Shafaq Sikandar - Concepedia

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Shafaq Sikandar

University College London ORCID

Also Known As

Myles J. Lewis, S Sikandar, S. Sikandar, SHAFAQ SIKANDAR, Shafaq Sikandar, Sikandar, S

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University College London Queen Mary University of London King's College London William Harvey Research Institute Qatar University

About

Shafaq Sikandar is an author at University College London specializing in neuropathic pain, pain research, and pain medicine.

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#	Concept	H-Index	Publications	Citations
1	Medicine	5	5	344
2	Neuroscience	5	5	344
3	Health Sciences	4	4	270
4	Neurology	3	3	221
5	Immunology	1	1	74

Shafaq Sikandar

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	Year	Citations
Endogenous opioids contribute to insensitivity to pain in humans and mice lacking sodium channel Nav1.7 Michael S. Minett, Vanessa Pereira, Shafaq Sikandar, Nature Communications	2015	186
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor derived from sensory neurons plays a critical role in chronic pain Shafaq Sikandar, Michael S. Minett, Queensta Millet, Brain Sensory NeuronsPain MedicineNeuropathic PainMolecular PainPain Syndrome	2018	168
In vivo characterization of distinct modality-specific subsets of somatosensory neurons using GCaMP Edward C. Emery, Ana Paula Luiz, Shafaq Sikandar, Science Advances	2016	108
Neutrophils infiltrate sensory ganglia and mediate chronic widespread pain in fibromyalgia Sara Caxaria, Sabah Bharde, Alice M. Fuller, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences InflammationPain SyndromeAutoimmune DiseasePain MedicineChronic Widespread Pain	2023	74
Neural coding of nociceptive stimuli—from rat spinal neurones to human perception Shafaq Sikandar, Irene Ronga, Gian Domenico Iannetti, Pain	2013	73
A central mechanism of analgesia in mice and humans lacking the sodium channel NaV1.7 Donald Iain MacDonald, Shafaq Sikandar, Jan Weiss, Neuron	2021	73
Cold sensing by Na <sub>V</sub> 1.8-positive and Na <sub>V</sub> 1.8-negative sensory neurons Ana Paula Luiz, Donald Iain MacDonald, Sonia Santana‐Varela, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences	2019	71
Pregabalin Suppresses Spinal Neuronal Hyperexcitability and Visceral Hypersensitivity in the Absence of Peripheral Pathophysiology Kirsty Bannister, Shafaq Sikandar, Claudia S. Bauer, Anesthesiology	2011	58
A novel human pain insensitivity disorder caused by a point mutation in ZFHX2 Abdella M. Habib, Ayako Matsuyama, Andrei L. Okorokov, Brain Pain SyndromeSclerostinHealth SciencesPain SensitivityPain Medicine	2017	49
Distinct transcriptional responses of mouse sensory neurons in models of human chronic pain conditions Muhammad Bangash, Sascha R.A. Alles, Sonia Santana‐Varela, Wellcome Open Research	2018	48

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