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Peter W. Reeh is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a focus on sensory systems and physiology. The scientist's subfields include Sensory Systems, Physiology, Dermatology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

The major topics covered in their work involve Ion Channels and Receptors, Pain Mechanisms and Treatments, Dermatology and Skin Diseases, Respiratory and Cough-Related Research, Herbal Medicine Research Studies, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, and Gastrointestinal Motility and Disorders.

Frequent publication venues for Peter W. Reeh include Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology, Journal of Translational Medicine, Life Sciences, Journal of Clinical Investigation, and Physiological Reports. Notably, the scientist has published multiple articles in Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology and Journal of Translational Medicine, each with two publications.

Coauthors who have frequently collaborated with Peter W. Reeh encompass Michael J. M. Fischer, Barbara Namer, Tatjana I. Kichko, Susanne K. Sauer, and Lisa Gebhardt.

Among recent publications authored or coauthored by Peter W. Reeh are:

  • Nobel somatosensations and pain, 2022, Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology
  • Bitter taste signaling in tracheal epithelial brush cells elicits innate immune responses to bacterial infection, 2022, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • The formalin test does not probe inflammatory pain but excitotoxicity in rodent skin, 2022, Physiological Reports
  • Complementary roles of murine NaV1.7, NaV1.8 and NaV1.9 in acute itch signalling, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • TRPA1-dependent calcium transients and CGRP release in DRG neurons require extracellular calcium, 2020, The Journal of Cell Biology

Best Publications

  • Cannabinoids mediate analgesia largely via peripheral type 1 cannabinoid receptors in nociceptors

    Nitin Agarwal;Pal Pacher;Irmgard Tegeder;Fumimasa Amaya

  • Methylglyoxal modification of Na v 1.8 facilitates nociceptive neuron firing and causes hyperalgesia in diabetic neuropathy

    Angelika Bierhaus;Thomas Fleming;Stoyan Stoyanov;Andreas Leffler;Andreas Leffler

  • TREK-1, a K+ channel involved in polymodal pain perception

    Abdelkrim Alloui;Katharina Zimmermann;Julien Mamet;Fabrice Duprat

  • TRPA1 channels mediate acute neurogenic inflammation and pain produced by bacterial endotoxins

    Victor Meseguer;Yeranddy A. Alpizar;Enoch Luis;Sendoa Tajada

  • Sensory neuron sodium channel Nav1.8 is essential for pain at low temperatures.

    Katharina Zimmermann;Andreas Leffler;Alexandru Babes;Cruz Miguel Cendan

  • The mechano‐activated K+ channels TRAAK and TREK‐1 control both warm and cold perception

    Jacques Noël;Katharina Zimmermann;Jérome Busserolles;Jérome Busserolles;Emanuel Deval

  • H2S and NO cooperatively regulate vascular tone by activating a neuroendocrine HNO-TRPA1-CGRP signalling pathway

    Mirjam Eberhardt;Maria Dux;Barbara Namer;Jan Miljkovic

  • Chemosensitivity of fine afferents from rat skin in vitro

    E. Lang;A. Novak;P. W. Reeh;H. O. Handwerker

  • A dominant role of acid pH in inflammatory excitation and sensitization of nociceptors in rat skin, in vitro

    KH Steen;AE Steen;PW Reeh

  • Pain due to tissue acidosis: a mechanism for inflammatory and ischemic myalgia?

    Ulrich Issberner;Peter W. Reeh;Kay H. Steen

  • Tissue acidosis in nociception and pain.

    Peter W. Reeh;Kay H. Steen

  • SENSORY AND SIGNALING MECHANISMS OF BRADYKININ, EICOSANOIDS, PLATELET-ACTIVATING FACTOR, AND NITRIC OXIDE IN PERIPHERAL NOCICEPTORS

    Gábor Pethö;Peter W. Reeh;Peter W. Reeh

  • Responsiveness and functional attributes of electrically localized terminals of cutaneous C-fibers in vivo and in vitro

    M. Kress;M. Koltzenburg;P. W. Reeh;H. O. Handwerker

  • Selective excitation by capsaicin of mechano-heat sensitive nociceptors in rat skin

    Janos Szolcsanyi;Fernand Anton;Peter-Werner Reeh;Hermann-Otto Handwerker

  • Sensory receptors in mammalian skin in an in vitro preparation.

    Peter W. Reeh

  • Sox10 is required for Schwann cell identity and progression beyond the immature Schwann cell stage

    Markus Finzsch;Silke Schreiner;Tatjana Kichko;Peter Reeh

  • TRPA1 and Substance P Mediate Colitis in Mice

    Matthias A. Engel;Andreas Leffler;Andreas Leffler;Florian Niedermirtl;Alexandru Babes

  • Does neurogenic inflammation alter the sensitivity of unmyelinated nociceptors in the rat

    Peter W. Reeh;Laurence Kocher;Sigrid Jung

  • The vanilloid receptor TRPV1 is activated and sensitized by local anesthetics in rodent sensory neurons

    Andreas Leffler;Michael J. Fischer;Dietlinde Rehner;Stephanie Kienel

  • Release of substance P, calcitonin gene-related peptide and prostaglandin E2 from rat dura mater encephali following electrical and chemical stimulation in vitro.

    A Ebersberger;B Averbeck;K Messlinger;P.W Reeh

Frequent Co-Authors

Milos R. Filipovic
Milos R. Filipovic Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Hermann-Otto Handwerker
Hermann-Otto Handwerker University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Markus F. Neurath
Markus F. Neurath University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Clifford J. Woolf
Clifford J. Woolf Boston Children's Hospital
Christoph Becker
Christoph Becker University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Gerd Geisslinger
Gerd Geisslinger Goethe University Frankfurt
Roland E. Schmieder
Roland E. Schmieder University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Martin Schmelz
Martin Schmelz Heidelberg University
Richard J. Lewis
Richard J. Lewis University of Queensland
John Wood
John Wood University College London

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