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Allan I. Basbaum

University of California, San Francisco · US
Area of research
Physiology · Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Research interest
Research interests include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments, Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, and Ion channel regulation and function.
h-index
113
citations
59,647
works
387
NIH funding
primary concept
email

Recent publications

Meningeal regulatory T cells inhibit nociception in female mice
Science 2025cited by 29position: middledoi
Virtual library docking for cannabinoid-1 receptor agonists with reduced side effects
Nature Communications 2025cited by 11position: middledoi
Long-term optical imaging of the spinal cord in awake behaving mice
Nature Methods 2024cited by 18position: lastdoi
Structure-based discovery of conformationally selective inhibitors of the serotonin transporter
Cell 2023cited by 92position: middledoi
IL-31–dependent neurogenic inflammation restrains cutaneous type 2 immune response in allergic dermatitis
Science Immunology 2023cited by 61position: middledoi
Docking for EP4R antagonists active against inflammatory pain
Nature Communications 2023cited by 38position: middledoi
Structure-based discovery of nonopioid analgesics acting through the α <sub>2A</sub> -adrenergic receptor
Science 2022cited by 149position: middledoi
TRPV1 drugs alter core body temperature via central projections of primary afferent sensory neurons
eLife 2022cited by 51position: middledoi
Structural imaging studies of patients with chronic pain: an anatomical likelihood estimate meta-analysis
Pain 2022cited by 40position: middledoi
Structures of the σ2 receptor enable docking for bioactive ligand discovery
Nature 2021cited by 194position: middledoi
Regulatory T-cells inhibit microglia-induced pain hypersensitivity in female mice
eLife 2021cited by 101position: lastdoi
Pain and itch processing by subpopulations of molecularly diverse spinal and trigeminal projection neurons
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2021cited by 55position: lastdoi
Contribution of colony-stimulating factor 1 to neuropathic pain
PAIN Reports 2021cited by 52position: middledoi
Brain Responses to Noxious Stimuli in Patients With Chronic Pain
JAMA Network Open 2021cited by 29position: middledoi
Dorsal root ganglion macrophages contribute to both the initiation and persistence of neuropathic pain
Nature Communications 2020cited by 515position: lastdoi
Convergent neural representations of experimentally-induced acute pain in healthy volunteers: A large-scale fMRI meta-analysis
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 2020cited by 109position: middledoi
Microcircuit Mechanisms through which Mediodorsal Thalamic Input to Anterior Cingulate Cortex Exacerbates Pain-Related Aversion
Neuron 2019cited by 180position: middledoi
Spinal cord projection neurons: a superficial, and also deep analysis
Current Opinion in Physiology 2019cited by 85position: lastdoi
GABAergic cell transplants in the anterior cingulate cortex reduce neuropathic pain aversiveness
Brain 2019cited by 83position: lastdoi
Transition to chronic pain: opportunities for novel therapeutics
Nature reviews. Neuroscience 2018cited by 162position: middledoi
Functional Divergence of Delta and Mu Opioid Receptor Organization in CNS Pain Circuits
Neuron 2018cited by 151position: middledoi
Morphological and functional properties distinguish the substance P and gastrin-releasing peptide subsets of excitatory interneuron in the spinal cord dorsal horn
Pain 2018cited by 75position: middledoi
Selective spider toxins reveal a role for the Nav1.1 channel in mechanical pain
Nature 2016cited by 294position: middledoi
Injured sensory neuron–derived CSF1 induces microglial proliferation and DAP12-dependent pain
Nature Neuroscience 2015cited by 552position: lastdoi
Dorsal Horn Parvalbumin Neurons Are Gate-Keepers of Touch-Evoked Pain after Nerve Injury
Cell Reports 2015cited by 314position: middledoi
Primary Afferent and Spinal Cord Expression of Gastrin-Releasing Peptide: Message, Protein, and Antibody Concerns
Journal of Neuroscience 2015cited by 88position: lastdoi
Transplant-mediated enhancement of spinal cord GABAergic inhibition reverses paclitaxel-induced mechanical and heat hypersensitivity
Pain 2015cited by 72position: lastdoi
Transmitting Pain and Itch Messages: A Contemporary View of the Spinal Cord Circuits that Generate Gate Control
Neuron 2014cited by 432position: lastdoi
Interneurons from Embryonic Development to Cell-Based Therapy
Science 2014cited by 185position: middledoi
Delta Opioid Receptors Presynaptically Regulate Cutaneous Mechanosensory Neuron Input to the Spinal Cord Dorsal Horn
Neuron 2014cited by 145position: middledoi

Grants

MULTI-USER IMAGING FACILITY FOR INTEGRATIVE NEUROSCIENCE
NSF9109704$63,7111993–1995PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Joao Bráz · University of California, San Francisco12 papers (2012–2023)Xidao Wang · Sana Biotechnology (United States)7 papers (2013–2016)João M. Bráz · University of California, San Francisco7 papers (2021–2025)Carlos Solórzano · National Autonomous University of Honduras5 papers (2013–2015)Veronica Craik · University of California, San Francisco5 papers (2021–2023)Zhonghui Guan · University of California, San Francisco5 papers (2015–2021)Brian K. Shoichet · Quantitative BioSciences4 papers (2021–2023)John J. Irwin · University of California, San Francisco4 papers (2021–2023)Robert H. Dworkin · Hospital for Special Surgery4 papers (2018–2022)Xi‐Ping Huang · South China Agricultural University4 papers (2021–2023)Bryan L. Roth · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill3 papers (2021–2023)J. Cobb Scott · Philadelphia VA Medical Center3 papers (2020–2022)John L.R. Rubenstein · University of California, San Francisco3 papers (2012–2015)Clifford J. Woolf · Boston Children's Hospital3 papers (2020–2022)Xiaobing Yu · University of California, San Francisco3 papers (2020–2023)Azeez Adebimpe · California University of Pennsylvania3 papers (2020–2022)Theodore D. Satterthwaite · Children's Hospital of Philadelphia3 papers (2020–2022)Reza Sharif‐Naeini · McGill University3 papers (2012–2015)Robert R. Edwards · Brigham and Women's Hospital3 papers (2020–2022)Vaishnavi Sharma · Tufts University3 papers (2020–2022)