James W. Hu

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

James W. Hu is a scholar working on Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Sensory Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, James W. Hu has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Physiology, 38 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 13 papers in Sensory Systems. Recurrent topics in James W. Hu's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (51 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (18 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (17 papers). James W. Hu is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (51 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (18 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (17 papers). James W. Hu collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Japan. James W. Hu's co-authors include Barry J. Sessle, Brian E. Cairns, David A. Bereiter, Richard H. Gracely, Donald D. Price, Ronald Dubner, Chen Yu Chiang, Harumitsu Hirata, Jonathan O. Dostrovsky and Peter Svensson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Neuroscience and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

James W. Hu

64 papers receiving 3.5k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Peripheral suppression of first pain and central summation of second pain evoked by noxious heat pulses

1977 494 citations James W. Hu et al. Pain profile →

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David A. Bereiter United States

Brian E. Cairns Canada

Koichi Iwata Japan

Jin Y. Ro United States

Yoshiyuki Tsuboi Japan

Kazue Mizumura Japan

Alban Latrémolière United States

Luc Jasmin United States

Masamichi Shinoda Japan

Andrew M. Strassman United States

David A. Bereiter United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James W. Hu

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kwon, Daniel, et al.. (2025). Lumbar spine deformation between prone and supine CTs. Neurosurgical Review. 48(1). 493–493.

Philbrick, Brandon, et al.. (2023). External Ventricular Drain Placement Teleproctoring Using a Novel Camera-Projector Navigation System: A Proof-of-Concept Study. World Neurosurgery. 174. 169–174.

Hu, James W., et al.. (2023). Case Volume Justification of 3D-Navigated Spinal Procedures: A Cost-Benefit Analysis. Journal of Medical Systems. 47(1). 114–114.

Chiang, Chen Yu, Zhaohui Li, Jonathan O. Dostrovsky, James W. Hu, & Barry J. Sessle. (2008). Glutamine uptake contributes to central sensitization in the medullary dorsal horn. Neuroreport. 19(11). 1151–1154. 33 indexed citations

Lam, David K., Barry J. Sessle, & James W. Hu. (2008). Glutamate and capsaicin effects on trigeminal nociception II: Activation and central sensitization in brainstem neurons with deep craniofacial afferent input. Brain Research. 1253. 48–59. 35 indexed citations

Adachi, Kazunori, Jye‐Chang Lee, James W. Hu, Dongyuan Yao, & Barry J. Sessle. (2007). Motor cortex neuroplasticity associated with lingual nerve injury in rats. Somatosensory & Motor Research. 24(3). 97–109. 34 indexed citations

Svensson, Peter, Brian E. Cairns, Kelun Wang, et al.. (2003). Glutamate-evoked pain and mechanical allodynia in the human masseter muscle. Pain. 101(3). 221–227. 153 indexed citations

Cairns, Brian E., et al.. (2002). Influence of sex on reflex jaw muscle activity evoked from the rat temporomandibular joint. Brain Research. 957(2). 338–344. 57 indexed citations

Seo, Kenji, et al.. (2002). Intrathecal administration of 5-HT3 receptor agonist modulates jaw muscle activity evoked by injection of mustard oil into the temporomandibular joint in the rat. Brain Research. 934(2). 157–161. 9 indexed citations

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Ogawa, Akiko, et al.. (2002). Induction of Fos protein-like immunoreactivity in the trigeminal spinal nucleus caudalis and upper cervical cord following noxious and non-noxious mechanical stimulation of the whisker pad of the rat with an inferior alveolar nerve transection. Pain. 95(3). 225–238. 71 indexed citations

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Seo, Kenji, et al.. (2001). Involvement of GABAA receptor in modulation of jaw muscle activity evoked by mustard oil application to the rat temporomandibular joint. Brain Research. 892(1). 198–202. 6 indexed citations

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Ellrich, Jens, Karl Meßlinger, Chen Yu Chiang, & James W. Hu. (2001). Modulation of neuronal activity in the nucleus raphé magnus by the 5-HT1-receptor agonist naratriptan in rat. Pain. 90(3). 227–231. 37 indexed citations

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Wong, Jason K., Daniel A. Haas, & James W. Hu. (2001). Local Anesthesia Does Not Block Mustard-Oil-Induced Temporomandibular Inflammation. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 92(4). 1035–1040. 12 indexed citations

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Cairns, Brian E., Barry J. Sessle, & James W. Hu. (1998). Evidence That Excitatory Amino Acid Receptors within the Temporomandibular Joint Region Are Involved in the Reflex Activation of the Jaw Muscles. Journal of Neuroscience. 18(19). 8056–8064. 110 indexed citations

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Bakke, Merete, James W. Hu, & Barry J. Sessle. (1998). Involvement of NK-1 and NK-2 tachykinin receptor mechanisms in jaw muscle activity reflexly evoked by inflammatory irritant application to the rat temporomandibular joint. Pain. 75(2). 219–227. 17 indexed citations

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Chiang, Chen Yu, Barry J. Sessle, & James W. Hu. (1995). Parabrachial area and nucleus raphe magnus-induced modulation of electrically evoked trigeminal subnucleus caudalis neuronal responses to cutaneous or deep A-fiber and C-fiber inputs in rats. Pain. 62(1). 61–68. 25 indexed citations

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Jacquin, Mark F., et al.. (1992). Intra-axonal neurobiotin™ injection rapidly stains the long-range projections of identified trigeminal primary afferents in vivo: comparisons with HRP and PHA-L. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 45(1-2). 71–86. 40 indexed citations

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Sessle, Barry J. & James W. Hu. (1991). Mechanisms of pain arising from articular tissues. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. 69(5). 617–626. 87 indexed citations

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Hu, James W. & Barry J. Sessle. (1988). Properties of functionally identified nociceptive and nonnociceptive facial primary afferents and presynaptic excitability changes induced in their brain stem endings by raphe and orofacial stimuli in cats. Experimental Neurology. 101(3). 385–399. 25 indexed citations

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Sessle, Barry J. & James W. Hu. (1981). Raphe-induced suppression of the jaw-opening reflex and single neurons in trigeminal subnucleus oralis, and influence of naloxone and subnucleus caudalis. Pain. 10(1). 19–36. 104 indexed citations

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