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Menachem Hanani is affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience and medicine, with significant contributions to physiology, neurology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

Their work covers a range of topics including:

  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling
  • Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research

Some of Menachem Hanani's recent papers are:

  • "Emerging importance of satellite glia in nervous system function and dysfunction," 2020, published in Nature Reviews. Neuroscience
  • "Satellite Glial Cells and Astrocytes, a Comparative Review," 2021, published in Neurochemical Research
  • "How Is Peripheral Injury Signaled to Satellite Glial Cells in Sensory Ganglia?" 2022, published in Cells

Other frequently published papers linked to their research area include works by coauthors exploring purinergic signaling and satellite glial cells, such as studies published in Pain and Cells.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Menachem Hanani include:

  • Rachel Feldman-Goriachnik
  • David C. Spray
  • Yun Guan
  • Zhiyong Chen
  • Xiaodan Song

The scientist has published extensively in journals including:

  • Cells
  • Nature Reviews. Neuroscience
  • Bioelectricity
  • Neurochemical Research
  • Pain

Their research reflects a focus on cellular mechanisms, particularly relating to satellite glial cells and neuronal excitability, as well as interactions involved in pain and neurological disorders. This aligns with the fields of medicine and neuroscience, particularly physiology and neurology.

Best Publications

  • Satellite glial cells in sensory ganglia: from form to function

    Menachem Hanani

  • Emerging importance of satellite glia in nervous system function and dysfunction

    Menachem Hanani;David C. Spray

  • Coupled Activation of Primary Sensory Neurons Contributes to Chronic Pain

    Yu Shin Kim;Yu Shin Kim;Michael Anderson;Kyoungsook Park;Qin Zheng

  • Glial cell plasticity in sensory ganglia induced by nerve damage.

    M Hanani;T.Y Huang;P.S Cherkas;M Ledda

  • The contribution of satellite glial cells to chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain.

    R.A. Warwick;M. Hanani

  • Satellite glial cells in sensory ganglia: their possible contribution to inflammatory pain.

    Pavel Dublin;Menachem Hanani

  • Satellite glial cells in sympathetic and parasympathetic ganglia: in search of function.

    Menachem Hanani

  • Bidirectional calcium signaling between satellite glial cells and neurons in cultured mouse trigeminal ganglia

    Sylvia O. Suadicani;Pavel S. Cherkas;Jonathan Zuckerman;David N. Smith

  • Satellite cell reactions to axon injury of sensory ganglion neurons: increase in number of gap junctions and formation of bridges connecting previously separate perineuronal sheaths.

    E. Pannese;M. Ledda;P. S. Cherkas;T. Y. Huang

  • The effects of axotomy on neurons and satellite glial cells in mouse trigeminal ganglion

    Pavel S Cherkas;Tian-Ying Huang;Thomas Pannicke;Michael Tal

  • Association of the ecto-ATPase NTPDase2 with glial cells of the peripheral nervous system.

    Norbert Braun;Jean Sévigny;Simon C. Robson;Klaus Hammer

  • Peripheral inflammation upregulates P2X receptor expression in satellite glial cells of mouse trigeminal ganglia: A calcium imaging study

    Raya Kushnir;Pavel S. Cherkas;Menachem Hanani

  • Intercellular communication in sensory ganglia by purinergic receptors and gap junctions: Implications for chronic pain

    Menachem Hanani

  • Gap junctions in dorsal root ganglia: Possible contribution to visceral pain

    Tian-Ying Huang;Vitali Belzer;Menachem Hanani

  • Morphology of horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-injected glial cells in the myenteric plexus of the guinea-pig.

    Menachem Hanani;Andreas reichenbach

  • Intercellular coupling of interstitial cells of cajal in the digestive tract.

    Menachem Hanani;Gianrico Farrugia;Terumasa Komuro

  • Age-related changes in the morphology of the myenteric plexus of the human colon.

    Menachem Hanani;Yakov Fellig;Raphael Udassin;Herbert R Freund

  • P2 receptors in satellite glial cells in trigeminal ganglia of mice

    M Weick;P.S Cherkas;W Härtig;T Pannicke

  • Regeneration of myenteric plexus in the mouse colon after experimental denervation with benzalkonium chloride.

    Menachem Hanani;Oren Ledder;Vladimir Yutkin;Ribhi Abu-Dalu

  • Interstitial cells of Cajal – their role in pacing and signal transmission in the digestive system

    M. Hanani;H.R. Freund

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Pannicke
Thomas Pannicke Leipzig University
Wolfgang Härtig
Wolfgang Härtig Leipzig University
Michael Tal
Michael Tal Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jens Grosche
Jens Grosche Leipzig University
Jochen Roeper
Jochen Roeper Goethe University Frankfurt
James B. Koprich
James B. Koprich Fudan University
Dwight E. Bergles
Dwight E. Bergles Johns Hopkins University
Richard A. Normann
Richard A. Normann University of Utah
Herbert B. Tanowitz
Herbert B. Tanowitz Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Vanda A. Lennon
Vanda A. Lennon Mayo Clinic

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