Calcium channel α2δ1 subunit mediates spinal hyperexcitability in pain modulation

Chunying Li, Xiulin Zhang, Elizabeth Matthews, +8

Pain

Pain DisordersVgcc CurrentsPain MedicineSynaptic TransmissionNeuropathic Pain +19

Chemotherapy-evoked painful peripheral neuropathy: Analgesic effects of gabapentin and effects on expression of the alpha-2-delta type-1 calcium channel subunit

Wen Xiao, Amin Boroujerdi, G.J. Bennett, +1

Neuroscience

Health SciencesPeripheral Nerve InjuryNeurophysiologyPain MedicineMedicine +11

Calcium channel alpha-2-delta-1 protein upregulation in dorsal spinal cord mediates spinal cord injury-induced neuropathic pain states

Amin Boroujerdi, Jun Zeng, Kelli Sharp, +3

Pain

Tactile AllodyniaDorsal Spinal CordPain MedicineSynaptic TransmissionNeuromodulation Therapies +25

Estrogen Receptor Activation of Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase, Akt, and Nitric Oxide Signaling in Cerebral Blood Vessels: Rapid and Long-Term Effects

Chris Stirone, Amin Boroujerdi, Sue P. Duckles, +1

Molecular Pharmacology

A novel and simple method for culturing pericytes from mouse brain

Ulrich Tigges, Jennifer V. Welser-Alves, Amin Boroujerdi, +1

Microvascular Research

Simple MethodIn Vivo SystemCell CultureCerebral OrganoidMouse Brain +6

Thrombospondin-4 Contributes to Spinal Sensitization and Neuropathic Pain States

D.-S. Kim, K.-W. Li, Amin Boroujerdi, +14

Journal of Neuroscience

Profiling of dynamically changed gene expression in dorsal root ganglia post peripheral nerve injury and a critical role of injury-induced glial fibrillary acetic protein in maintenance of pain behaviors

Doo-sik Kim, Katherine W. Figueroa, Kang-Wu Li, +3

Pain

Peripheral Nerve InjuryPain MedicineNeuropathic PainMolecular PainPeripheral Nerve +16

An angiogenic role for the α5β1 integrin in promoting endothelial cell proliferation during cerebral hypoxia

Longxuan Li, Jennifer V. Welser-Alves, Arjan van der Flier, +3

Experimental Neurology

AngiogenesisPhysiologyCerebral Hypoxiaα5β1 IntegrinVascular Biology +7

Injury discharges regulate calcium channel alpha-2-delta-1 subunit upregulation in the dorsal horn that contributes to initiation of neuropathic pain

Amin Boroujerdi, Hee Kee Kim, Yeoung Su Lyu, +4

Pain

Lidocaine PretreatmentPeripheral Nerve InjuryPain MedicineInjury DischargesNeuropathic Pain +15

TNF-α promotes cerebral pericyte remodeling in vitro, via a switch from α1 to α2 integrins

Ulrich Tigges, Amin Boroujerdi, Jennifer V. Welser-Alves, +1

Journal of Neuroinflammation