Apkar V Apkarian

Professor of Physiology, Anesthesiology and Physical Medicin
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
United States of America

Professor Anesthesiology
Biography

Human brain imaging of chronic pain conditions. Animal studies of crtical dynamics of pain.

Research Intrest

Pain, Neuroscience

List of Publications
Brain activity for tactile allodynia: A longitudinal awake rat functional magnetic resonance imaging study tracking emergence of neuropathic pain Chang PC, Centeno MV, Procissi D, Baria A, Apkarian AV Pain. 2017 Jan; 158(3): 488-497. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000788. PMID: 28135213 PMCID: 28135213 ISSN: 0304-3959
Resting-state functional connectivity predicts longitudinal pain symptom change in urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome: A MAPP network study Kutch JJ, Labus JS, Harris RE, Martucci KT, Farmer MA, Fenske S, Fling C, Ichesco E, Peltier S, Petre B, Guo W, Hou X, Stephens AJ, Mullins C, Clauw DJ, Mackey SC, Apkarian AV, Landis JR, Mayer EA Pain. 2017 Jun; 158(6): 1069-1082. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000886. PMID: 28328579 PMCID: 28328579 ISSN: 0304-3959
A central mechanism enhances pain perception of noxious thermal stimulus changes Petre B, Tetreault P, Mathur VA, Schurgin MW, Chiao JY, Huang L, Apkarian AV Scientific Reports. 2017 Dec; 7(1): doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04009-9. PMID: 28634321 PMCID: 28634321 ISSN: 2045-2322