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Overview

Stephen B. McMahon was affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focused on the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with significant contributions to subfields such as Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, and Neurology.

The scope of their scientific work included diverse topics such as pain mechanisms and treatments, musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, ion channel regulation and function, neuroscience and neural engineering, heart rate variability and autonomic control, functional brain connectivity studies, and fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome research.

Their recent notable publications included the following:

  • The physiological function of different voltage-gated sodium channels in pain, 2021, Nature Reviews. Neuroscience
  • Changes in the transcriptional fingerprint of satellite glial cells following peripheral nerve injury, 2020, Glia
  • Linking Pain Sensation to the Autonomic Nervous System: The Role of the Anterior Cingulate and Periaqueductal Gray Resting-State Networks, 2020, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Neuromodulation using ultra low frequency current waveform reversibly blocks axonal conduction and chronic pain, 2021, Science Translational Medicine
  • The burden of musculoskeletal pain and the role of topical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in its treatment. Ten underpinning statements from a global pain faculty, 2020, Current Medical Research and Opinion

Stephen B. McMahon collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Matthew A. Howard
  • Steven Williams
  • Kirsty Bannister
  • Franziska Denk
  • Sonia Medina

The scientist published extensively in key venues related to their research focus. These included:

  • Pain
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Journal of Pain
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Nature Reviews. Neuroscience

Throughout their career, Stephen B. McMahon contributed to the understanding of pain physiology, ion channel function, and neural mechanisms underlying chronic pain conditions. Their work encompassed translational neuroscience approaches and clinical pain research, addressing topics in both molecular and systemic neuroscience domains.

Best Publications

  • Chondroitinase ABC promotes functional recovery after spinal cord injury

    Elizabeth J. Bradbury;Lawrence D. F. Moon;Lawrence D. F. Moon;Reena J. Popat;Von R. King

  • Role of the immune system in chronic pain

    Fabien Marchand;Mauro Perretti;Stephen B. McMahon

  • Mice lacking nerve growth factor display perinatal loss of sensory and sympathetic neurons yet develop basal forebrain cholinergic neurons.

    Craig Crowley;Susan D. Spencer;Merry C. Nishimura;Karen S. Chen

  • Urinary bladder hyporeflexia and reduced pain-related behaviour in P2X3-deficient mice.

    Debra A. Cockayne;Sara G. Hamilton;Quan-Ming Zhu;Philip M. Dunn

  • Tackling pain at the source: new ideas about nociceptors.

    William D Snider;Stephen B McMahon

  • Neurotrophins: Mediators and Modulators of Pain

    Sophie Pezet;Stephen B. McMahon

  • Wall and Melzack's Textbook of Pain

    Stephen B. McMahon;Martin Koltzenburg

  • Dynamic receptive field plasticity in rat spinal cord dorsal horn following C-primary afferent input

    Alison J. Cook;Clifford J. Woolf;Patrick D. Wall;Stephen B. McMahon

  • Neurotrophins promote motor neuron survival and are present in embryonic limb bud

    Christopher E. Henderson;William Camu;Clément Mettling;Annie Gouin

  • Immunocytochemical localization of trkA receptors in chemically identified subgroups of adult rat sensory neurons.

    S. Averill;S. B. McMahon;D. O. Clary;L. F. Reichardt

  • A Distinct Subgroup of Small DRG Cells Express GDNF Receptor Components and GDNF Is Protective for These Neurons after Nerve Injury

    David L. H. Bennett;Gregory J. Michael;Navin Ramachandran;John B. Munson

  • Expression and coexpression of Trk receptors in subpopulations of adult primary sensory neurons projecting to identified peripheral targets.

    Stephen B. McMahon;Mark P. Armanini;Lanway H. Ling;Heidi S. Phillips

  • Potent analgesic effects of GDNF in neuropathic pain states

    Timothy J. Boucher;Kenji Okuse;David L. H. Bennett;John B. Munson

  • Does the right side know what the left is doing

    Martin Koltzenburg;Patrick D. Wall;Stephen B. McMahon

  • Functional regeneration of sensory axons into the adult spinal cord

    Matt S. Ramer;John V. Priestley;Stephen B. McMahon

  • The biological effects of endogenous nerve growth factor on adult sensory neurons revealed by a trkA-IgG fusion molecule

    Stephen B. Mcmahon;David L.H. Bennett;John V. Priestley;David L. Shelton

  • Immune and glial cell factors as pain mediators and modulators.

    Stephen B. McMahon;William B.J. Cafferty;William B.J. Cafferty;Fabien Marchand

  • The expression of P2X3 purinoreceptors in sensory neurons: effects of axotomy and glial-derived neurotrophic factor.

    Elizabeth J. Bradbury;Geoffery Burnstock;Stephen B. McMahon

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor modulates nociceptive sensory inputs and NMDA-evoked responses in the rat spinal cord.

    B J Kerr;Elizabeth Bradbury;D L Bennett;P M Trivedi

  • Chondroitinase ABC Promotes Sprouting of Intact and Injured Spinal Systems after Spinal Cord Injury

    AW Barritt;M Davies;F Marchand;R Hartley

Frequent Co-Authors

David L.H. Bennett
David L.H. Bennett University of Oxford
Elizabeth J. Bradbury
Elizabeth J. Bradbury King's College London
Ping K. Yip
Ping K. Yip Queen Mary University of London
John V. Priestley
John V. Priestley Queen Mary University of London
John Grist
John Grist King's College London
Marzia Malcangio
Marzia Malcangio King's College London
Andrew S.C. Rice
Andrew S.C. Rice Imperial College London
James W. Fawcett
James W. Fawcett University of Cambridge
Matt S. Ramer
Matt S. Ramer University of British Columbia
Martin Koltzenburg
Martin Koltzenburg University College London

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