Jana Sawynok

9.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
157 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Jana Sawynok is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Jana Sawynok has authored 157 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 134 papers in Physiology, 59 papers in Molecular Biology and 58 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Jana Sawynok's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (130 papers), Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders (34 papers) and Pharmacological Receptor Mechanisms and Effects (32 papers). Jana Sawynok is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (130 papers), Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders (34 papers) and Pharmacological Receptor Mechanisms and Effects (32 papers). Jana Sawynok collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Sweden. Jana Sawynok's co-authors include Allison Reid, Thomas D. White, Marva I. Sweeney, Michael J. Esser, Frank S. LaBella, Xue Jun Liu, Carl Pinsky, Mary Lynch, Khem Jhamandas and Allison Reid and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Brain Research.

In The Last Decade

Jana Sawynok

157 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jana Sawynok Canada	50	4.6k	3.2k	2.5k	1.3k	1.1k	157	7.8k
Prisca Honoré United States	47	5.0k 1.1×	2.8k 0.9×	2.5k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	126	8.5k
Annika B. Malmberg United States	38	6.9k 1.5×	4.4k 1.4×	3.4k 1.4×	499 0.4×	1.3k 1.2×	62	11.7k
Marzia Malcangio United Kingdom	59	6.7k 1.5×	5.0k 1.6×	2.5k 1.0×	505 0.4×	1.4k 1.2×	150	11.4k
Simon Beggs Canada	36	3.8k 0.8×	2.8k 0.9×	1.4k 0.6×	640 0.5×	522 0.5×	53	6.6k
Joyce A. DeLeo United States	57	8.0k 1.8×	4.8k 1.5×	1.6k 0.6×	382 0.3×	1.9k 1.7×	112	11.2k
Iain P. Chessell United Kingdom	47	2.8k 0.6×	1.8k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	2.7k 2.0×	1.4k 1.3×	122	7.8k
Sabatino Maione Italy	58	4.3k 0.9×	4.0k 1.3×	2.7k 1.1×	380 0.3×	4.1k 3.6×	288	11.0k
Armen N. Akopian United States	48	3.8k 0.8×	3.0k 0.9×	3.6k 1.4×	980 0.8×	732 0.7×	98	8.8k
Jean Costentin France	48	2.3k 0.5×	8.1k 2.5×	5.8k 2.3×	1.1k 0.8×	879 0.8×	307	11.9k
Todd W. Vanderah United States	58	6.6k 1.5×	5.4k 1.7×	3.4k 1.4×	233 0.2×	2.9k 2.6×	177	11.7k

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Lynch, Mary, et al.. (2021). Observational Study of Qigong as a Complementary Self-Care Practice at a Tertiary-Care Pain Management Unit. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2021. 1–14. 3 indexed citations

Sawynok, Jana & Mary Lynch. (2017). Qigong and Fibromyalgia circa 2017. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(2). 37–37. 19 indexed citations

Sawynok, Jana & Mary Lynch. (2014). Qualitative Analysis of a Controlled Trial of Qigong for Fibromyalgia: Advancing Understanding of an Emerging Health Practice. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 20(8). 606–617. 8 indexed citations

Sawynok, Jana & Mary Lynch. (2014). Qigong and Fibromyalgia: Randomized Controlled Trials and Beyond. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2014(1). 379715–379715. 21 indexed citations

Sawynok, Jana, et al.. (2013). Extension Trial of Qigong for Fibromyalgia: A Quantitative and Qualitative Study. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2013. 1–12. 11 indexed citations

Sawynok, Jana, et al.. (2012). Chaoyi Fanhuan Qigong and Fibromyalgia: Methodological Issues and Two Case Reports. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 19(4). 383–386. 11 indexed citations

Sawynok, Jana, Allison Reid, & Bertil B. Fredholm. (2008). Caffeine reverses antinociception by amitriptyline in wild type mice but not in those lacking adenosine A1 receptors. Neuroscience Letters. 440(2). 181–184. 24 indexed citations

Lynch, Mary, Alexander J. Clark, Jana Sawynok, & Michael Sullivan. (2005). Topical 2% Amitriptyline and 1% Ketamine in Neuropathic Pain Syndromes. Anesthesiology. 103(1). 140–146. 105 indexed citations

Esser, Michael J., et al.. (2001). Chronic administration of amitriptyline and caffeine in a rat model of neuropathic pain: multiple interactions. European Journal of Pharmacology. 430(2-3). 211–218. 56 indexed citations

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Sawynok, Jana. (1999). Novel aspects of pain management : opioids and beyond. 66 indexed citations

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Cahill, Catherine M., Thomas D. White, & Jana Sawynok. (1996). Synergy between receptors mediates adenosine release from spinal cord synaptosomes. European Journal of Pharmacology. 298(1). 45–49. 23 indexed citations

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Sawynok, Jana. (1995). Pharmacological Rationale for the Clinical Use of Caffeine. Drugs. 49(1). 37–50. 120 indexed citations

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Sawynok, Jana & Allison Reid. (1992). Desipramine potentiates spinal antinociception by 5-hydroxytryptamine, morphine and adenosine. Pain. 50(1). 113–118. 28 indexed citations

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Sawynok, Jana, Andrew Reid, & D.M. Nance. (1991). Spinal antinociception by adenosine analogs and morphine after intrathecal administration of the neurotoxins capsaicin, 6-hydroxydopamine and 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine.. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 258(1). 370–380. 28 indexed citations

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Sweeney, Marva I., Thomas D. White, & Jana Sawynok. (1991). Intracerebroventricular morphine releases adenosine and adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate from the spinal cord via a serotonergic mechanism.. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 259(3). 1013–1018. 26 indexed citations

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Sawynok, Jana, et al.. (1990). Adenosine release by morphine and spinal antinociception: role of G-proteins and cyclic AMP.. PubMed. 105. 40–6. 1 indexed citations

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Sweeney, Marva I., Thomas D. White, & Jana Sawynok. (1989). Morphine, capsaicin and K+ release purines from capsaicin-sensitive primary afferent nerve terminals in the spinal cord.. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 248(1). 447–454. 105 indexed citations

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Sawynok, Jana. (1989). The 1988 Merck Frosst Award.: The role of ascending and descending noradrenergic and serotonergic pathways in opioid and non-opioid antinociception as revealed by lesion studies. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. 67(9). 975–988. 62 indexed citations

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Sawynok, Jana & Allison Reid. (1988). Role of G-proteins and adenylate cyclase in antinociception produced by intrathecal purines. European Journal of Pharmacology. 156(1). 25–34. 20 indexed citations

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Sawynok, Jana. (1987). GABAergic mechanisms of analgesia: An update. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 26(2). 463–474. 148 indexed citations

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