Melissa O’Brien

748 total citations
16 papers, 554 citations indexed

About

Melissa O’Brien is a scholar working on Physiology, Neurology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa O’Brien has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 554 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Physiology, 5 papers in Neurology and 3 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Melissa O’Brien's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (6 papers), Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (3 papers) and Migraine and Headache Studies (2 papers). Melissa O’Brien is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (6 papers), Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (3 papers) and Migraine and Headache Studies (2 papers). Melissa O’Brien collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Denmark. Melissa O’Brien's co-authors include Jason J. McDougall, Holly T. Philpott, Brian E. Cairns, Michael Mousseau, Charlie H.T. Kwok, John R. Matyas, Tuan Trang, Heather Leduc‐Pessah, Paul Salo and Nicole E. Burma and has published in prestigious journals such as Pain, Neuroscience and Science Advances.

In The Last Decade

Melissa O’Brien

16 papers receiving 546 citations

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melissa O’Brien Canada	10	245	206	118	103	102	16	554
Gilson Gonçalves dos Santos United States	14	89 0.4×	270 1.3×	138 1.2×	119 1.2×	26 0.3×	24	531
Marie Westman Sweden	7	245 1.0×	151 0.7×	133 1.1×	56 0.5×	64 0.6×	8	701
Chihiro Kaneko Japan	11	70 0.3×	357 1.7×	164 1.4×	299 2.9×	38 0.4×	15	678
Ji-Yeun Park South Korea	18	181 0.7×	139 0.7×	131 1.1×	104 1.0×	14 0.1×	54	875
Ricardo Kusuda Brazil	12	74 0.3×	370 1.8×	144 1.2×	216 2.1×	27 0.3×	16	737
Sarah M. Abshire United States	8	215 0.9×	84 0.4×	126 1.1×	80 0.8×	12 0.1×	12	557
Elmira Agah Iran	11	84 0.3×	75 0.4×	100 0.8×	50 0.5×	25 0.2×	23	440
Tito Borner United States	17	131 0.5×	431 2.1×	248 2.1×	162 1.6×	242 2.4×	30	921
Javier Fernández‐Solari Argentina	18	402 1.6×	166 0.8×	117 1.0×	131 1.3×	15 0.1×	45	900
Andrew J. Kwilasz United States	12	113 0.5×	261 1.3×	90 0.8×	167 1.6×	20 0.2×	21	564

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16 of 16 papers shown

O’Brien, Melissa, et al.. (2024). An Assessment of Sex and Gender Considerations in Migraine Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Clinical Trials. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques. 52(5). 793–799. 2 indexed citations

McDougall, Jason J. & Melissa O’Brien. (2024). Analgesic potential of voltage gated sodium channel modulators for the management of pain. Current Opinion in Pharmacology. 75. 102433–102433. 9 indexed citations

O’Brien, Melissa, et al.. (2024). Visual exposure to green light therapy reduces knee joint pain and alters the lipidome in osteoarthritic rats. Pain. 166(6). 1274–1284. 1 indexed citations

O’Brien, Melissa & Jason J. McDougall. (2021). Targeting Proteinase Activated Receptor-4 Reduces Mechanonociception During the Acute Inflammatory Phase but not the Chronic Neuropathic Phase of Osteoarthritis in Rats. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 12. 756632–756632. 2 indexed citations

Kwok, Charlie H.T., Yuta Kohro, Michael Mousseau, et al.. (2021). Role of Primary Afferents in Arthritis Induced Spinal Microglial Reactivity. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 626884–626884. 14 indexed citations

McDougall, Jason J. & Melissa O’Brien. (2020). Pain processing and joint neuropathy are sex-dependent in a rat model of post-traumatic osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 28. S132–S132. 1 indexed citations

O’Brien, Melissa & Jason J. McDougall. (2019). Age and frailty as risk factors for the development of osteoarthritis. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development. 180. 21–28. 66 indexed citations

O’Brien, Melissa & Jason J. McDougall. (2018). Cannabis and joints: scientific evidence for the alleviation of osteoarthritis pain by cannabinoids. Current Opinion in Pharmacology. 40. 104–109. 46 indexed citations

Mousseau, Michael, Nicole E. Burma, Kwan Yeop Lee, et al.. (2018). Microglial pannexin-1 channel activation is a spinal determinant of joint pain. Science Advances. 4(8). eaas9846–eaas9846. 81 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Melissa, Holly T. Philpott, & Jason J. McDougall. (2018). Targeting the Nav1.8 ion channel engenders sex-specific responses in lysophosphatidic acid–induced joint neuropathy. Pain. 160(1). 269–278. 29 indexed citations

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Philpott, Holly T., Melissa O’Brien, & Jason J. McDougall. (2017). Attenuation of early phase inflammation by cannabidiol prevents pain and nerve damage in rat osteoarthritis. Pain. 158(12). 2442–2451. 197 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Melissa, Holly T. Philpott, & Jason J. McDougall. (2017). Understanding osteoarthritis pain through animal models.. PubMed. 35 Suppl 107(5). 47–52. 30 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Melissa & Brian E. Cairns. (2016). Monosodium glutamate alters the response properties of rat trigeminovascular neurons through activation of peripheral NMDA receptors. Neuroscience. 334. 236–244. 17 indexed citations

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Cairns, Brian E., Melissa O’Brien, Xudong Dong, & Parisa Gazerani. (2016). Elevated Fractalkine (CX3CL1) Levels in the Trigeminal Ganglion Mechanically Sensitize Temporalis Muscle Nociceptors. Molecular Neurobiology. 54(5). 3695–3706. 11 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Melissa. (2016). The role of monosodium glutamate in headache. Open Collections. 1 indexed citations

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Irvine, Elaine E., Kasia Radwańska, Hind Al‐Qassab, et al.. (2011). Insulin receptor substrate 2 is a negative regulator of memory formation. Learning & Memory. 18(6). 375–383. 47 indexed citations

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