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75
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20304
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2018
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967

Overview

Todd W. Vanderah is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their work spans various subfields including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

Their research focuses on topics such as Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Musculoskeletal Pain and Rehabilitation, Pain Mechanisms and Treatments, Neuroscience of Respiration and Sleep, and Ion Channel Regulation and Function.

Frequent collaborators in their research efforts include Tally M. Largent-Milnes, Erika Liktor-Busa, Paul R. Langlais, Jennifer S. De La Rosa, and Mohab Ibrahim.

Their recent scholarly contributions include the following papers:

  • Co-occurrence of chronic pain and anxiety/depression symptoms in U.S. adults: prevalence, functional impacts, and opportunities (2023, Pain)
  • Selective targeting of NaV1.7 via inhibition of the CRMP2-Ubc9 interaction reduces pain in rodents (2021, Science Translational Medicine)
  • Sex differences in the expression of the endocannabinoid system within V1M cortex and PAG of Sprague Dawley rats (2021, Biology of Sex Differences)
  • Chronic Morphine-Induced Changes in Signaling at the A3 Adenosine Receptor Contribute to Morphine-Induced Hyperalgesia, Tolerance, and Withdrawal (2020, Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics)
  • The Endocannabinoid System Alleviates Pain in a Murine Model of Cancer-Induced Bone Pain (2020, Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics)

Todd W. Vanderah has published frequently in venues such as the Journal of Pain, Pain, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and Frontiers in Pharmacology.

Best Publications

  • CB2 cannabinoid receptor activation produces antinociception by stimulating peripheral release of endogenous opioids.

    Mohab M. Ibrahim;Frank Porreca;Josephine Lai;Phillip J. Albrecht

  • Activation of CB2 cannabinoid receptors by AM1241 inhibits experimental neuropathic pain: Pain inhibition by receptors not present in the CNS

    Mohab M. Ibrahim;Hongfeng Deng;Alexander Zvonok;Debra A. Cockayne

  • Unmasking the tonic-aversive state in neuropathic pain.

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

  • CB2 cannabinoid receptor-mediated peripheral antinociception.

    T.Philip Malan;Mohab M. Ibrahim;Hongfeng Deng;Qian Liu

  • AMG 9810 [(E)-3-(4-t-Butylphenyl)-N-(2,3-dihydrobenzo[b][1,4] dioxin-6-yl)acrylamide], a Novel Vanilloid Receptor 1 (TRPV1) Antagonist with Antihyperalgesic Properties

    Narender R. Gavva;Rami Tamir;Yusheng Qu;Lana Klionsky

  • Molecular Determinants of Vanilloid Sensitivity in TRPV1

    Narender R. Gavva;Lana Klionsky;Yusheng Qu;Licheng Shi

  • Distinct potassium channels on pain-sensing neurons

    Matthew N. Rasband;Eunice W. Park;Todd W. Vanderah;Josephine Lai

  • Dynorphin Promotes Abnormal Pain and Spinal Opioid Antinociceptive Tolerance

    Todd W. Vanderah;Luis R. Gardell;Shannon E. Burgess;Mohab Ibrahim

  • Time-dependent descending facilitation from the rostral ventromedial medulla maintains, but does not initiate, neuropathic pain.

    Shannon E. Burgess;Luis R. Gardell;Michael H. Ossipov;T. Philip Malan

  • Tonic Descending Facilitation from the Rostral Ventromedial Medulla Mediates Opioid-Induced Abnormal Pain and Antinociceptive Tolerance

    Todd W. Vanderah;Nova M. H. Suenaga;Michael H. Ossipov;T. Philip Malan

  • Regular exercise reverses sensory hypersensitivity in a rat neuropathic pain model: role of endogenous opioids.

    Nicola J. Stagg;Heriberto P. Mata;Mohab M. Ibrahim;Erik J. Henriksen

  • Mechanisms of opioid-induced pain and antinociceptive tolerance: descending facilitation and spinal dynorphin.

    Todd W. Vanderah;Michael H. Ossipov;Josephine Lai;T.Philip Malan

  • Pronociceptive actions of dynorphin maintain chronic neuropathic pain.

    Zaijie Wang;Luis R. Gardell;Michael H. Ossipov;Todd W. Vanderah

  • Peripheral mechanisms of pain and analgesia

    Christoph Stein;J. David Clark;Uhtaek Oh;Michael R. Vasko

  • Preclinical Assessment of Candidate Analgesic Drugs: Recent Advances and Future Challenges

    S. Stevens Negus;Todd W. Vanderah;Michael R. Brandt;Edward J. Bilsky

  • Lack of antinociceptive cross-tolerance between [D-Pen2, D-Pen5]enkephalin and [D-Ala2]deltorphin II in mice: evidence for delta receptor subtypes.

    A Mattia;T Vanderah;H I Mosberg;F Porreca

  • Sustained morphine exposure induces a spinal dynorphin-dependent enhancement of excitatory transmitter release from primary afferent fibers.

    Luis R. Gardell;Ruizhong Wang;Shannon E. Burgess;Michael H. Ossipov

  • Underlying mechanisms of pronociceptive consequences of prolonged morphine exposure.

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

  • Inhibition of Neuropathic Pain by Selective Ablation of Brainstem Medullary Cells Expressing the μ-Opioid Receptor

    Frank Porreca;Shannon E. Burgess;Luis R. Gardell;Todd W. Vanderah

  • Inhibition of inflammatory hyperalgesia by activation of peripheral CB2 cannabinoid receptors.

    Aline Quartilho;Heriberto P. Mata;Mohab M. Ibrahim;Todd W. Vanderah

Frequent Co-Authors

Tamara King
Tamara King University of New England
T. Philip Malan
T. Philip Malan University of Arizona
Rajesh Khanna
Rajesh Khanna University of Florida
Gregory Dussor
Gregory Dussor The University of Texas at Dallas
Patrick W. Mantyh
Patrick W. Mantyh University of Arizona
Meredith Hay
Meredith Hay University of Arizona
Howard L. Fields
Howard L. Fields University of California, San Francisco
Sarah Spiegel
Sarah Spiegel Virginia Commonwealth University
Philip L. Johnson
Philip L. Johnson Indiana University
George L. Wilcox
George L. Wilcox University of Minnesota

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