Alec Okun

1.5k total citations
14 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Alec Okun is a scholar working on Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Alec Okun has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Physiology, 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 7 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Alec Okun's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (13 papers), Pain Management and Placebo Effect (5 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (4 papers). Alec Okun is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (13 papers), Pain Management and Placebo Effect (5 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (4 papers). Alec Okun collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Alec Okun's co-authors include Tamara King, Frank Porreca, Chaoling Qu, Howard L. Fields, Jennifer Y. Xie, Michael H. Ossipov, Edita Navratilova, Janet L. Neisewander, Kenneth J. Thiel and Josephine Lai and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Neuroscience and Pain.

In The Last Decade

Alec Okun

14 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alec Okun United States	13	869	547	314	210	208	14	1.3k
Zizhen Zhang Canada	16	623 0.7×	608 1.1×	320 1.0×	95 0.5×	296 1.4×	35	1.2k
J. Lianne Leith United Kingdom	10	782 0.9×	415 0.8×	258 0.8×	228 1.1×	259 1.2×	11	1.2k
Weidong Li China	9	708 0.8×	539 1.0×	337 1.1×	179 0.9×	140 0.7×	10	1.1k
Gary C. Bird United States	9	766 0.9×	604 1.1×	351 1.1×	184 0.9×	168 0.8×	10	1.2k
Chaoling Qu United States	21	1.1k 1.3×	759 1.4×	391 1.2×	196 0.9×	323 1.6×	29	1.5k
Elisabeth Waltisperger France	16	715 0.8×	466 0.9×	181 0.6×	177 0.8×	234 1.1×	19	1.2k
Florent Barthas France	12	501 0.6×	496 0.9×	332 1.1×	154 0.7×	166 0.8×	13	1.0k
Jeong Seok Han United States	14	1.1k 1.3×	859 1.6×	428 1.4×	270 1.3×	228 1.1×	17	1.7k
Hiroki Imbe Japan	23	995 1.1×	769 1.4×	330 1.1×	168 0.8×	202 1.0×	48	1.8k
Barton H. Manning United States	13	941 1.1×	869 1.6×	466 1.5×	450 2.1×	213 1.0×	16	1.6k

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Cowen, Stephen L., Edita Navratilova, David L. McKinzie, et al.. (2018). Chronic pain impairs cognitive flexibility and engages novel learning strategies in rats. Pain. 159(7). 1403–1412. 30 indexed citations

Sukhtankar, Devki, et al.. (2017). Mediation of Movement-Induced Breakthrough Cancer Pain by IB4-Binding Nociceptors in Rats. Journal of Neuroscience. 37(20). 5111–5122. 11 indexed citations

Okun, Alec, David L. McKinzie, Jeffrey M. Witkin, et al.. (2016). Hedonic and motivational responses to food reward are unchanged in rats with neuropathic pain. Pain. 157(12). 2731–2738. 32 indexed citations

Navratilova, Edita, Jennifer Y. Xie, Diana Meske, et al.. (2015). Endogenous Opioid Activity in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex Is Required for Relief of Pain. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(18). 7264–7271. 156 indexed citations

Remeniuk, Bethany, Devki Sukhtankar, Alec Okun, et al.. (2015). Behavioral and neurochemical analysis of ongoing bone cancer pain in rats. Pain. 156(10). 1864–1873. 31 indexed citations

Okun, Alec, Ping Liu, Peg Davis, et al.. (2012). Afferent drive elicits ongoing pain in a model of advanced osteoarthritis. Pain. 153(4). 924–933. 108 indexed citations

Navratilova, Edita, Jennifer Y. Xie, Alec Okun, et al.. (2012). Pain relief produces negative reinforcement through activation of mesolimbic reward–valuation circuitry. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(50). 20709–20713. 249 indexed citations

King, Tamara, Chaoling Qu, Alec Okun, et al.. (2012). Contribution of PKMζ-dependent and independent amplification to components of experimental neuropathic pain. Pain. 153(6). 1263–1273. 44 indexed citations

Qu, Chaoling, Tamara King, Alec Okun, et al.. (2011). Lesion of the rostral anterior cingulate cortex eliminates the aversiveness of spontaneous neuropathic pain following partial or complete axotomy. Pain. 152(7). 1641–1648. 180 indexed citations

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King, Tamara, et al.. (2011). Contribution of afferent pathways to nerve injury-induced spontaneous pain and evoked hypersensitivity. Pain. 152(9). 1997–2005. 79 indexed citations

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Liu, Ping, Alec Okun, Michael H. Ossipov, et al.. (2011). Ongoing pain in the MIA model of osteoarthritis. Neuroscience Letters. 493(3). 72–75. 80 indexed citations

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Sukhtankar, Devki, Alec Okun, Anupama Chandramouli, et al.. (2011). Inhibition of p38-MAPK Signaling Pathway Attenuates Breast Cancer Induced Bone Pain and Disease Progression in a Murine Model of Cancer-Induced Bone Pain. Molecular Pain. 7. 81–81. 30 indexed citations

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Okun, Alec, et al.. (2011). Transient Inflammation-Induced Ongoing Pain is Driven by TRPV1 Sensitive Afferents. Molecular Pain. 7. 4–4. 80 indexed citations

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Thiel, Kenneth J., Alec Okun, & Janet L. Neisewander. (2008). Social reward-conditioned place preference: A model revealing an interaction between cocaine and social context rewards in rats. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 96(3). 202–212. 140 indexed citations

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