Karen D. Davis

25.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
242 papers, 18.0k citations indexed

About

Karen D. Davis is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Physiology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen D. Davis has authored 242 papers receiving a total of 18.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 102 papers in Physiology and 51 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Karen D. Davis's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (100 papers), Pain Management and Placebo Effect (49 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (44 papers). Karen D. Davis is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (100 papers), Pain Management and Placebo Effect (49 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (44 papers). Karen D. Davis collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Karen D. Davis's co-authors include David J. Mikulis, Adrian P. Crawley, Aaron Kucyi, David A. Seminowicz, Massieh Moayedi, Jonathan O. Dostrovsky, Jonathan Downar, Andrés M. Lozano, Ronald R. Tasker and Keri S. Taylor and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Karen D. Davis

237 papers receiving 17.6k 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.

A multimodal cortical network for the detection of changes in the sensory environment

2000 786 citations Jonathan Downar, Adrian P. Crawley et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
Two systems of resting state connectivity between the insula and cingulate cortex

2008 561 citations Keri S. Taylor, David A. Seminowicz et al. Human Brain Mapping profile →
The dynamic pain connectome

2014 412 citations Aaron Kucyi, Karen D. Davis profile →
Sex and gender differences in pain

2022 122 citations Natalie R. Osborne, Karen D. Davis International review of neurobiology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Alpha and Theta Oscillations Associated With Behavioral Phenotypes of Pain–Attention Interaction 2025 ·Brain and Behavior ·(unknown), Benjamin T. Dunkley, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Natalie R. Osborne, Joshua C. Cheng, Anton Rogachov, Rachael L. Bosma, (unknown), Karen D. Davis	1
2	Regional and interregional functional and structural brain abnormalities in neuropathic pain 2024 ·International review of neurobiology ·(unknown), Karen D. Davis	0
3	Pretreatment Brain White Matter Integrity Associated With Neuropathic Pain Relief and Changes in Temporal Summation of Pain Following Ketamine 2024 ·Journal of Pain ·Emily P. Mills, Rachael L. Bosma, Anton Rogachov, Joshua C. Cheng, Natalie R. Osborne, Junseok A. Kim, (unknown), Anuj Bhatia, Karen D. Davis	2
4	Cross-network coupling of neural oscillations in the dynamic pain connectome reflects chronic neuropathic pain in multiple sclerosis 2020 ·NeuroImage Clinical ·Junseok A. Kim, Rachael L. Bosma, Kasey S. Hemington, Anton Rogachov, Natalie R. Osborne, Joshua C. Cheng, Jiwon Oh, Benjamin T. Dunkley, Karen D. Davis	25
5	Elevated cerebrospinal fluid total tau in former professional athletes with multiple concussions 2019 ·Neurology ·Foad Taghdiri, Namita Multani, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Carrie Esopenko, Robin Green, Brenda Colella, Richard Wennberg, David J. Mikulis, Karen D. Davis, Ruma Goswami, Charles H. Tator, Brian Levine, Maria Carmela Tartaglia	15
6	Comprehensive Neuropsychiatric and Cognitive Characterization of Former Professional Football Players: Implications for Neurorehabilitation 2019 ·Frontiers in Neurology ·(unknown), Brandon P. Vasquez, Brenda Colella, Maria Carmela Tartaglia, Charles H. Tator, David J. Mikulis, Karen D. Davis, Richard Wennberg, Robin Green	14
7	Abnormal Functional Connectivity of Frontopolar Subregions in Treatment-Nonresponsive Major Depressive Disorder 2017 ·Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging ·Peter Fettes, Massieh Moayedi, Katharine Dunlop, Farrokh Mansouri, Fidel Vila‐Rodriguez, Peter Giacobbe, Karen D. Davis, Raymond W. Lam, Sidney H. Kennedy, Zafiris J. Daskalakis, Daniel M. Blumberger, Jonathan Downar	26
8	Panel 1: Legal and Neuroscientific Perspectives on Chronic Pain 2015 ·David A. Seminowicz, Amanda C. Pustilnik, (unknown), (unknown), Karen D. Davis, Hank Greely	1
9	Frontotemporal correlates of impulsivity and machine learning in retired professional athletes with a history of multiple concussions 2015 ·Brain Structure and Function ·Ruma Goswami, Paul Dufort, Maria Carmela Tartaglia, Robin Green, Adrian P. Crawley, Charles H. Tator, Richard Wennberg, David J. Mikulis, Michelle Keightley, Karen D. Davis	96
10	World Health Organization essential medicines lists 2015 ·Pain ·Peter Kamerman, Antonia Wadley, Karen D. Davis, Aki Hietaharju, (unknown), Andreas Köpf, Ana-Claire Meyer, Srinivasa N. Raja, Andrew S.C. Rice, Blair H. Smith, Rolf‐Detlef Treede, Philip J Wiffen	32
11	A brief cognitive-behavioural intervention for pain reduces secondary hyperalgesia 2014 ·Pain ·Tim V. Salomons, Massieh Moayedi, Nathalie Erpelding, Karen D. Davis	56
12	Mind wandering away from pain dynamically engages antinociceptive and default mode brain networks 2013 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Aaron Kucyi, Tim V. Salomons, Karen D. Davis	331
13	Neuronal Coding of Implicit Emotion Categories in the Subcallosal Cortex in Patients with Depression 2013 ·Biological Psychiatry ·Adrian W. Laxton, Joseph S. Neimat, Karen D. Davis, Thilo Womelsdorf, William D. Hutchison, Jonathan O. Dostrovsky, Clement Hamani, Helen S. Mayberg, Andrés M. Lozano	46
14	Cortical thickness correlates of pain and temperature sensitivity 2012 ·Pain ·Nathalie Erpelding, Massieh Moayedi, Karen D. Davis	114
15	Cognitive and default‐mode resting state networks: Do male and female brains “rest” differently? 2010 ·Human Brain Mapping ·Irit Weissman‐Fogel, Massieh Moayedi, Keri S. Taylor, (unknown), Karen D. Davis	117
16	Women experience greater heat pain adaptation and habituation than men 2009 ·Pain ·Javeria A. Hashmi, Karen D. Davis	64
17	Interactions of Pain Intensity and Cognitive Load: The Brain Stays on Task 2006 ·Cerebral Cortex ·David A. Seminowicz, Karen D. Davis	159
18	Cingulotomy for Psychiatric Disease: Microelectrode Guidance, a Callosal Reference System for Documenting Lesion Location, and Clinical Results 2004 ·Neurosurgery ·Erich O. Richter, Karen D. Davis, Clement Hamani, William D. Hutchison, Jonathan O. Dostrovsky, Andrés M. Lozano	44
19	Pain-related neurons in the human cingulate cortex 1999 ·Nature Neuroscience ·William D. Hutchison, Karen D. Davis, Andrés M. Lozano, Ronald R. Tasker, Jonathan O. Dostrovsky	477
20	Cutaneous injection of the capsaicin analog, NE-21610, produces analgesia to heat but not mechanical stimuli in man 1992 ·The Society for Neuroscience Abstracts ·Karen D. Davis, Richard A. Meyer, (unknown), M. Pappagallo, (unknown), James N. Campbell	2

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