Melissa Chont

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Melissa Chont is a scholar working on Physiology, Pharmacology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa Chont has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Physiology, 14 papers in Pharmacology and 13 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Melissa Chont's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (24 papers), Pain Management and Placebo Effect (13 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (13 papers). Melissa Chont is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (24 papers), Pain Management and Placebo Effect (13 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (13 papers). Melissa Chont collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Germany. Melissa Chont's co-authors include Stephen Bruehl, Asokumar Buvanendran, John W. Burns, Johan Marinus, Joseph R. Graciosa, Frank Birklein, Timothy R. Lubenow, Roberto S.G.M. Perez, Christian Maihöfner and Christopher E. Ramsden and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, The Journal of Immunology and Pain.

In The Last Decade

Melissa Chont

29 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Validation of proposed diagnostic criteria (the “Budapest Criteria”) for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

2010 835 citations Stephen Bruehl, Roberto S.G.M. Perez et al. Pain profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Does aerobic exercise training alter responses to opioid analgesics in individuals with chronic low back pain? A randomized controlled trial 2020 ·Pain ·Stephen Bruehl, John W. Burns, Kelli F. Koltyn, Rajnish K. Gupta, Asokumar Buvanendran, David A. Edwards, Melissa Chont, (unknown), Amanda Stone	6
2	Self-reported cumulative medical opioid exposure and subjective responses on first use of opioids predict analgesic and subjective responses to placebo-controlled opioid administration 2019 ·Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine ·Stephen Bruehl, Amanda Stone, (unknown), David A. Edwards, Asokumar Buvanendran, Rajnish K. Gupta, Melissa Chont, Mary Clare Kennedy, John W. Burns	7
3	Endogenous Opioid Function and Responses to Morphine: The Moderating Effects of Anger Expressiveness 2017 ·Journal of Pain ·John W. Burns, Stephen Bruehl, Christopher France, Erik Schuster, Daria Orlowska, Melissa Chont, Rajnish K. Gupta, Asokumar Buvanendran	11
4	Expectancy Effects on Conditioned Pain Modulation Are Not Influenced by Naloxone or Morphine 2016 ·Annals of Behavioral Medicine ·Christopher France, John W. Burns, Rajnish K. Gupta, Asokumar Buvanendran, Melissa Chont, Erik Schuster, Daria Orlowska, Stephen Bruehl	27
5	Psychosocial factors predict opioid analgesia through endogenous opioid function 2016 ·Pain ·John W. Burns, Stephen Bruehl, Christopher France, Erik Schuster, Daria Orlowska, Asokumar Buvanendran, Melissa Chont, Rajnish K. Gupta	24
6	The Contribution of Differential Opioid Responsiveness to Identification of Opioid Risk in Chronic Pain Patients 2015 ·Journal of Pain ·Stephen Bruehl, John W. Burns, Steven D. Passik, Rajnish K. Gupta, Asokumar Buvanendran, Melissa Chont, Erik Schuster, Daria Orlowska, Christopher France	18
7	Relationship Between Endogenous Opioid Function and Opioid Analgesic Adverse Effects 2014 ·Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine ·Rajnish K. Gupta, Stephen Bruehl, John W. Burns, Asokumar Buvanendran, Melissa Chont, Erik Schuster, Christopher France	7
8	Endogenous Opioid Inhibition of Chronic Low-Back Pain Influences Degree of Back Pain Relief After Morphine Administration 2014 ·Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine ·Stephen Bruehl, John W. Burns, Rajnish K. Gupta, Asokumar Buvanendran, Melissa Chont, Erik Schuster, Christopher France	18
9	Endogenous opioid function mediates the association between laboratory-evoked pain sensitivity and morphine analgesic responses 2013 ·Pain ·Stephen Bruehl, John W. Burns, Rajnish K. Gupta, Asokumar Buvanendran, Melissa Chont, (unknown), Erik Schuster, Steven D. Passik, Christopher France	33
10	Associations between KCNJ6 (GIRK2) gene polymorphisms and pain-related phenotypes 2013 ·Pain ·Stephen Bruehl, Jerod S. Denton, (unknown), Mary Ellen Koran, Melissa Chont, Christopher G. Sobey, (unknown), William S. Bush, Puneet Mishra, Tricia A. Thornton‐Wells	37
11	Anger regulation style, anger arousal and acute pain sensitivity: evidence for an endogenous opioid “triggering” model 2013 ·Journal of Behavioral Medicine ·John W. Burns, Stephen Bruehl, Melissa Chont	11
12	Associations between daily chronic pain intensity, daily anger expression, and trait anger expressiveness: An ecological momentary assessment study 2012 ·Pain ·Stephen Bruehl, Xiaoxia Liu, John W. Burns, Melissa Chont, Robert N. Jamison	64
13	Interacting Effects of Trait Anger and Acute Anger Arousal on Pain 2011 ·Psychosomatic Medicine ·Stephen Bruehl, John W. Burns, Ok Yung Chung, Melissa Chont	21
14	Development of a severity score for CRPS 2010 ·Pain ·Norman Harden, Stephen Bruehl, Roberto S.G.M. Perez, Frank Birklein, Johan Marinus, Christian Maihöfner, Timothy R. Lubenow, Asokumar Buvanendran, Sean Mackey, Joseph R. Graciosa, (unknown), Christopher E. Ramsden, Tanja Schlereth, Melissa Chont, Jean‐Jacques Vatine	108
15	Validation of proposed diagnostic criteria (the “Budapest Criteria”) for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome breakdown → 2010 ·Pain ·(unknown), Stephen Bruehl, Roberto S.G.M. Perez, Frank Birklein, Johan Marinus, Christian Maihöfner, Timothy R. Lubenow, Asokumar Buvanendran, Sean Mackey, Joseph R. Graciosa, (unknown), Christopher E. Ramsden, Melissa Chont, (unknown)	835
16	Endogenous opioids may buffer effects of anger arousal on sensitivity to subsequent pain 2009 ·Pain ·John W. Burns, Stephen Bruehl, Ok Yung Chung, (unknown), Melissa Chont, (unknown), Wesley P. Gilliam, (unknown), (unknown)	22
17	Hypoalgesia associated with elevated resting blood pressure: evidence for endogenous opioid involvement 2009 ·Journal of Behavioral Medicine ·Stephen Bruehl, John W. Burns, Ok Yung Chung, (unknown), Melissa Chont, Wesley P. Gilliam, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Kevin H. Stone, (unknown)	30
18	Pain-related effects of trait anger expression: Neural substrates and the role of endogenous opioid mechanisms 2008 ·Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews ·Stephen Bruehl, John W. Burns, Ok Yung Chung, Melissa Chont	67
19	Baroreflex sensitivity associated hypoalgesia in healthy states is altered by chronic pain 2008 ·Pain ·Ok Yung Chung, Stephen Bruehl, Laura Diedrich, André Diedrich, Melissa Chont, David Robertson	62
20	A Transgenic Model Reveals Important Roles for the NF-κB Alternative Pathway (p100/p52) in Mammary Development and Links to Tumorigenesis 2007 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Linda Connelly, Cheryl Robinson‐Benion, Melissa Chont, (unknown), Haijing Li, Vasiliy V. Polosukhin, Timothy S. Blackwell, Fiona E. Yull	43

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