Ronald Dubner

43.5k total citations · 12 hit papers
293 papers, 33.9k citations indexed

About

Ronald Dubner is a scholar working on Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Ronald Dubner has authored 293 papers receiving a total of 33.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 220 papers in Physiology, 112 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 52 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Ronald Dubner's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (208 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (75 papers) and Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders (35 papers). Ronald Dubner is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (208 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (75 papers) and Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders (35 papers). Ronald Dubner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Canada. Ronald Dubner's co-authors include Ke Ren, Kenneth Hargreaves, Richard H. Gracely, Jean Joris, Carmen‐Lisset Flores, M.A. Ruda, Donald D. Price, Ze’ev Seltzer, Yoram Shir and Patricia McGrath and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Ronald Dubner

288 papers receiving 32.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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 new and sensitive method for measuring thermal nociception in cutaneous hyperalgesia

1988 4.5k citations Kenneth Hargreaves, Ronald Dubner et al. Pain profile →
A novel behavioral model of neuropathic pain disorders produced in rats by partial sciatic nerve injury

1990 1.5k citations Ronald Dubner et al. Pain profile →
Pain measurement: an overview

1985 882 citations Ronald Dubner, Richard H. Gracely et al. Pain profile →
Effects of Desipramine, Amitriptyline, and Fluoxetine on Pain in Diabetic Neuropathy

1992 794 citations Ronald Dubner et al. profile →
Activity-dependent neuronal plasticity following tissue injury and inflammation

1992 794 citations Ronald Dubner et al. profile →
Interactions between the immune and nervous systems in pain

2010 633 citations Ke Ren, Ronald Dubner profile →
Amitriptyline relieves diabetic neuropathy pain in patients with normal or depressed mood

1987 502 citations Richard H. Gracely, Ronald Dubner et al. profile →
The Neural Basis of Oral and Facial Function

1978 499 citations Ronald Dubner et al. profile →
Peripheral suppression of first pain and central summation of second pain evoked by noxious heat pulses

1977 494 citations Ronald Dubner, Richard H. Gracely et al. Pain profile →
Spinal and Trigeminal Mechanisms of Nociception

1983 487 citations Ronald Dubner et al. profile →
Painful Temporomandibular Disorder

2016 433 citations Gary D. Slade, Richard Ohrbach et al. profile →
Psychological Factors Associated With Development of TMD: The OPPERA Prospective Cohort Study

2013 365 citations Roger B. Fillingim, Richard Ohrbach et al. Journal of Pain profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Multivariable Modeling of Phenotypic Risk Factors for First-Onset TMD: The OPPERA Prospective Cohort Study 2013 ·Journal of Pain ·Eric Bair, Richard Ohrbach, Roger B. Fillingim, Joel D. Greenspan, Ronald Dubner, Luda Diatchenko, Erika S. Helgeson, Charles Knott, William Maixner, Gary D. Slade	76
2	Osteoarthritis pain mechanisms: basic studies in animal models 2013 ·Osteoarthritis and Cartilage ·(unknown), Ke Ren, Ronald Dubner	113
3	The Role Of Trigeminal Interpolaris-Caudalis Transition Zone In Persistent Orofacial Pain 2011 ·International review of neurobiology ·Ke Ren, Ronald Dubner	66
4	Potential Genetic Risk Factors for Chronic TMD: Genetic Associations from the OPPERA Case Control Study 2011 ·Journal of Pain ·Shad B. Smith, Dylan W. Maixner, Joel D. Greenspan, Ronald Dubner, Roger B. Fillingim, Richard Ohrbach, Charles Knott, Gary D. Slade, Eric Bair, Dustin G. Gibson, Dmitri V. Zaykin, Bruce S. Weir, William Maixner, Luda Diatchenko	156
5	Descending control systems 2009 ·The biomedical & life sciences collection. ·Ronald Dubner	2
6	Supraspinal Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Signaling: A Novel Mechanism for Descending Pain Facilitation 2006 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Wei Guo, Meredith T. Robbins, Wei Feng, Shiping Zou, Ronald Dubner, Ke Ren	154
7	Attenuation of Pain in a Randomized Trial by Suppression of Peripheral Nociceptive Activity in the Immediate Postoperative Period 2002 ·Anesthesia & Analgesia ·Sharon M. Gordon, Jaime S. Brahim, Ronald Dubner, Linda McCullagh, Christine N. Sang, Raymond A. Dionne	45
8	Plasticity in Excitatory Amino Acid Receptor-Mediated Descending Pain Modulation after Inflammation 2002 ·Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics ·Yun Guan, Ryuji Terayama, Ronald Dubner, Ke Ren	75
9	Activity-induced plasticity in brain stem pain modulatory circuitry after inflammation 2000 ·Neuroreport ·Ryuji Terayama, Yun Guan, Ronald Dubner, Ke Ren	77
10	Effects of Four Herbal Extracts on Adjuvant-Induced Inflammation and Hyperalgesia in Rats 1999 ·The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine ·Wei Feng, Shiping Zou, Alex P. Young, Ronald Dubner, Ke Ren	36
11	Dorsolateral funiculus-lesions unmask inhibitory or disfacilitatory mechanisms which modulate the effects of innocuous mechanical stimulation on spinal Fos expression after inflammation 1999 ·Brain Research ·Wei Feng, Ronald Dubner, Ke Ren	18
12	IDENTIFYING A NEUROBIOLOGIC BASIS FOR DRUG THERAPY IN TMDS 1996 ·The Journal of the American Dental Association ·(unknown), Raymond A. Dionne, Ronald Dubner	32
13	The influence of time, facial side, and location on pain-pressure thresholds in chronic myogenous temporomandibular disorder. 1994 ·PubMed ·Kevin Reid, Richard H. Gracely, Ronald Dubner	78
14	Basal and Inducible Transcriptional Activity of an Upstream AP-1/CRE Element (DYNCRE3)in the Prodynorphin Promoter 1994 ·Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience ·Donna J. Messersmith, (unknown), Ronald Dubner, James Douglass, Michael J. Iadarola	37
15	Animal models of chronic pain: scientific and ethical issues 1989 ·Pain ·Kenneth L. Casey, Ronald Dubner	18
16	Peripheral inflammation is associated with increased dynorphin immunoreactivity in both projection and local circuit neurons in the superficial dorsal horn of the rat lumbar spinal cord 1989 ·Neuroscience Letters ·Richard L. Nahin, Janice L.K. Hylden, Michael J. Iadarola, Ronald Dubner	83
17	A new and sensitive method for measuring thermal nociception in cutaneous hyperalgesia breakdown → 1988 ·Pain ·Kenneth Hargreaves, Ronald Dubner, (unknown), Carmen‐Lisset Flores, Jean Joris	4499
18	Oral-facial sensory and motor functions 1981 ·(unknown), Ronald Dubner	60
19	Masseter inhibitory periods and sensations evoked by electrical tooth pulp stimulation 1981 ·Pain ·Patricia McGrath, Yair Sharav, Ronald Dubner, Richard H. Gracely	96
20	New methods of pain measurement and their application to pain control. 1978 ·Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) ·(unknown), Ronald Dubner, (unknown), (unknown)	26

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