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Lino Renan Becerra, Ph.D.

TitleAssociate Professor of Anaesthesia
InstitutionChildren's Hospital Boston
DepartmentAnaesthesia
AddressChildren's Hospital
Pain Medicine Division
9 Hope Avenue
Waltham MA 02453
Phone617/355-2303

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  1. Linnman C, Becerra L, Lebel A, Berde C, Grant PE, Borsook D. Transient and persistent pain induced connectivity alterations in pediatric complex regional pain syndrome. PLoS One. 2013; 8(3):e57205.
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  2. Borsook D, Kussman BD, George E, Becerra LR, Burke DW. Surgically induced neuropathic pain: understanding the perioperative process. Ann Surg. 2013 Mar; 257(3):403-12.
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  3. Becerra L, Upadhyay J, Chang PC, Bishop J, Anderson J, Baumgartner R, Schwarz AJ, Coimbra A, Wallin D, Nutile L, George E, Maier G, Sunkaraneni S, Iyengar S, Evelhoch JL, Bleakman D, Hargreaves R, Borsook D. Parallel Buprenorphine phMRI Responses in Conscious Rodents and Healthy Human Subjects. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2013 Apr; 345(1):41-51.
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  4. Gear R, Becerra L, Upadhyay J, Bishop J, Wallin D, Pendse G, Levine J, Borsook D. Pain facilitation brain regions activated by nalbuphine are revealed by pharmacological FMRI. PLoS One. 2013; 8(1):e50169.
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  5. Linnman C, Maleki N, Becerra L, Borsook D. Migraine Tweets - What can online behavior tell us about disease? Cephalalgia. 2013 Jan; 33(1):68-9.
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  6. Maleki N, Becerra L, Borsook D. Migraine: maladaptive brain responses to stress. Headache. 2012 Oct; 52 Suppl 2:102-6.
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  7. Moulton EA, Becerra L, Rosenthal P, Borsook D. An approach to localizing corneal pain representation in human primary somatosensory cortex. PLoS One. 2012; 7(9):e44643.
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  8. Maleki N, Linnman C, Brawn J, Burstein R, Becerra L, Borsook D. Her versus his migraine: multiple sex differences in brain function and structure. Brain. 2012 Aug; 135(Pt 8):2546-59.
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  9. Maleki N, Becerra L, Brawn J, Bigal M, Burstein R, Borsook D. Concurrent functional and structural cortical alterations in migraine. Cephalalgia. 2012 Jun; 32(8):607-20.
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  10. Borsook D, Upadhyay J, Klimas M, Schwarz AJ, Coimbra A, Baumgartner R, George E, Potter WZ, Large T, Bleakman D, Evelhoch J, Iyengar S, Becerra L, Hargreaves RJ. Decision-making using fMRI in clinical drug development: revisiting NK-1 receptor antagonists for pain. Drug Discov Today. 2012 Sep; 17(17-18):964-73.
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  11. Moulton EA, Pendse G, Becerra LR, Borsook D. BOLD responses in somatosensory cortices better reflect heat sensation than pain. J Neurosci. 2012 Apr 25; 32(17):6024-31.
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  12. Toledo E, Lebel A, Becerra L, Minster A, Linnman C, Maleki N, Dodick DW, Borsook D. The young brain and concussion: imaging as a biomarker for diagnosis and prognosis. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2012 Jul; 36(6):1510-31.
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  13. Shelton L, Pendse G, Maleki N, Moulton EA, Lebel A, Becerra L, Borsook D. Mapping pain activation and connectivity of the human habenula. J Neurophysiol. 2012 May; 107(10):2633-48.
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  14. Elman I, Becerra L, Tschibelu E, Yamamoto R, George E, Borsook D. Yohimbine-induced amygdala activation in pathological gamblers: a pilot study. PLoS One. 2012; 7(2):e31118.
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  15. Borsook D, Maleki N, Becerra L, McEwen B. Understanding migraine through the lens of maladaptive stress responses: a model disease of allostatic load. Neuron. 2012 Jan 26; 73(2):219-34.
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  16. Shelton L, Becerra L, Borsook D. Unmasking the mysteries of the habenula in pain and analgesia. Prog Neurobiol. 2012 Feb; 96(2):208-19.
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  17. Linnman C, Moulton EA, Barmettler G, Becerra L, Borsook D. Neuroimaging of the periaqueductal gray: state of the field. Neuroimage. 2012 Mar; 60(1):505-22.
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  18. Pendse GV, Borsook D, Becerra L. A simple and objective method for reproducible resting state network (RSN) detection in fMRI. PLoS One. 2011; 6(12):e27594.
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  19. Upadhyay J, Anderson J, Baumgartner R, Coimbra A, Schwarz AJ, Pendse G, Wallin D, Nutile L, Bishop J, George E, Elman I, Sunkaraneni S, Maier G, Iyengar S, Evelhoch JL, Bleakman D, Hargreaves R, Becerra L, Borsook D. Modulation of CNS pain circuitry by intravenous and sublingual doses of buprenorphine. Neuroimage. 2012 Feb 15; 59(4):3762-73.
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  20. Becerra L, Pendse G, Chang PC, Bishop J, Borsook D. Robust reproducible resting state networks in the awake rodent brain. PLoS One. 2011; 6(10):e25701.
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  21. Maleki N, Becerra L, Nutile L, Pendse G, Brawn J, Bigal M, Burstein R, Borsook D. Migraine attacks the Basal Ganglia. Mol Pain. 2011; 7:71.
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  22. Upadhyay J, Anderson J, Schwarz AJ, Coimbra A, Baumgartner R, Pendse G, George E, Nutile L, Wallin D, Bishop J, Neni S, Maier G, Iyengar S, Evelhoch JL, Bleakman D, Hargreaves R, Becerra L, Borsook D. Imaging drugs with and without clinical analgesic efficacy. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2011 Dec; 36(13):2659-73.
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  23. Borsook D, Becerra L. How close are we in utilizing functional neuroimaging in routine clinical diagnosis of neuropathic pain? Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2011 Jun; 15(3):223-9.
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  24. Schwarz AJ, Becerra L, Upadhyay J, Anderson J, Baumgartner R, Coimbra A, Evelhoch J, Hargreaves R, Robertson B, Iyengar S, Tauscher J, Bleakman D, Borsook D. A procedural framework for good imaging practice in pharmacological fMRI studies applied to drug development #1: processes and requirements. Drug Discov Today. 2011 Jul; 16(13-14):583-93.
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  25. Schwarz AJ, Becerra L, Upadhyay J, Anderson J, Baumgartner R, Coimbra A, Evelhoch J, Hargreaves R, Robertson B, Iyengar S, Tauscher J, Bleakman D, Borsook D. A procedural framework for good imaging practice in pharmacological fMRI studies applied to drug development #2: protocol optimization and best practices. Drug Discov Today. 2011 Aug; 16(15-16):671-82.
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  26. Moulton EA, Elman I, Pendse G, Schmahmann J, Becerra L, Borsook D. Aversion-related circuitry in the cerebellum: responses to noxious heat and unpleasant images. J Neurosci. 2011 Mar 9; 31(10):3795-804.
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  27. Borsook D, Becerra L, Hargreaves R. Biomarkers for chronic pain and analgesia. Part 2: how, where, and what to look for using functional imaging. Discov Med. 2011 Mar; 11(58):209-19.
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  28. Borsook D, Becerra L, Hargreaves R. Biomarkers for chronic pain and analgesia. Part 1: the need, reality, challenges, and solutions. Discov Med. 2011 Mar; 11(58):197-207.
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  29. Maleki N, Becerra L, Upadhyay J, Burstein R, Borsook D. Direct optic nerve pulvinar connections defined by diffusion MR tractography in humans: implications for photophobia. Hum Brain Mapp. 2012 Jan; 33(1):75-88.
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  30. Borsook D, Becerra L. CNS animal fMRI in pain and analgesia. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2011 Apr; 35(5):1125-43.
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  31. Becerra L, Chang PC, Bishop J, Borsook D. CNS activation maps in awake rats exposed to thermal stimuli to the dorsum of the hindpaw. Neuroimage. 2011 Jan 15; 54(2):1355-66.
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  32. Borsook D, George E, Kussman B, Becerra L. Anesthesia and perioperative stress: consequences on neural networks and postoperative behaviors. Prog Neurobiol. 2010 Dec; 92(4):601-12.
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  33. Borsook D, Becerra L. Using NMR approaches to drive the search for new CNS therapeutics. Curr Opin Investig Drugs. 2010 Jul; 11(7):771-8.
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  34. Burstein R, Jakubowski M, Garcia-Nicas E, Kainz V, Bajwa Z, Hargreaves R, Becerra L, Borsook D. Thalamic sensitization transforms localized pain into widespread allodynia. Ann Neurol. 2010 Jul; 68(1):81-91.
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  35. Moulton EA, Becerra L, Maleki N, Pendse G, Tully S, Hargreaves R, Burstein R, Borsook D. Painful heat reveals hyperexcitability of the temporal pole in interictal and ictal migraine States. Cereb Cortex. 2011 Feb; 21(2):435-48.
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  36. Upadhyay J, Maleki N, Potter J, Elman I, Rudrauf D, Knudsen J, Wallin D, Pendse G, McDonald L, Griffin M, Anderson J, Nutile L, Renshaw P, Weiss R, Becerra L, Borsook D. Alterations in brain structure and functional connectivity in prescription opioid-dependent patients. Brain. 2010 Jul; 133(Pt 7):2098-114.
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  37. Pendse GV, Schwarz AJ, Baumgartner R, Coimbra A, Upadhyay J, Borsook D, Becerra L. Robust, unbiased general linear model estimation of phMRI signal amplitude in the presence of variation in the temporal response profile. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2010 Jun; 31(6):1445-57.
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  38. George E, Becerra L, Upadhyay J, Schmidt U, Borsook D. Evaluation of novel drugs using fMRI in early-phase clinical trials: safety monitoring. Drug Discov Today. 2010 Aug; 15(15-16):684-9.
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  39. Moulton EA, Schmahmann JD, Becerra L, Borsook D. The cerebellum and pain: passive integrator or active participator? Brain Res Rev. 2010 Oct 5; 65(1):14-27.
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  40. Borsook D, Upadhyay J, Chudler EH, Becerra L. A key role of the basal ganglia in pain and analgesia--insights gained through human functional imaging. Mol Pain. 2010; 6:27.
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  41. Scrivani S, Wallin D, Moulton EA, Cole S, Wasan AD, Lockerman L, Bajwa Z, Upadhyay J, Becerra L, Borsook D. A fMRI evaluation of lamotrigine for the treatment of trigeminal neuropathic pain: pilot study. Pain Med. 2010 Jun; 11(6):920-41.
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  42. Borsook D, Sava S, Becerra L. The pain imaging revolution: advancing pain into the 21st century. Neuroscientist. 2010 Apr; 16(2):171-85.
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  43. Pendse GV, Baumgartner R, Schwarz AJ, Coimbra A, Borsook D, Becerra L. A statistical framework for optimal design matrix generation with application to fMRI. IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 2010 Sep; 29(9):1573-611.
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  44. Becerra L, Harris W, Grant M, George E, Boas D, Borsook D. Diffuse optical tomography activation in the somatosensory cortex: specific activation by painful vs. non-painful thermal stimuli. PLoS One. 2009; 4(11):e8016.
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  45. Upadhyay J, Pendse G, Anderson J, Schwarz AJ, Baumgartner R, Coimbra A, Bishop J, Knudsen J, George E, Grachev I, Iyengar S, Bleakman D, Hargreaves R, Borsook D, Becerra L. Improved characterization of BOLD responses for evoked sensory stimuli. Neuroimage. 2010 Feb 1; 49(3):2275-86.
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  46. Moulton EA, Becerra L, Borsook D. An fMRI case report of photophobia: activation of the trigeminal nociceptive pathway. Pain. 2009 Oct; 145(3):358-63.
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  47. Elman I, Lowen S, Frederick BB, Chi W, Becerra L, Pitman RK. Functional neuroimaging of reward circuitry responsivity to monetary gains and losses in posttraumatic stress disorder. Biol Psychiatry. 2009 Dec 15; 66(12):1083-90.
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  48. Prescot A, Becerra L, Pendse G, Tully S, Jensen E, Hargreaves R, Renshaw P, Burstein R, Borsook D. Excitatory neurotransmitters in brain regions in interictal migraine patients. Mol Pain. 2009; 5:34.
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  49. Sava S, Lebel AA, Leslie DS, Drosos A, Berde C, Becerra L, Borsook D. Challenges of functional imaging research of pain in children. Mol Pain. 2009; 5:30.
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  50. Pendse G, Borsook D, Becerra L. Enhanced false discovery rate using Gaussian mixture models for thresholding fMRI statistical maps. Neuroimage. 2009 Aug 1; 47(1):231-61.
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  51. Moulton EA, Pendse G, Morris S, Aiello-Lammens M, Becerra L, Borsook D. Segmentally arranged somatotopy within the face representation of human primary somatosensory cortex. Hum Brain Mapp. 2009 Mar; 30(3):757-65.
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  52. Borsook D, Becerra L. Emotional pain without sensory pain--dream on? Neuron. 2009 Jan 29; 61(2):153-5.
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  53. Moulton EA, Burstein R, Tully S, Hargreaves R, Becerra L, Borsook D. Interictal dysfunction of a brainstem descending modulatory center in migraine patients. PLoS One. 2008; 3(11):e3799.
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  54. Upadhyay J, Knudsen J, Anderson J, Becerra L, Borsook D. Noninvasive mapping of human trigeminal brainstem pathways. Magn Reson Med. 2008 Nov; 60(5):1037-46.
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  55. DaSilva AF, Becerra L, Pendse G, Chizh B, Tully S, Borsook D. Colocalized structural and functional changes in the cortex of patients with trigeminal neuropathic pain. PLoS One. 2008; 3(10):e3396.
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  56. Lebel A, Becerra L, Wallin D, Moulton EA, Morris S, Pendse G, Jasciewicz J, Stein M, Aiello-Lammens M, Grant E, Berde C, Borsook D. fMRI reveals distinct CNS processing during symptomatic and recovered complex regional pain syndrome in children. Brain. 2008 Jul; 131(Pt 7):1854-79.
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  57. Borsook D, Bleakman D, Hargreaves R, Upadhyay J, Schmidt KF, Becerra L. A 'BOLD' experiment in defining the utility of fMRI in drug development. Neuroimage. 2008 Aug 15; 42(2):461-6.
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  58. Becerra L, Harris W, Joseph D, Huppert T, Boas DA, Borsook D. Diffuse optical tomography of pain and tactile stimulation: activation in cortical sensory and emotional systems. Neuroimage. 2008 Jun; 41(2):252-9.
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  59. Becerra L, Borsook D. Signal valence in the nucleus accumbens to pain onset and offset. Eur J Pain. 2008 Oct; 12(7):866-9.
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  60. Borsook D, Moulton EA, Tully S, Schmahmann JD, Becerra L. Human cerebellar responses to brush and heat stimuli in healthy and neuropathic pain subjects. Cerebellum. 2008; 7(3):252-72.
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  61. Borsook D, Moulton EA, Pendse G, Morris S, Cole SH, Aiello-Lammens M, Scrivani S, Becerra LR. Comparison of evoked vs. spontaneous tics in a patient with trigeminal neuralgia (tic doloureux). Mol Pain. 2007; 3:34.
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  62. Borsook D, Moulton EA, Schmidt KF, Becerra LR. Neuroimaging revolutionizes therapeutic approaches to chronic pain. Mol Pain. 2007; 3:25.
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  63. Borsook D, Becerra L. Phenotyping central nervous system circuitry in chronic pain using functional MRI: considerations and potential implications in the clinic. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2007 Jun; 11(3):201-7.
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  64. Moulton EA, Pendse G, Morris S, Strassman A, Aiello-Lammens M, Becerra L, Borsook D. Capsaicin-induced thermal hyperalgesia and sensitization in the human trigeminal nociceptive pathway: an fMRI study. Neuroimage. 2007 May 1; 35(4):1586-600.
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  65. Becerra L, Morris S, Bazes S, Gostic R, Sherman S, Gostic J, Pendse G, Moulton E, Scrivani S, Keith D, Chizh B, Borsook D. Trigeminal neuropathic pain alters responses in CNS circuits to mechanical (brush) and thermal (cold and heat) stimuli. J Neurosci. 2006 Oct 18; 26(42):10646-57.
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  66. Borsook D, Becerra LR. Breaking down the barriers: fMRI applications in pain, analgesia and analgesics. Mol Pain. 2006; 2:30.
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  67. Becerra L, Harter K, Gonzalez RG, Borsook D. Functional magnetic resonance imaging measures of the effects of morphine on central nervous system circuitry in opioid-naive healthy volunteers. Anesth Analg. 2006 Jul; 103(1):208-16, table of contents.
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  68. Negus SS, Vanderah TW, Brandt MR, Bilsky EJ, Becerra L, Borsook D. Preclinical assessment of candidate analgesic drugs: recent advances and future challenges. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2006 Nov; 319(2):507-14.
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  69. Borsook D, Burstein R, Moulton E, Becerra L. Functional imaging of the trigeminal system: applications to migraine pathophysiology. Headache. 2006 Jun; 46 Suppl 1:S32-8.
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  70. Borsook D, Becerra L, Hargreaves R. A role for fMRI in optimizing CNS drug development. Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2006 May; 5(5):411-24.
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  71. Borsook D, Becerra L, Carlezon WA, Shaw M, Renshaw P, Elman I, Levine J. Reward-aversion circuitry in analgesia and pain: implications for psychiatric disorders. Eur J Pain. 2007 Jan; 11(1):7-20.
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  72. Aharon I, Becerra L, Becerraa L, Chabris CF, Borsook D, Borsooka D. Noxious heat induces fMRI activation in two anatomically distinct clusters within the nucleus accumbens. Neurosci Lett. 2006 Jan 16; 392(3):159-64.
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  73. Borsook D, Becerra L. Functional imaging of pain and analgesia--a valid diagnostic tool? Pain. 2005 Oct; 117(3):247-50.
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  74. Borsook D, Burstein R, Becerra L. Functional imaging of the human trigeminal system: opportunities for new insights into pain processing in health and disease. J Neurobiol. 2004 Oct; 61(1):107-25.
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  75. Borras MC, Becerra L, Ploghaus A, Gostic JM, DaSilva A, Gonzalez RG, Borsook D. fMRI measurement of CNS responses to naloxone infusion and subsequent mild noxious thermal stimuli in healthy volunteers. J Neurophysiol. 2004 Jun; 91(6):2723-33.
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  76. Becerra L, Iadarola M, Borsook D. CNS activation by noxious heat to the hand or foot: site-dependent delay in sensory but not emotion circuitry. J Neurophysiol. 2004 Jan; 91(1):533-41.
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  77. Borsook D, Becerra L. Pain imaging: future applications to integrative clinical and basic neurobiology. Adv Drug Deliv Rev. 2003 Aug 28; 55(8):967-86.
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  78. Borsook D, DaSilva AF, Ploghaus A, Becerra L. Specific and somatotopic functional magnetic resonance imaging activation in the trigeminal ganglion by brush and noxious heat. J Neurosci. 2003 Aug 27; 23(21):7897-903.
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  79. Ploghaus A, Becerra L, Borras C, Borsook D. Neural circuitry underlying pain modulation: expectation, hypnosis, placebo. Trends Cogn Sci. 2003 May; 7(5):197-200.
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  80. DaSilva AF, Becerra L, Makris N, Strassman AM, Gonzalez RG, Geatrakis N, Borsook D. Somatotopic activation in the human trigeminal pain pathway. J Neurosci. 2002 Sep 15; 22(18):8183-92.
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  81. Borsook D, Ploghaus A, Becerra L. Utilizing brain imaging for analgesic drug development. Curr Opin Investig Drugs. 2002 Sep; 3(9):1342-7.
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  82. Romero JM, Schaefer PW, Grant PE, Becerra L, González RG. Diffusion MR imaging of acute ischemic stroke. Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 2002 Feb; 12(1):35-53.
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  83. Becerra L, Breiter HC, Wise R, Gonzalez RG, Borsook D. Reward circuitry activation by noxious thermal stimuli. Neuron. 2001 Dec 6; 32(5):927-46.
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  84. González RG, Cheng LL, Westmoreland SV, Sakaie KE, Becerra LR, Lee PL, Masliah E, Lackner AA. Early brain injury in the SIV-macaque model of AIDS. AIDS. 2000 Dec 22; 14(18):2841-9.
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  85. Tracey I, Becerra L, Chang I, Breiter H, Jenkins L, Borsook D, González RG. Noxious hot and cold stimulation produce common patterns of brain activation in humans: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Neurosci Lett. 2000 Jul 14; 288(2):159-62.
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  86. Becerra LR, Breiter HC, Stojanovic M, Fishman S, Edwards A, Comite AR, Gonzalez RG, Borsook D. Human brain activation under controlled thermal stimulation and habituation to noxious heat: an fMRI study. Magn Reson Med. 1999 May; 41(5):1044-57.
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  87. Borsook D, Becerra L, Fishman S, Edwards A, Jennings CL, Stojanovic M, Papinicolas L, Ramachandran VS, Gonzalez RG, Breiter H. Acute plasticity in the human somatosensory cortex following amputation. Neuroreport. 1998 Apr 20; 9(6):1013-7.
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  88. Cheng LL, Ma MJ, Becerra L, Ptak T, Tracey I, Lackner A, González RG. Quantitative neuropathology by high resolution magic angle spinning proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 Jun 10; 94(12):6408-13.
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