Associate Professor

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Address: Life Sciences North 567
PO Box 245050
Tucson, AZ 85721
Phone: (520) 626-7801
E-Mail: vanderah@email.arizona.edu

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Research Interests

• Mechanisms of neuropathic pain
  
• Neuronal integration in pain pathways
  
• Neurochemical release during conditions of neuropathy
  
• Neuronal plasticity
  
• Opioid receptor pharmacology
  
• Novel targets for drug discovery
  

Selected Publications

Xie JY, Herman DS, Stiller CO, Gardell LR, Ossipov MH, Lai J, Porreca F, Vanderah TW. Jan 2005. Cholecystokinin in the rostral ventromedial medulla mediates opioid-induced hyperalgesia and antinociceptive tolerance. J Neurosci, 25:409-16

Ossipov MH, Lai J, King T, Vanderah TW, Porreca F. Mar 2005. Underlying mechanisms of pronociceptive consequences of prolonged morphine exposure. Biopolymers,2005 Mar 28;

Ibrahim MM, Porreca F, Lai J, Albrecht PJ, Rice FL, Khodorova A, Davar G, Makriyannis A, Vanderah TW, Mata HP, Malan TP Jr. Feb 2005. CB2 cannabinoid receptor activation produces antinociception by stimulating peripheral release of endogenous opioids. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 102:3093-8

Varga EV, Hosohata K, Borys D, Navratilova E, Nylen A, Vanderah TW, Porreca F, Roeske WR, Yamamura HI. Jan 2005. Antinociception depends on the presence of G protein gamma2-subunits in brain. Eur J Pharmacol, 508:93-8