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Thomas R. Tölle is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with notable contributions to subfields such as Physiology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their main research topics include:

  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Pain Management and Opioid Use
  • Pain Management and Placebo Effect
  • Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research

Among the recent papers associated with their work are:

  • Empfehlungen der zweiten Aktualisierung der Leitlinie LONTS, 2020, published in Der Schmerz
  • European* clinical practice recommendations on opioids for chronic noncancer pain - Part 1: Role of opioids in the management of chronic noncancer pain, 2021, European Journal of Pain
  • Cannabis-Based Medicines and Medical Cannabis for Chronic Neuropathic Pain, 2021, CNS Drugs
  • Joint European Academy of Neurology-European Pain Federation-Neuropathic Pain Special Interest Group of the International Association for the Study of Pain guidelines on neuropathic pain assessment, 2023, European Journal of Neurology
  • No pain, still gain (of function): the relation between sensory profiles and the presence or absence of self-reported pain in a large multicenter cohort of patients with neuropathy, 2020, Pain

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Winfried Häuser
  • Ralf Baron
  • Jan Vollert
  • Nadine Attal
  • Rainer Freynhagen

Their work is often published in venues such as:

  • Pain
  • European Journal of Pain
  • Journal of Pain
  • PAIN Reports
  • Der Schmerz

Best Publications

  • Quantitative sensory testing in the German Research Network on Neuropathic Pain (DFNS): Standardized protocol and reference values

    R. Rolke;R. Baron;C. Maier;T.R. Tölle

  • painDETECT: a new screening questionnaire to identify neuropathic components in patients with back pain

    Rainer Freynhagen;Ralf Baron;Ulrich Gockel;Thomas R. Tölle

  • Quantitative sensory testing in the German Research Network on Neuropathic Pain (DFNS): Somatosensory abnormalities in 1236 patients with different neuropathic pain syndromes

    C. Maier;R. Baron;T. R. Tölle;A. Binder

  • Distraction modulates connectivity of the cingulo-frontal cortex and the midbrain during pain--an fMRI analysis.

    Michael Valet;Till Sprenger;Henning Boecker;Frode Willoch

  • The Runner's High: Opioidergic Mechanisms in the Human Brain

    Henning Boecker;Till Sprenger;Mary E. Spilker;Gjermund Henriksen

  • Using screening tools to identify neuropathic pain

    Michael I. Bennett;Nadine Attal;Miroslav M. Backonja;Ralf Baron

  • Peripheral neuropathic pain: a mechanism-related organizing principle based on sensory profiles.

    Ralf Baron;Christoph Maier;Nadine Attal;Andreas Binder

  • Reference data for quantitative sensory testing (QST): Refined stratification for age and a novel method for statistical comparison of group data

    Walter Magerl;Elena K. Krumova;Ralf Baron;Thomas Tölle

  • Gabapentin for chronic neuropathic pain in adults

    Philip J Wiffen;Sheena Derry;Rae Frances Bell;Andrew Sc Rice

  • Region-specific encoding of sensory and affective components of pain in the human brain: A positron emission tomography correlation analysis

    Thomas R. Tölle;Tanja Kaufmann;Thomas Siessmeier;Stefan Lautenbacher

  • A cross-sectional cohort survey in 2100 patients with painful diabetic neuropathy and postherpetic neuralgia: Differences in demographic data and sensory symptoms

    Ralf Baron;Thomas R. Tölle;Ulrich Gockel;Mathias Brosz

  • Test-retest and interobserver reliability of quantitative sensory testing according to the protocol of the German Research Network on Neuropathic Pain (DFNS): a multi-centre study.

    Christian Geber;Thomas Klein;Shahnaz Azad;Frank Birklein

  • Duloxetine and pregabalin: high-dose monotherapy or their combination? The "COMBO-DN study"--a multinational, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group study in patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain.

    Solomon Tesfaye;Stefan Wilhelm;Alberto Lledo;Alexander Schacht

  • Central poststroke pain and reduced opioid receptor binding within pain processing circuitries: a [11C]diprenorphine PET study.

    Frode Willoch;Florian Schindler;Hans Jürgen Wester;Monika Empl

  • Pregabalin for relief of neuropathic pain associated with diabetic neuropathy: a randomized, double-blind study.

    Thomas Tölle;Rainer Freynhagen;Mark Versavel;Uwe Trostmann

  • Painful diabetic neuropathy: a cross-sectional survey of health state impairment and treatment patterns

    Thomas Tölle;Xiao Xu;Alesia B. Sadosky

  • Specific hypothalamic activation during a spontaneous cluster headache attack

    Till Sprenger;H. Boecker;T. R. Tolle;G. Bussone

  • Expression and signaling of group I metabotropic glutamate receptors in astrocytes and microglia.

    Knut Biber;DJ Laurie;A Berthele;B Sommer

  • Sensory signs in complex regional pain syndrome and peripheral nerve injury

    Janne Gierthmühlen;Christoph Maier;Ralf Baron;Thomas Tölle

  • Pseudoradicular and radicular low-back pain – A disease continuum rather than different entities? Answers from quantitative sensory testing

    Rainer Freynhagen;Roman Rolke;Ralf Baron;Thomas R. Tölle

Frequent Co-Authors

Till Sprenger
Till Sprenger University Hospital of Basel
Rainer Freynhagen
Rainer Freynhagen Technical University of Munich
Christoph Maier
Christoph Maier Ruhr University Bochum
Rolf-Detlef Treede
Rolf-Detlef Treede Heidelberg University
Walter Zieglgänsberger
Walter Zieglgänsberger Max Planck Society
Frode Willoch
Frode Willoch University of Oslo
Bastian Conrad
Bastian Conrad Technical University of Munich
Roman Rolke
Roman Rolke RWTH Aachen University
Per Hansson
Per Hansson Karolinska Institute
Claudia Sommer
Claudia Sommer University of Würzburg

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