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Srinivasa N. Raja is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in Medicine, particularly in Physiology, Pharmacology, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Surgery.

The scientist's work primarily focuses on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments. Additional research topics include Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, Pain Management and Opioid Use, Pain Management and Treatment, Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, and Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Srinivasa N. Raja include:

  • The revised International Association for the Study of Pain definition of pain: concepts, challenges, and compromises, 2020, Pain
  • John J. Bonica Award Lecture: Peripheral neuronal hyperexcitability: the "low-hanging" target for safe therapeutic strategies in neuropathic pain, 2020, Pain

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Raja are:

  • Yun Guan
  • Xinzhong Dong
  • Robert H. Dworkin
  • Ankit Uniyal
  • Shao-Qiu He

Common publication venues include:

  • Pain
  • British Journal of Anaesthesia
  • Pain Medicine
  • eLife
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • The revised International Association for the Study of Pain definition of pain: concepts, challenges, and compromises.

    Srinivasa N. Raja;Daniel B. Carr;Milton Cohen;Nanna B. Finnerup;Nanna B. Finnerup

  • Pharmacotherapy for neuropathic pain in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Nanna B Finnerup;Nadine Attal;Simon Haroutounian;Ewan McNicol

  • Recommendations for the Pharmacological Management of Neuropathic Pain: An Overview and Literature Update

    Robert H. Dworkin;Alec B. O'Connor;Joseph Audette;Ralf Baron

  • Neuropathic pain: An updated grading system for research and clinical practice

    Nanna B. Finnerup;Simon Haroutounian;Peter Kamerman;Ralf Baron

  • Peripheral and central mechanisms of cutaneous hyperalgesia.

    Rolf Detlef Treede;Richard A. Meyer;Srinivasa N. Raja;James N. Campbell

  • The IASP classification of chronic pain for ICD-11: chronic neuropathic pain.

    Joachim Scholz;Nanna B. Finnerup;Nadine Attal;Qasim Aziz

  • Treatment of acute postoperative pain

    Christopher L Wu;Srinivasa N Raja

  • Opioids versus antidepressants in postherpetic neuralgia: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial

    Srinivasa N. Raja;J. A. Haythornthwaite;M. Pappagallo;M. R. Clark

  • Myelinated afferents signal the hyperalgesia associated with nerve injury.

    James N. Campbell;Srinivasa N. Raja;Richard A. Meyer;Richard A. Meyer;Susan E. Mackinnon

  • Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Lumbar Zygapophysial (Facet) Joint Pain

    Steven P. Cohen;Srinivasa N. Raja

  • Interpreting the clinical importance of group differences in chronic pain clinical trials: IMMPACT recommendations

    Robert H. Dworkin;Dennis C. Turk;Michael P. McDermott;Sarah Peirce-Sandner

  • Evidence for two different heat transduction mechanisms in nociceptive primary afferents innervating monkey skin.

    R D Treede;R A Meyer;S N Raja;J N Campbell

  • Injury-induced mechanical hypersensitivity requires C-low threshold mechanoreceptors

    Rebecca P. Seal;Xingmei Wang;Yabo Guan;Srinivasa N. Raja

  • Interventional management of neuropathic pain: NeuPSIG recommendations.

    Robert H. Dworkin;Alec B. O'Connor;Joel Kent;Sean C. Mackey

  • Peripheral mechanisms of cutaneous nociception

    Richard A. Meyer;Matthias Ringkamp;James N. Campbell;Srinivasa N. Raja

  • Topical application of clonidine relieves hyperalgesia in patients with sympathetically maintained pain

    K. D. Davis;R. D. Treede;S. N. Raja;R. A. Meyer;R. A. Meyer

  • Peripheral mechanisms of somatic pain.

    Srinivasa N. Raja;Richard A. Meyer;James N. Campbell

  • EVIDENCE FOR DIFFERENT MECHANISMS OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY HYPERALGESIA FOLLOWING HEAT INJURY TO THE GLABROUS SKIN

    Srinivasa N. Raja;James N. Campbell;Richard A. Meyer

  • Systemic alpha-adrenergic blockade with phentolamine: a diagnostic test for sympathetically maintained pain.

    Srinivasa N. Raja;Rolf-Detlef Treede;Karen D. Davis;James N. Campbell

  • Pharmacotherapy for Neuropathic Pain in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    N.B. Finnerup;N. Attal;S. Haroutounian

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard A. Meyer
Richard A. Meyer Johns Hopkins University
Yun Guan
Yun Guan Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
James N. Campbell
James N. Campbell Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Robert H. Dworkin
Robert H. Dworkin University of Rochester Medical Center
Xinzhong Dong
Xinzhong Dong Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Jennifer A. Haythornthwaite
Jennifer A. Haythornthwaite Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Dennis C. Turk
Dennis C. Turk University of Washington
Rolf-Detlef Treede
Rolf-Detlef Treede Heidelberg University
Yuan Xiang Tao
Yuan Xiang Tao Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Matthias Ringkamp
Matthias Ringkamp Johns Hopkins University

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