is related to nociceptive responsiveness.

    Mary M. Heinricher;Nicholas M. Barbaro;Howard L. Fields

  • Putative pain modulating neurons in the rostral ventral medulla: Reflex-related activity predicts effects of morphine

    Nicholas M. Barbaro;Mary M. Heinricher;Howard L. Fields

  • Morphine microinjected into the periaqueductal gray has differential effects on 3 classes of medullary neurons

    Zhen Feng Cheng;Howard L. Fields;Mary M. Heinricher

  • Neural Basis for the Hyperalgesic Action of Cholecystokinin in the Rostral Ventromedial Medulla

    Mary M. Heinricher;Miranda J. Neubert

  • Social transfer of pain in mice

    Monique L. Smith;Caroline M. Hostetler;Mary M. Heinricher;Andrey E. Ryabinin

  • Sensitization of pain-modulating neurons in the rostral ventromedial medulla after peripheral nerve injury.

    Jonathan D. Carlson;Jennifer J. Maire;Melissa E. Martenson;Mary M. Heinricher

  • Nociceptive facilitating neurons in the rostral ventromedial medulla.

    Miranda J Neubert;Wendy Kincaid;Mary M Heinricher

  • Interference with GABA transmission in the rostral ventromedial medulla: disinhibition of off-cells as a central mechanism in nociceptive modulation.

    M.M. Heinricher;V. Tortorici

  • Beyond neurovascular: migraine as a dysfunctional neurolimbic pain network.

    Morris Maizels;Sheena Aurora;Mary Heinricher

  • Evidence for two classes of nociceptive modulating neurons in the periaqueductal gray

    Mary M. Heinricher;Zhen-feng Cheng;Howard L. Fields

  • GABA-mediated inhibition in rostral ventromedial medulla: role in nociceptive modulation in the lightly anesthetized rat

    Mary M. Heinricher;Hilary J. Kaplan

Frequent Co-Authors

Howard L. Fields
Howard L. Fields University of California, San Francisco
Michael M. Morgan
Michael M. Morgan Washington State University
Steve McGaraughty
Steve McGaraughty AbbVie (United States)
Nicholas M. Barbaro
Nicholas M. Barbaro The University of Texas at Austin
J. Peter Rosenfeld
J. Peter Rosenfeld Northwestern University
Lindsay B. Hough
Lindsay B. Hough Albany Medical Center Hospital
Andrey E. Ryabinin
Andrey E. Ryabinin Oregon Health & Science University
Richard J. Bodnar
Richard J. Bodnar Queens College, CUNY
David K. Grandy
David K. Grandy Oregon Health & Science University
Barry Oken
Barry Oken Oregon Health & Science University

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