Physical Stimulation

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A craniofacial-specific monosynaptic circuit enables heightened affective pain. 
  • A disinhibitory circuit mediates motor integration in the somatosensory cortex. 
  • A multi-channel whisker stimulator for producing spatiotemporally complex tactile stimuli. 
  • A peripheral cannabinoid mechanism suppresses spinal fos protein expression and pain behavior in a rat model of inflammation. 
  • Activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase in spinal microglia contributes to incision-induced mechanical allodynia. 
  • Altered urinary bladder function in mice lacking the vanilloid receptor TRPV1. 
  • Antidepressant-like effects of cranial stimulation within a low-energy magnetic field in rats. 
  • Behavioral detection of tactile stimuli during 7-12 Hz cortical oscillations in awake rats. 
  • Behavioral modulation of tactile responses in the rat somatosensory system. 
  • Behavioral properties of the trigeminal somatosensory system in rats performing whisker-dependent tactile discriminations. 
  • Bilateral integration of whisker information in the primary somatosensory cortex of rats. 
  • Biomechanical analysis of silicon microelectrode-induced strain in the brain. 
  • Brain mechanisms supporting the modulation of pain by mindfulness meditation. 
  • Catechol-O-methyltransferase gene polymorphisms are associated with multiple pain-evoking stimuli. 
  • Colonic irritation in the rat sensitizes urinary bladder afferents to mechanical and chemical stimuli: an afferent origin of pelvic organ cross-sensitization. 
  • Computing with thalamocortical ensembles during different behavioural states. 
  • ConceFT for Time-Varying Heart Rate Variability Analysis as a Measure of Noxious Stimulation During General Anesthesia. 
  • Cortical processing of facial tactile stimuli in temporomandibular disorder as revealed by magnetoencephalography. 
  • Developmental chlorpyrifos effects on hatchling zebrafish swimming behavior. 
  • Distinct neural signatures of threat learning in adolescents and adults. 
  • Does oral experience terminate ingestion? 
  • Dynamic and distributed properties of many-neuron ensembles in the ventral posterior medial thalamus of awake rats. 
  • Dynamic mechanical response of elastic spherical inclusions to impulsive acoustic radiation force excitation. 
  • Dysferlin, annexin A1, and mitsugumin 53 are upregulated in muscular dystrophy and localize to longitudinal tubules of the T-system with stretch. 
  • Effect of stepped hypoglycemia on regional cerebral blood flow response to physiological brain activation. 
  • Effects of cardiac motion on right coronary artery hemodynamics 
  • Estimates of echo correlation and measurement bias in acoustic radiation force impulse imaging. 
  • Estimation of shear wave speed in the human uterine cervix. 
  • Expanding the primate body schema in sensorimotor cortex by virtual touches of an avatar. 
  • Fluid shear stress induces endothelial transforming growth factor beta-1 transcription and production. Modulation by potassium channel blockade. 
  • Graded exposure therapy for addressing claustrophobic reactions to continuous positive airway pressure: a case series report. 
  • Heterogeneous integration of bilateral whisker signals by neurons in primary somatosensory cortex of awake rats. 
  • In vitro Magnetic Stimulation: A Simple Stimulation Device to Deliver Defined Low Intensity Electromagnetic Fields. 
  • In vivo luminescent imaging of NF-κB activity and NF-κB-related serum cytokine levels predict pain sensitivities in a rodent model of peripheral neuropathy. 
  • In vivo vomeronasal stimulation reveals sensory encoding of conspecific and allospecific cues by the mouse accessory olfactory bulb. 
  • Integration of bilateral whisker stimuli in rats: role of the whisker barrel cortices. 
  • Integration of oral habituation and gastric signals in decerebrate rat pups. 
  • Investigation of central pain processing in shoulder pain: converging results from 2 musculoskeletal pain models. 
  • L6 spinal nerve ligation produces prolonged development of mechanical allodynia and gradual increase of GFAP on ipsilateral dorsal horn. 
  • Lack of evidence for ectopic sprouting of genetically labeled Aβ touch afferents in inflammatory and neuropathic trigeminal pain. 
  • Layer-specific somatosensory cortical activation during active tactile discrimination. 
  • Light scattering by polymorphonuclear leukocytes stimulated to aggregate under various pharmacologic conditions. 
  • Light touch induces ERK activation in superficial dorsal horn neurons after inflammation: involvement of spinal astrocytes and JNK signaling in touch-evoked central sensitization and mechanical allodynia. 
  • Mechanical sensation and pain thresholds in patients with chronic arthropathies. 
  • Mechanoelectrical excitation by fluid jets in monolayers of cultured cardiac myocytes. 
  • Mechanoreception at the cellular level: the detection, interpretation, and diversity of responses to mechanical signals. 
  • Mechanosensitive ion channel Piezo2 is important for enterochromaffin cell response to mechanical forces. 
  • Meniett clinical trial: long-term follow-up. 
  • Methodological Considerations for the Temporal Summation of Second Pain. 
  • Modeling the adaptive permeability response of porcine iliac arteries to acute changes in mural shear 
  • Modulation of network excitability by persistent activity: how working memory affects the response to incoming stimuli. 
  • Modulation of rat chorda tympani nerve activity by lingual nerve stimulation. 
  • Monkey median nerve repaired by nerve graft or collagen nerve guide tube. 
  • Monocyte rolling, arrest and spreading on IL-4-activated vascular endothelium under flow is mediated via sequential action of L-selectin, beta 1-integrins, and beta 2-integrins. 
  • Neural substrate of modified and unmodified pathways for learning in monkey vestibuloocular reflex. 
  • Neurogenic bowel treatments and continence outcomes in children and adults with myelomeningocele. 
  • Neurophysiology: electrically evoking sensory experience. 
  • Neurotrophins: peripherally and centrally acting modulators of tactile stimulus-induced inflammatory pain hypersensitivity. 
  • Nociceptors are interleukin-1beta sensors. 
  • Nuclear factor-kappa B regulates pain and COMT expression in a rodent model of inflammation. 
  • PPI deficit induced by amphetamine is attenuated by the histamine H1 antagonist pyrilamine, but is exacerbated by the serotonin 5-HT2 antagonist ketanserin. 
  • Paclitaxel-induced neuropathic hypersensitivity in mice: responses in 10 inbred mouse strains. 
  • Peripheral axonal injury results in reduced mu opioid receptor pre- and post-synaptic action in the spinal cord. 
  • Peripheral noxious stimulation induces phosphorylation of the NMDA receptor NR1 subunit at the PKC-dependent site, serine-896, in spinal cord dorsal horn neurons. 
  • Persistent Catechol-O-methyltransferase-dependent Pain Is Initiated by Peripheral β-Adrenergic Receptors. 
  • Phase I Safety Trial: Extended Daily Peripheral Sensory Stimulation Using a Wrist-Worn Vibrator in Stroke Survivors. 
  • Prevalence and correlates of maternal early stimulation behaviors during pregnancy in northern Ghana: a cross-sectional survey. 
  • Principal component analysis of neuronal ensemble activity reveals multidimensional somatosensory representations. 
  • Radiation force imaging of viscoelastic properties with reduced artifacts. 
  • Rapid neck muscle adaptation alters the head kinematics of aware and unaware subjects undergoing multiple whiplash-like perturbations. 
  • Receptor endocytosis and dendrite reshaping in spinal neurons after somatosensory stimulation. 
  • Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation to SMA worsens complex movements in Parkinson's disease. 
  • Retention of VOR gain following short-term VOR adaptation. 
  • Selective attention and multisensory integration: multiple phases of effects on the evoked brain activity. 
  • Sensory and response interference by ipsilesional stimuli in tactile extinction. 
  • Simultaneous encoding of tactile information by three primate cortical areas. 
  • Simultaneous top-down modulation of the primary somatosensory cortex and thalamic nuclei during active tactile discrimination. 
  • Spatiotemporal properties of layer V neurons of the rat primary somatosensory cortex. 
  • Spatiotemporal structure of somatosensory responses of many-neuron ensembles in the rat ventral posterior medial nucleus of the thalamus. 
  • Striatal firing rate reflects head movement velocity. 
  • Supraventricular tachycardia terminated by external mechanical stimulation: a case of "pothole conversion". 
  • TRPV4 mediates pain-related behavior induced by mild hypertonic stimuli in the presence of inflammatory mediator. 
  • Tactile-kinesthetic stimulation effects on sympathetic and adrenocortical function in preterm infants. 
  • Tactile/kinesthetic stimulation effects on preterm neonates. 
  • Tension and combined tension-extension structural response and tolerance properties of the human male ligamentous cervical spine. 
  • The fast and transient transcriptional network of gravity and mechanical stimulation in the Arabidopsis root apex. 
  • The force-driven conformations of heparin studied with single molecule force microscopy. 
  • The geriatric pain experience in mice: intact cutaneous thresholds but altered responses to tonic and chronic pain. 
  • The relationship of the audible pop to hypoalgesia associated with high-velocity, low-amplitude thrust manipulation: a secondary analysis of an experimental study in pain-free participants. 
  • The role of stimulus salience and attentional capture across the neural hierarchy in a stop-signal task. 
  • The three-dimensional vestibulo-ocular reflex evoked by high-acceleration rotations in the squirrel monkey. 
  • Trigeminal responses to thermal stimulation of the oral cavity in rattlesnakes (Crotalus viridis) before and after bilateral anesthetization of the facial pit organs. 
  • Ultrasonic disruption of the blood-brain barrier enables in vivo functional mapping of the mouse barrel field cortex with manganese-enhanced MRI. 
  • Ultrasonic tracking of acoustic radiation force-induced displacements in homogeneous media. 
  • Ultrastructral effects of in virto experimentation on right ventricular papillary muscle from cats in hypovolemic shock (38487). 
  • Uranyl acetate-induced sensorimotor deficit and increased nitric oxide generation in the central nervous system in rats. 
  • Ventral Tegmental Dopamine Neurons Control the Impulse Vector during Motivated Behavior. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Appelbaum, Lawrence Gregory, Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine & Neurosciences