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Elliott L, Singer J, Rerick P, Kelly J, Chan ACY, Abu-Samaha A, Molinar-Lopez V, Bertelson J, Neugebauer V. Neurocognitive functioning in hispanic and non-hispanic individuals in rural West Texas and the influence of sociodemographic factors. Appl Neuropsychol Adult. 2025 Jun 28;:1-13. doi: 10.1080/23279095.2025.2524815. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 40580436.

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Chrzanowski L, Singer J, Rerick P, Elliott L, Levitt DE, Cummings C, Decourt B, Molinar-Lopez V, Neugebauer V. The role of inflammation, chronic pain, and hypertension on cognitive functioning in an underserved, rural population: a Project FRONTIER study. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2025 May;47(4):249-262. doi: 10.1080/13803395.2025.2527341. Epub 2025 Jul 15. PubMed PMID: 40662212.

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Shen CL, Santos JM, Elmassry MM, Chen F, Ji G, Presto P, Kiritoshi T, Liu X, Neugebauer V. Crosstalk Among Gut Microbiota, Fecal Metabolites, and Amygdala Neuropathology Genes After Ginger Polyphenol Administration in Female Rats with Neuropathic Pain: Evidence for Microbiota-Gut-Brain Connection. Nutrients. 2025 Apr 25;17(9). doi: 10.3390/nu17091444. PubMed PMID: 40362753; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12073668.

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Shen CL, Hassan T, Presto P, Payberah D, Devega R, Wakefield S, Dunn DM, Neugebauer V. Novel Insights into Dietary Bioactive Compounds and Major Depressive Disorders: Evidence from Animal Studies and Future Perspectives. J Nutr. 2025 Jun;155(6):1583-1613. doi: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2025.04.006. Epub 2025 Apr 22. Review. PubMed PMID: 40274236; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12264568.

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Mazzitelli M, Kiritoshi T, Presto P, Hurtado Z, Antenucci N, Ji G, Neugebauer V. BDNF Signaling and Pain Modulation. Cells. 2025 Mar 22;14(7). doi: 10.3390/cells14070476. Review. PubMed PMID: 40214430; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11987912.

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Neugebauer V, Antenucci N. Perineuronal nets in the brain: new vistas in pain mechanisms. Pain. 2025 May 1;166(5):967-969. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003564. Epub 2025 Feb 25. PubMed PMID: 40112163; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12003085.

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Lee GJ, Hode V, Georgieva T, Rau J, Dodick DW, Schwedt TJ, Neugebauer V, Porreca F, Navratilova E. Prolactin-induced sensitization of trigeminal nociceptors promotes migraine co-morbidity in endometriosis. Cephalalgia. 2025 Jan;45(1):3331024241313378. doi: 10.1177/03331024241313378. PubMed PMID: 39814523; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12234129.

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Stratton H, Lee G, Dolatyari M, Ghetti A, Cotta T, Mitchell S, Yue X, Ibrahim M, Dumaire N, Salih L, Moutal A, François-Moutal L, Martin L, Navratilova E, Porreca F. Nociceptors are functionally male or female: from mouse to monkey to man. Brain. 2024 Dec 3;147(12):4280-4291. doi: 10.1093/brain/awae179. PubMed PMID: 38829801; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11629683.

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Fadalla C, Singer J, Rerick P, Elliott L, McLean E, Schneider S, Chrzanowski L, Molinar-Lopez V, Neugebauer V. Neurocognitive disparities: investigating ethnicity and mental health in rural aging adults. Aging (Albany NY). 2024 Nov 27;17(1):33-50. doi: 10.18632/aging.206166. Epub 2024 Nov 27. PubMed PMID: 39611836; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11810062.

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Santos JM, Deshmukh H, Elmassry MM, Yakhnitsa V, Ji G, Kiritoshi T, Presto P, Antenucci N, Liu X, Neugebauer V, Shen CL. Beneficial Effects of Ginger Root Extract on Pain Behaviors, Inflammation, and Mitochondrial Function in the Colon and Different Brain Regions of Male and Female Neuropathic Rats: A Gut-Brain Axis Study. Nutrients. 2024 Oct 21;16(20). doi: 10.3390/nu16203563. PubMed PMID: 39458557; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11510108.

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Kopruszinski CM, Lee G, Martin LK, Barber KR, Moutal A, Dodick DW, Navratilova E, Porreca F. A male-specific mechanism of meningeal nociceptor sensitization promoting migraine headache. Cephalalgia. 2024 Sep;44(9):3331024241281493. doi: 10.1177/03331024241281493. PubMed PMID: 39233656; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12204761.

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Kiritoshi T, Yakhnitsa V, Singh S, Wilson TD, Chaudhry S, Neugebauer B, Torres-Rodriguez JM, Lin JL, Carrasquillo Y, Neugebauer V. Cells and circuits for amygdala neuroplasticity in the transition to chronic pain. Cell Rep. 2024 Sep 24;43(9):114669. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114669. Epub 2024 Aug 22. PubMed PMID: 39178115; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11473139.

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Notartomaso S, Antenucci N, Mazzitelli M, Rovira X, Boccella S, Ricciardi F, Liberatore F, Gomez-Santacana X, Imbriglio T, Cannella M, Zussy C, Luongo L, Maione S, Goudet C, Battaglia G, Llebaria A, Nicoletti F, Neugebauer V. A 'double-edged' role for type-5 metabotropic glutamate receptors in pain disclosed by light-sensitive drugs. Elife. 2024 Aug 22;13. doi: 10.7554/eLife.94931. PubMed PMID: 39172042; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11341090.

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Yakhnitsa V, Thompson J, Ponomareva O, Ji G, Kiritoshi T, Mahimainathan L, Molehin D, Pruitt K, Neugebauer V. Dysfunction of Small-Conductance Ca(2+)-Activated Potassium (SK) Channels Drives Amygdala Hyperexcitability and Neuropathic Pain Behaviors: Involvement of Epigenetic Mechanisms. Cells. 2024 Jun 18;13(12). doi: 10.3390/cells13121055. PubMed PMID: 38920682; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11201618.

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Shen CL, Santos JM, Elmassry MM, Bhakta V, Driver Z, Ji G, Yakhnitsa V, Kiritoshi T, Lovett J, Hamood AN, Sang S, Neugebauer V. Ginger Polyphenols Reverse Molecular Signature of Amygdala Neuroimmune Signaling and Modulate Microbiome in Male Rats with Neuropathic Pain: Evidence for Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis. Antioxidants (Basel). 2024 Apr 23;13(5). doi: 10.3390/antiox13050502. PubMed PMID: 38790607; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11118883.

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Ji G, Presto P, Kiritoshi T, Chen Y, Navratilova E, Porreca F, Neugebauer V. Chemogenetic Manipulation of Amygdala Kappa Opioid Receptor Neurons Modulates Amygdala Neuronal Activity and Neuropathic Pain Behaviors. Cells. 2024 Apr 19;13(8). doi: 10.3390/cells13080705. PubMed PMID: 38667320; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11049235.

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Navratilova E, Qu C, Ji G, Neugebauer V, Guerrero M, Rosen H, Roberts E, Porreca F. Opposing Effects on Descending Control of Nociception by µ and κ Opioid Receptors in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex. Anesthesiology. 2024 Feb 1;140(2):272-283. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000004773. PubMed PMID: 37725756; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11466009.

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Shen CL, Wang R, Santos JM, Elmassry MM, Stephens E, Kim N, Neugebauer V. Ginger alleviates mechanical hypersensitivity and anxio-depressive behavior in rats with diabetic neuropathy through beneficial actions on gut microbiome composition, mitochondria, and neuroimmune cells of colon and spinal cord. Nutr Res. 2024 Apr;124:73-84. doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2024.01.014. Epub 2024 Feb 1. PubMed PMID: 38402829; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11466295.

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Pourghaed M, Sarangi A, Ramirez-Velandia F, Kopel J, Culberson J, Ashworth G, Khan H, Boles A, Neugebauer V, Lawrence JJ. Associations Between Vitamin D Deficiency/Insufficiency and Depression Expose Health Disparities in Older Rural West Texans: A Project FRONTIER Study. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2024 Jul;32(7):808-820. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2024.01.029. Epub 2024 Jan 26. PubMed PMID: 38320908.

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Neugebauer V, Ponomarev I. Alcohol withdrawal and pain: Peripheral mechanisms join central circuits. Neuron. 2024 Jan 3;112(1):1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2023.12.006. PubMed PMID: 38176389.

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Notartomaso S, Antenucci N, Mazzitelli M, Rovira X, Boccella S, Ricciardi F, Liberatore F, Gomez-Santacana X, Imbriglio T, Cannella M, Zussy C, Luongo L, Maione S, Goudet C, Battaglia G, Llebaria A, Nicoletti F, Neugebauer V. A "double-edged" role for type-5 metabotropic glutamate receptors in pain disclosed by light-sensitive drugs. bioRxiv. 2024 Jan 3;. doi: 10.1101/2024.01.02.573945. PubMed PMID: 38260426; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10802266.

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Singer J, Rerick P, Elliott L, Fadalla C, McLean E, Jump A, Molinar-Lopez V, Neugebauer V. Investigating the Relationship Between Marital Status and Ethnicity on Neurocognitive Functioning in a Rural Older Population: A Project FRONTIER Study. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2024 Jan 1;79(1). doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbad126. PubMed PMID: 37632740.

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Mazzitelli M, Ponomareva O, Presto P, John J, Neugebauer V. Impaired amygdala astrocytic signaling worsens neuropathic pain-associated neuronal functions and behaviors. Front Pharmacol. 2024;15:1368634. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2024.1368634. eCollection 2024. PubMed PMID: 38576475; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10991799.

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Shen CL, Deshmukh H, Santos JM, Elmassry MM, Presto P, Driver Z, Bhakta V, Yakhnitsa V, Kiritoshi T, Ji G, Lovett J, Hamood A, Neugebauer V. Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Modulates Gut Microbiome Composition and Glial Signaling in Brain and Colon of Rats with Neuropathic Pain: Evidence for Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis. J Frailty Aging. 2024;13(4):319-330. doi: 10.14283/jfa.2024.65. PubMed PMID: 39574251.

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Neugebauer V, Kiritoshi T. Corticolimbic plasticity in pain: hippocampus joins the party. Pain. 2023 Oct 26;. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003101. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37889585; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11045655.

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Santos JM, Wang R, Bhakta V, Driver Z, Vadim Y, Kiritoshi T, Ji G, Neugebauer V, Shen CL. Turmeric Bioactive Compounds Alleviate Spinal Nerve Ligation-Induced Neuropathic Pain by Suppressing Glial Activation and Improving Mitochondrial Function in Spinal Cord and Amygdala. Nutrients. 2023 Oct 17;15(20). doi: 10.3390/nu15204403. PubMed PMID: 37892476; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10610406.

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Presto P, Ji G, Ponomareva O, Ponomarev I, Neugebauer V. Hmgb1 Silencing in the Amygdala Inhibits Pain-Related Behaviors in a Rat Model of Neuropathic Pain. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Jul 26;24(15). doi: 10.3390/ijms241511944. PubMed PMID: 37569320; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10418916.

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Lee GJ, Porreca F, Navratilova E. Prolactin and pain of endometriosis. Pharmacol Ther. 2023 Jul;247:108435. doi: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2023.108435. Epub 2023 May 9. PubMed PMID: 37169264; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12181984.

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Shahbazi Nia S, Hossain MA, Ji G, Jonnalagadda SK, Obeng S, Rahman MA, Sifat AE, Nozohouri S, Blackwell C, Patel D, Thompson J, Runyon S, Hiranita T, McCurdy CR, McMahon L, Abbruscato TJ, Trippier PC, Neugebauer V, German NA. Studies on diketopiperazine and dipeptide analogs as opioid receptor ligands. Eur J Med Chem. 2023 Jun 5;254:115309. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2023.115309. Epub 2023 Mar 29. PubMed PMID: 37054561; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10634475.

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Neugebauer V, Presto P, Yakhnitsa V, Antenucci N, Mendoza B, Ji G. Pain-related cortico-limbic plasticity and opioid signaling. Neuropharmacology. 2023 Jun 15;231:109510. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2023.109510. Epub 2023 Mar 20. Review. PubMed PMID: 36944393; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10585936.

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Ito H, Navratilova E, Vagnerova B, Watanabe M, Kopruszinski C, Moreira de Souza LH, Yue X, Ikegami D, Moutal A, Patwardhan A, Khanna R, Yamazaki M, Guerrero M, Rosen H, Roberts E, Neugebauer V, Dodick DW, Porreca F. Chronic pain recruits hypothalamic dynorphin/kappa opioid receptor signalling to promote wakefulness and vigilance. Brain. 2023 Mar 1;146(3):1186-1199. doi: 10.1093/brain/awac153. PubMed PMID: 35485490; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10169443.

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Shen CL, Newman JW, Elmassry MM, Borkowski K, Chyu MC, Kahathuduwa C, Neugebauer V, Watkins BA. Tai Chi exercise reduces circulating levels of inflammatory oxylipins in postmenopausal women with knee osteoarthritis: results from a pilot study. Front Med (Lausanne). 2023;10:1210170. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1210170. eCollection 2023. PubMed PMID: 37654656; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10466388.

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Singh SP, Guindon J, Mody PH, Ashworth G, Kopel J, Chilakapati S, Adogwa O, Neugebauer V, Burton MD. Pain and aging: A unique challenge in neuroinflammation and behavior. Mol Pain. 2023 Jan-Dec;19:17448069231203090. doi: 10.1177/17448069231203090. Review. PubMed PMID: 37684099; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10552461.

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Kopruszinski CM, Watanabe M, Martinez AL, de Souza LHM, Dodick DW, Moutal A, Neugebauer V, Porreca F, Navratilova E. Kappa opioid receptor agonists produce sexually dimorphic and prolactin-dependent hyperalgesic priming. Pain. 2023 Jun 1;164(6):e263-e273. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002835. Epub 2022 Nov 29. PubMed PMID: 36625833; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10285741.

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Mazzitelli M, Presto P, Antenucci N, Meltan S, Neugebauer V. Recent Advances in the Modulation of Pain by the Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors. Cells. 2022 Aug 21;11(16). doi: 10.3390/cells11162608. Review. PubMed PMID: 36010684; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9406805.

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Shen CL, Schuck A, Tompkins C, Dunn DM, Neugebauer V. Bioactive Compounds for Fibromyalgia-like Symptoms: A Narrative Review and Future Perspectives. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Mar 31;19(7). doi: 10.3390/ijerph19074148. Review. PubMed PMID: 35409832; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8998198.

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Presto P, Mazzitelli M, Junell R, Griffin Z, Neugebauer V. Sex differences in pain along the neuraxis. Neuropharmacology. 2022 Jun 1;210:109030. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2022.109030. Epub 2022 Mar 21. Review. PubMed PMID: 35331712; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9354808.

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Mazzitelli M, Yakhnitsa V, Neugebauer B, Neugebauer V. Optogenetic manipulations of CeA-CRF neurons modulate pain- and anxiety-like behaviors in neuropathic pain and control rats. Neuropharmacology. 2022 Jun 1;210:109031. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2022.109031. Epub 2022 Mar 15. PubMed PMID: 35304173; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9352141.

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Shen CL, Castro L, Fang CY, Castro M, Sherali S, White S, Wang R, Neugebauer V. Bioactive compounds for neuropathic pain: An update on preclinical studies and future perspectives. J Nutr Biochem. 2022 Jun;104:108979. doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2022.108979. Epub 2022 Mar 2. Review. PubMed PMID: 35245654.

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Ashraf-Uz-Zaman M, Ji G, Tidwell D, Yin L, Thakolwiboon S, Pan J, Junell R, Griffin Z, Shahi S, Barthels D, Sajib MS, Trippier PC, Mikelis CM, Das H, Avila M, Neugebauer V, German NA. Evaluation of Urea-Based Inhibitors of the Dopamine Transporter Using the Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis Model of Multiple Sclerosis. ACS Chem Neurosci. 2022 Jan 19;13(2):217-228. doi: 10.1021/acschemneuro.1c00647. Epub 2022 Jan 3. PubMed PMID: 34978174; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9365315.

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Presto P, Neugebauer V. Sex Differences in CGRP Regulation and Function in the Amygdala in a Rat Model of Neuropathic Pain. Front Mol Neurosci. 2022;15:928587. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2022.928587. eCollection 2022. PubMed PMID: 35726298; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9206543.

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Yakhnitsa V, Ji G, Hein M, Presto P, Griffin Z, Ponomareva O, Navratilova E, Porreca F, Neugebauer V. Kappa Opioid Receptor Blockade in the Amygdala Mitigates Pain Like-Behaviors by Inhibiting Corticotropin Releasing Factor Neurons in a Rat Model of Functional Pain. Front Pharmacol. 2022;13:903978. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2022.903978. eCollection 2022. PubMed PMID: 35694266; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9177060.

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Shen CL, Wang R, Yakhnitsa V, Santos JM, Watson C, Kiritoshi T, Ji G, Hamood AN, Neugebauer V. Gingerol-Enriched Ginger Supplementation Mitigates Neuropathic Pain via Mitigating Intestinal Permeability and Neuroinflammation: Gut-Brain Connection. Front Pharmacol. 2022;13:912609. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2022.912609. eCollection 2022. PubMed PMID: 35873544; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9305072.

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Navratilova E, Fillingim RB, Porreca F. Sexual dimorphism in functional pain syndromes. Sci Transl Med. 2021 Nov 10;13(619):eabj7180. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abj7180. Epub 2021 Nov 10. PubMed PMID: 34757805; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12180430.

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Shen CL, Wang R, Ji G, Elmassry MM, Zabet-Moghaddam M, Vellers H, Hamood AN, Gong X, Mirzaei P, Sang S, Neugebauer V. Dietary supplementation of gingerols- and shogaols-enriched ginger root extract attenuate pain-associated behaviors while modulating gut microbiota and metabolites in rats with spinal nerve ligation. J Nutr Biochem. 2022 Feb;100:108904. doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2021.108904. Epub 2021 Nov 6. PubMed PMID: 34748918; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8794052.

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Presto P, Ji G, Junell R, Griffin Z, Neugebauer V. Fear Extinction-Based Inter-Individual and Sex Differences in Pain-Related Vocalizations and Anxiety-like Behaviors but Not Nocifensive Reflexes. Brain Sci. 2021 Oct 11;11(10). doi: 10.3390/brainsci11101339. PubMed PMID: 34679403; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8533751.

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Gandhi PJ, Gawande DY, Shelkar GP, Gakare SG, Kiritoshi T, Ji G, Misra B, Pavuluri R, Liu J, Neugebauer V, Dravid SM. Dysfunction of Glutamate Delta-1 Receptor-Cerebellin 1 Trans-Synaptic Signaling in the Central Amygdala in Chronic Pain. Cells. 2021 Oct 3;10(10). doi: 10.3390/cells10102644. PubMed PMID: 34685624; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8534524.

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Mazzitelli M, Neugebauer V. mGlu(3) Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors-New Hope for Pharmacotherapy of Schizophrenia. Biol Psychiatry. 2021 Sep 15;90(6):356-358. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.06.014. PubMed PMID: 34446153; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9359128.

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Ikegami D, Navratilova E, Yue X, Moutal A, Kopruszinski CM, Khanna R, Patwardhan A, Dodick DW, Porreca F. A prolactin-dependent sexually dimorphic mechanism of migraine chronification. Cephalalgia. 2022 Mar;42(3):197-208. doi: 10.1177/03331024211039813. Epub 2021 Sep 12. PubMed PMID: 34510920; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11668309.

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Bannister K, Kucharczyk MW, Graven-Nielsen T, Porreca F. Introducing descending control of nociception: a measure of diffuse noxious inhibitory controls in conscious animals. Pain. 2021 Jul 1;162(7):1957-1959. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002203. PubMed PMID: 33470750; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8205930.