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Tamara King

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Neuroscience

D-Index
40
Citations
6241
World Ranking
8101
National Ranking
3475

Tamara King publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tamara King sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 76 publications — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Tamara King D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tamara King sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Tamara King is affiliated with the University of New England in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. Within these disciplines, they have focused on subfields including Physiology, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Rheumatology, and Cancer Research.

The scientist's work centers on key topics such as Pain Mechanisms and Treatments, Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms, Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology, MicroRNA in disease regulation, Bone Metabolism and Diseases, Bone and Joint Diseases, and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism.

Among Tamara King's recent papers are:

  • A peptidomimetic modulator of the Ca V 2.2 N-type calcium channel for chronic pain (2023), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Results of the patient report of intermittent catheterization experience (PRICE) study (2021), published in Neurourology and Urodynamics
  • Voluntary exercise blocks ongoing pain and diminishes bone remodeling while sparing protective mechanical pain in a rat model of advanced osteoarthritis pain (2021), published in Pain
  • Effects of Vancomycin on Persistent Pain-Stimulated and Pain-Depressed Behaviors in Female Fischer Rats With or Without Voluntary Access to Running Wheels (2021), published in Journal of Pain
  • Sustained Morphine Delivery Suppresses Bone Formation and Alters Metabolic and Circulating miRNA Profiles in Male C57BL/6J Mice (2020), published in Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Tamara King has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Journal of Pain (5 publications)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (1 publication)
  • Neurourology and Urodynamics (1 publication)
  • Pain (1 publication)
  • Journal of Bone and Mineral Research (1 publication)

The scientist has collaborated multiple times with several coauthors, including:

  • Denise Giuvelis (4 collaborations)
  • Glenn W. Stevenson (4 collaborations)
  • Ravin Davis (3 collaborations)
  • Francesca Asmus (3 collaborations)
  • Adriana Lelis Carvalho (3 collaborations)

Best Publications

  • Unmasking the tonic-aversive state in neuropathic pain.

    Tamara King;Louis Vera-Portocarrero;Tannia Gutierrez;Todd W Vanderah

  • Pain relief produces negative reinforcement through activation of mesolimbic reward–valuation circuitry

    Edita Navratilova;Jennifer Y. Xie;Alec Okun;Chaoling Qu

  • Underlying mechanisms of pronociceptive consequences of prolonged morphine exposure.

    Michael H. Ossipov;Josephine Lai;Tamara King;Todd W. Vanderah

  • Antinociceptive and nociceptive actions of opioids.

    Michael H. Ossipov;Josephine Lai;Tamara King;Todd W. Vanderah

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

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

  • Lesion of the rostral anterior cingulate cortex eliminates the aversiveness of spontaneous neuropathic pain following partial or complete axotomy

    Chaoling Qu;Tamara King;Alec Okun;Josephine Lai

  • Is paradoxical pain induced by sustained opioid exposure an underlying mechanism of opioid antinociceptive tolerance

    Tamara King;Michael H. Ossipov;Todd W. Vanderah;Frank Porreca

  • Engagement of descending inhibition from the rostral ventromedial medulla protects against chronic neuropathic pain

    Milena De Felice;Raul Sanoja;Ruizhong Wang;Louis Vera-Portocarrero

  • Role of NK-1 neurotransmission in opioid-induced hyperalgesia.

    Tamara King;Luis R. Gardell;Ruizhong Wang;Anna Vardanyan

  • Descending facilitation from the rostral ventromedial medulla maintains nerve injury-induced central sensitization

    L.P. Vera-Portocarrero;E.-T. Zhang;M.H. Ossipov;J.Y. Xie

  • Evaluation of reward from pain relief.

    Edita Navratilova;Jennifer Yanhua Xie;Tamara King;Frank Porreca

  • Pros and Cons of Clinically Relevant Methods to Assess Pain in Rodents.

    Anke Tappe-Theodor;Tamara King;Michael M. Morgan

  • Afferent drive elicits ongoing pain in a model of advanced osteoarthritis.

    Alec Okun;Ping Liu;Peg Davis;Jiyang Ren

  • Morphine treatment accelerates sarcoma-induced bone pain, bone loss, and spontaneous fracture in a murine model of bone cancer

    Tamara King;Anna Vardanyan;Lisa Majuta;Ohannes Melemedjian

  • Spinal NK-1 receptor expressing neurons mediate opioid-induced hyperalgesia and antinociceptive tolerance via activation of descending pathways

    Louis P. Vera-Portocarrero;En Tan Zhang;Tamara King;Michael H. Ossipov

  • Descending facilitation from the rostral ventromedial medulla maintains visceral pain in rats with experimental pancreatitis.

    Louis P. Vera–Portocarrero;Jennifer X. Yie;Justin Kowal;Michael H. Ossipov

  • Opioid receptor-mediated hyperalgesia and antinociceptive tolerance induced by sustained opiate delivery

    Luis R. Gardell;Tamara King;Michael H. Ossipov;Kenner C. Rice

  • TRPV1 receptor in expression of opioid-induced hyperalgesia.

    Anna Vardanyan;Ruizhong Wang;Todd W. Vanderah;Michael H. Ossipov

  • Ongoing pain in the MIA model of osteoarthritis

    Ping Liu;Alec Okun;Jiyang Ren;Rui Chen Guo

  • Transient inflammation-induced ongoing pain is driven by TRPV1 sensitive afferents

    Alec Okun;Milena DeFelice;Nathan Eyde;Jiyang Ren

  • Persistent restoration of sensory function by immediate or delayed systemic artemin after dorsal root injury.

    Ruizhong Wang;Tamara King;Michael H Ossipov;Anthony J Rossomando

  • Contribution of afferent pathways to nerve injury-induced spontaneous pain and evoked hypersensitivity

    Tamara King;Chaoling Qu;Alec Okun;Ramon Mercado

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank Porreca
Frank Porreca University of Arizona
Todd W. Vanderah
Todd W. Vanderah University of Arizona
Michael H. Ossipov
Michael H. Ossipov University of Arizona
Howard L. Fields
Howard L. Fields University of California, San Francisco
Gregory Dussor
Gregory Dussor The University of Texas at Dallas
Josephine Lai
Josephine Lai University of Arizona
Lucy Liaw
Lucy Liaw Maine Medical Center
Patrick W. Mantyh
Patrick W. Mantyh University of Arizona
T. Philip Malan
T. Philip Malan University of Arizona
Theodore J. Price
Theodore J. Price The University of Texas at Dallas

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Frank Porreca

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University of Arizona

Publications: 126

Todd W. Vanderah

Todd W. Vanderah

University of Arizona

Publications: 47

Anthony H. Dickenson

Anthony H. Dickenson

University College London

Publications: 42

Michael H. Ossipov

Michael H. Ossipov

University of Arizona

Publications: 33

Victor J. Hruby

Victor J. Hruby

University of Arizona

Publications: 30

Theodore J. Price

Theodore J. Price

The University of Texas at Dallas

Publications: 24

Gregory Dussor

Gregory Dussor

The University of Texas at Dallas

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Bradley K. Taylor

Bradley K. Taylor

University of Pittsburgh

Publications: 21

Jing Wang

Jing Wang

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Publications: 21

Daniela Salvemini

Daniela Salvemini

Saint Louis University

Publications: 20

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David Borsook

Boston Children's Hospital

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Peter J. Goadsby

King's College London

Publications: 18

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David W. Dodick

Mayo Clinic

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