Melissa E Lenert

Functional Connectivity Differences Underly Variable Centralized Symptom Relief After Hysterectomy

The paper examines functional connectivity differences between women with and without improvement in centralized symptoms after hysterectomy, finding increased connectivity in pain integration regions and decreased connectivity in pain modulation regions in non-improvers.

TLR4+ Dermal fibroblasts induce acute and transitional pain states

This study shows that TLR4+ dermal fibroblasts induce acute and transitional pain states in mice through inflammatory and calcium signaling mechanisms.

Sensory neuron LKB1 mediates ovarian and reproductive function.

This study shows that LKB1 in sensory neurons affects female mouse fertility by altering ovarian innervation and follicular turnover.

Translating outcomes from the clinical setting to preclinical models: chronic pain and functionality in chronic musculoskeletal pain

The paper examines the translatability of clinical pain and function assessments to preclinical models of chronic musculoskeletal pain in fibromyalgia.