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Linda Watkins to Spinal Cord

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  1. Loram LC, Strand KA, Taylor FR, Sloane E, Van Dam AM, Rieger J, Maier SF, Watkins LR. Adenosine 2A receptor agonism: A single intrathecal administration attenuates motor paralysis in experimental autoimmune encephalopathy in rats. Brain Behav Immun. 2015 May; 46:50-4.
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    Score: 0.361
  2. Loram LC, Taylor FR, Strand KA, Frank MG, Sholar P, Harrison JA, Maier SF, Watkins LR. Prior exposure to glucocorticoids potentiates lipopolysaccharide induced mechanical allodynia and spinal neuroinflammation. Brain Behav Immun. 2011 Oct; 25(7):1408-15.
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    Score: 0.278
  3. Ramos KM, Lewis MT, Morgan KN, Crysdale NY, Kroll JL, Taylor FR, Harrison JA, Sloane EM, Maier SF, Watkins LR. Spinal upregulation of glutamate transporter GLT-1 by ceftriaxone: therapeutic efficacy in a range of experimental nervous system disorders. Neuroscience. 2010 Sep 15; 169(4):1888-900.
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    Score: 0.262
  4. Loram LC, Harrison JA, Chao L, Taylor FR, Reddy A, Travis CL, Giffard R, Al-Abed Y, Tracey K, Maier SF, Watkins LR. Intrathecal injection of an alpha seven nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist attenuates gp120-induced mechanical allodynia and spinal pro-inflammatory cytokine profiles in rats. Brain Behav Immun. 2010 Aug; 24(6):959-67.
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    Score: 0.258
  5. Hutchinson MR, Lewis SS, Coats BD, Rezvani N, Zhang Y, Wieseler JL, Somogyi AA, Yin H, Maier SF, Rice KC, Watkins LR. Possible involvement of toll-like receptor 4/myeloid differentiation factor-2 activity of opioid inactive isomers causes spinal proinflammation and related behavioral consequences. Neuroscience. 2010 May 19; 167(3):880-93.
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    Score: 0.256
  6. Schoeniger-Skinner DK, Ledeboer A, Frank MG, Milligan ED, Poole S, Martin D, Maier SF, Watkins LR. Interleukin-6 mediates low-threshold mechanical allodynia induced by intrathecal HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein gp120. Brain Behav Immun. 2007 Jul; 21(5):660-7.
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    Score: 0.206
  7. Ledeboer A, Mahoney JH, Milligan ED, Martin D, Maier SF, Watkins LR. Spinal cord glia and interleukin-1 do not appear to mediate persistent allodynia induced by intramuscular acidic saline in rats. J Pain. 2006 Oct; 7(10):757-67.
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    Score: 0.203
  8. Milligan E, Zapata V, Schoeniger D, Chacur M, Green P, Poole S, Martin D, Maier SF, Watkins LR. An initial investigation of spinal mechanisms underlying pain enhancement induced by fractalkine, a neuronally released chemokine. Eur J Neurosci. 2005 Dec; 22(11):2775-82.
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    Score: 0.191
  9. Watkins LR, Hutchinson MR, Johnston IN, Maier SF. Glia: novel counter-regulators of opioid analgesia. Trends Neurosci. 2005 Dec; 28(12):661-9.
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    Score: 0.190
  10. Ledeboer A, Sloane EM, Milligan ED, Frank MG, Mahony JH, Maier SF, Watkins LR. Minocycline attenuates mechanical allodynia and proinflammatory cytokine expression in rat models of pain facilitation. Pain. 2005 May; 115(1-2):71-83.
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    Score: 0.184
  11. Twining CM, Sloane EM, Schoeniger DK, Milligan ED, Martin D, Marsh H, Maier SF, Watkins LR. Activation of the spinal cord complement cascade might contribute to mechanical allodynia induced by three animal models of spinal sensitization. J Pain. 2005 Mar; 6(3):174-83.
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    Score: 0.182
  12. Milligan ED, Zapata V, Chacur M, Schoeniger D, Biedenkapp J, O'Connor KA, Verge GM, Chapman G, Green P, Foster AC, Naeve GS, Maier SF, Watkins LR. Evidence that exogenous and endogenous fractalkine can induce spinal nociceptive facilitation in rats. Eur J Neurosci. 2004 Nov; 20(9):2294-302.
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    Score: 0.178
  13. Watkins LR, Maier SF. Glia: a novel drug discovery target for clinical pain. Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2003 Dec; 2(12):973-85.
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    Score: 0.167
  14. Green-Fulgham SM, Ball JB, Kwilasz AJ, Harland ME, Frank MG, Dragavon JM, Grace PM, Watkins LR. Interleukin-1beta and inflammasome expression in spinal cord following chronic constriction injury in male and female rats. Brain Behav Immun. 2024 01; 115:157-168.
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    Score: 0.165
  15. Milligan ED, Twining C, Chacur M, Biedenkapp J, O'Connor K, Poole S, Tracey K, Martin D, Maier SF, Watkins LR. Spinal glia and proinflammatory cytokines mediate mirror-image neuropathic pain in rats. J Neurosci. 2003 Feb 01; 23(3):1026-40.
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    Score: 0.157
  16. Watkins LR, Milligan ED, Maier SF. Glial proinflammatory cytokines mediate exaggerated pain states: implications for clinical pain. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2003; 521:1-21.
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    Score: 0.156
  17. Watkins LR, Milligan ED, Maier SF. Spinal cord glia: new players in pain. Pain. 2001 Sep; 93(3):201-205.
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    Score: 0.143
  18. Watkins LR, Milligan ED, Maier SF. Glial activation: a driving force for pathological pain. Trends Neurosci. 2001 Aug; 24(8):450-5.
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    Score: 0.142
  19. Gaudet AD, Fonken LK, Ayala MT, Maier SF, Watkins LR. Aging and miR-155 in mice influence survival and neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury. Brain Behav Immun. 2021 10; 97:365-370.
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    Score: 0.141
  20. Milligan ED, O'Connor KA, Nguyen KT, Armstrong CB, Twining C, Gaykema RP, Holguin A, Martin D, Maier SF, Watkins LR. Intrathecal HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein gp120 induces enhanced pain states mediated by spinal cord proinflammatory cytokines. J Neurosci. 2001 Apr 15; 21(8):2808-19.
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    Score: 0.139
  21. Kwilasz AJ, Green Fulgham SM, Duran-Malle JC, Schrama AEW, Mitten EH, Todd LS, Patel HP, Larson TA, Clements MA, Harris KM, Litwiler ST, Harvey LO, Maier SF, Chavez RA, Rice KC, Van Dam AM, Watkins LR. Toll-like receptor 2 and 4 antagonism for the treatment of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE)-related pain. Brain Behav Immun. 2021 03; 93:80-95.
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    Score: 0.136
  22. Milligan ED, Hinde JL, Mehmert KK, Maier SF, Watkins LR. A method for increasing the viability of the external portion of lumbar catheters placed in the spinal subarachnoid space of rats. J Neurosci Methods. 1999 Aug 01; 90(1):81-6.
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    Score: 0.123
  23. Watkins LR, Wiertelak EP, McGorry M, Martinez J, Schwartz B, Sisk D, Maier SF. Neurocircuitry of conditioned inhibition of analgesia: effects of amygdala, dorsal raphe, ventral medullary, and spinal cord lesions on antianalgesia in the rat. Behav Neurosci. 1998 Apr; 112(2):360-78.
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    Score: 0.112
  24. Grace PM, Wang X, Strand KA, Baratta MV, Zhang Y, Galer EL, Yin H, Maier SF, Watkins LR. DREADDed microglia in pain: Implications for spinal inflammatory signaling in male rats. Exp Neurol. 2018 06; 304:125-131.
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    Score: 0.112
  25. Watkins LR, Martin D, Ulrich P, Tracey KJ, Maier SF. Evidence for the involvement of spinal cord glia in subcutaneous formalin induced hyperalgesia in the rat. Pain. 1997 Jul; 71(3):225-35.
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    Score: 0.107
  26. Watkins LR, McGorry M, Schwartz B, Sisk D, Wiertelak EP, Maier SF. Reversal of spinal cord non-opiate analgesia by conditioned anti-analgesia in the rat. Pain. 1997 Jul; 71(3):237-47.
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    Score: 0.107
  27. Watkins LR, Wiertelak EP, Furness LE, Maier SF. Illness-induced hyperalgesia is mediated by spinal neuropeptides and excitatory amino acids. Brain Res. 1994 Nov 21; 664(1-2):17-24.
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    Score: 0.089
  28. Watkins LR, Wiertelak EP, Grisel JE, Silbert LH, Maier SF. Parallel activation of multiple spinal opiate systems appears to mediate 'non-opiate' stress-induced analgesias. Brain Res. 1992 Oct 23; 594(1):99-108.
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    Score: 0.077
  29. Watkins LR, Wiertelak EP, Maier SF. Delta opiate receptors mediate tail-shock induced antinociception at supraspinal levels. Brain Res. 1992 Jun 05; 582(1):10-21.
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    Score: 0.075
  30. Watkins LR, Wiertelak EP, Maier SF. Kappa opiate receptors mediate tail-shock induced antinociception at spinal levels. Brain Res. 1992 Jun 05; 582(1):1-9.
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    Score: 0.075
  31. Wiertelak EP, Maier SF, Watkins LR. Cholecystokinin antianalgesia: safety cues abolish morphine analgesia. Science. 1992 May 08; 256(5058):830-3.
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    Score: 0.075
  32. Hains LE, Loram LC, Weiseler JL, Frank MG, Bloss EB, Sholar P, Taylor FR, Harrison JA, Martin TJ, Eisenach JC, Maier SF, Watkins LR. Pain intensity and duration can be enhanced by prior challenge: initial evidence suggestive of a role of microglial priming. J Pain. 2010 Oct; 11(10):1004-14.
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    Score: 0.067
  33. Lewis SS, Hutchinson MR, Rezvani N, Loram LC, Zhang Y, Maier SF, Rice KC, Watkins LR. Evidence that intrathecal morphine-3-glucuronide may cause pain enhancement via toll-like receptor 4/MD-2 and interleukin-1beta. Neuroscience. 2010 Jan 20; 165(2):569-83.
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    Score: 0.064
  34. Soderquist RG, Milligan ED, Sloane EM, Harrison JA, Douvas KK, Potter JM, Hughes TS, Chavez RA, Johnson K, Watkins LR, Mahoney MJ. PEGylation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor for preserved biological activity and enhanced spinal cord distribution. J Biomed Mater Res A. 2009 Dec; 91(3):719-29.
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    Score: 0.063
  35. Hutchinson MR, Coats BD, Lewis SS, Zhang Y, Sprunger DB, Rezvani N, Baker EM, Jekich BM, Wieseler JL, Somogyi AA, Martin D, Poole S, Judd CM, Maier SF, Watkins LR. Proinflammatory cytokines oppose opioid-induced acute and chronic analgesia. Brain Behav Immun. 2008 Nov; 22(8):1178-89.
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    Score: 0.057
  36. Watkins LR, Hutchinson MR, Ledeboer A, Wieseler-Frank J, Milligan ED, Maier SF. Norman Cousins Lecture. Glia as the "bad guys": implications for improving clinical pain control and the clinical utility of opioids. Brain Behav Immun. 2007 Feb; 21(2):131-46.
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    Score: 0.051
  37. Ledeboer A, Jekich BM, Sloane EM, Mahoney JH, Langer SJ, Milligan ED, Martin D, Maier SF, Johnson KW, Leinwand LA, Chavez RA, Watkins LR. Intrathecal interleukin-10 gene therapy attenuates paclitaxel-induced mechanical allodynia and proinflammatory cytokine expression in dorsal root ganglia in rats. Brain Behav Immun. 2007 Jul; 21(5):686-98.
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    Score: 0.051
  38. Wieseler-Frank J, Jekich BM, Mahoney JH, Bland ST, Maier SF, Watkins LR. A novel immune-to-CNS communication pathway: cells of the meninges surrounding the spinal cord CSF space produce proinflammatory cytokines in response to an inflammatory stimulus. Brain Behav Immun. 2007 Jul; 21(5):711-8.
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    Score: 0.051
  39. Milligan ED, Sloane EM, Langer SJ, Hughes TS, Jekich BM, Frank MG, Mahoney JH, Levkoff LH, Maier SF, Cruz PE, Flotte TR, Johnson KW, Mahoney MM, Chavez RA, Leinwand LA, Watkins LR. Repeated intrathecal injections of plasmid DNA encoding interleukin-10 produce prolonged reversal of neuropathic pain. Pain. 2006 Dec 15; 126(1-3):294-308.
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    Score: 0.050
  40. Ledeboer A, Gamanos M, Lai W, Martin D, Maier SF, Watkins LR, Quan N. Involvement of spinal cord nuclear factor kappaB activation in rat models of proinflammatory cytokine-mediated pain facilitation. Eur J Neurosci. 2005 Oct; 22(8):1977-86.
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    Score: 0.047
  41. Chacur M, GutiƩrrez JM, Milligan ED, Wieseler-Frank J, Britto LR, Maier SF, Watkins LR, Cury Y. Snake venom components enhance pain upon subcutaneous injection: an initial examination of spinal cord mediators. Pain. 2004 Sep; 111(1-2):65-76.
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    Score: 0.044
  42. Verge GM, Milligan ED, Maier SF, Watkins LR, Naeve GS, Foster AC. Fractalkine (CX3CL1) and fractalkine receptor (CX3CR1) distribution in spinal cord and dorsal root ganglia under basal and neuropathic pain conditions. Eur J Neurosci. 2004 Sep; 20(5):1150-60.
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    Score: 0.044
  43. Johnston IN, Milligan ED, Wieseler-Frank J, Frank MG, Zapata V, Campisi J, Langer S, Martin D, Green P, Fleshner M, Leinwand L, Maier SF, Watkins LR. A role for proinflammatory cytokines and fractalkine in analgesia, tolerance, and subsequent pain facilitation induced by chronic intrathecal morphine. J Neurosci. 2004 Aug 18; 24(33):7353-65.
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    Score: 0.044
  44. Chacur M, Milligan ED, Sloan EM, Wieseler-Frank J, Barrientos RM, Martin D, Poole S, Lomonte B, GutiƩrrez JM, Maier SF, Cury Y, Watkins LR. Snake venom phospholipase A2s (Asp49 and Lys49) induce mechanical allodynia upon peri-sciatic administration: involvement of spinal cord glia, proinflammatory cytokines and nitric oxide. Pain. 2004 Mar; 108(1-2):180-91.
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    Score: 0.042
  45. Milligan ED, Mehmert KK, Hinde JL, Harvey LO, Martin D, Tracey KJ, Maier SF, Watkins LR. Thermal hyperalgesia and mechanical allodynia produced by intrathecal administration of the human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) envelope glycoprotein, gp120. Brain Res. 2000 Apr 07; 861(1):105-16.
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    Score: 0.032
  46. Watkins LR, Maier SF. Implications of immune-to-brain communication for sickness and pain. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 Jul 06; 96(14):7710-3.
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    Score: 0.031
  47. Grace PM, Hurley D, Barratt DT, Tsykin A, Watkins LR, Rolan PE, Hutchinson MR. Harnessing pain heterogeneity and RNA transcriptome to identify blood-based pain biomarkers: a novel correlational study design and bioinformatics approach in a graded chronic constriction injury model. J Neurochem. 2012 Sep; 122(5):976-94.
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    Score: 0.019
  48. Watkins LR, Thurston CL, Fleshner M. Phenylephrine-induced antinociception: investigations of potential neural and endocrine bases. Brain Res. 1990 Oct 01; 528(2):273-84.
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    Score: 0.017
  49. Sloane E, Ledeboer A, Seibert W, Coats B, van Strien M, Maier SF, Johnson KW, Chavez R, Watkins LR, Leinwand L, Milligan ED, Van Dam AM. Anti-inflammatory cytokine gene therapy decreases sensory and motor dysfunction in experimental Multiple Sclerosis: MOG-EAE behavioral and anatomical symptom treatment with cytokine gene therapy. Brain Behav Immun. 2009 Jan; 23(1):92-100.
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    Score: 0.015
  50. Kleibeuker W, Ledeboer A, Eijkelkamp N, Watkins LR, Maier SF, Zijlstra J, Heijnen CJ, Kavelaars A. A role for G protein-coupled receptor kinase 2 in mechanical allodynia. Eur J Neurosci. 2007 Mar; 25(6):1696-704.
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    Score: 0.013
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