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Selected Press Coverage:
Nature: How do placebos ease pain? Mouse brain study offers clues
PNAS: Seeking the roots of the placebo effect, neuroscientists find the brain circuit that delivers relief
NIH Director’s Blog: Study Identifies Previously Unknown Pain Control Pathway Underlying Placebo Effect
Migraine Science Collaborative: A Newly Discovered Neural Circuit for Placebo Pain Relief
NeurologyToday: Novel Brain Circuit Underlies Placebo Pain Relief in Animal Model
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Chen, C.*, Tassou, A., Morales, V., & Scherrer, G.* (2023). Graph theory analysis reveals an assortative pain network vulnerable to attacks. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 21985. *Corresponding author
Li, S.-B.*, Damonte, V. M.*, Chen, C., Wang, G. X., Kebschull, J. M., Yamaguchi, H., Bian, W.-J., Purmann, C., Pattni, R., Urban, A. E., Mourrain, P., Kauer, J. A., Scherrer, G., & de Lecea, L. (2022). Hyperexcitable arousal circuits drive sleep instability during aging. Science, 375(6583), eabh3021. * Equal contribution
Mercer Lindsay, N., Chen, C., Gilam, G., Mackey, S., & Scherrer, G. (2021). Brain circuits for pain and its treatment. Science Translational Medicine, 13(619), eabj7360.
Chen, C., Satterfield, R., Young, S. M., Jr, & Jonas, P. (2017). Triple Function of Synaptotagmin 7 Ensures Efficiency of High-Frequency Transmission at Central GABAergic Synapses. Cell Reports, 21(8), 2082–2089.
Chen, C., & Jonas, P. (2017).Synaptotagmins: That’s Why So Many. Neuron, 94(4), 694–696.
Chen, C., Arai, I., Satterfield, R., Young, S. M., Jr, & Jonas, P. (2017). Synaptotagmin 2 Is the Fast Ca2+ Sensor at a Central Inhibitory Synapse. Cell Reports, 18(3), 723–736.
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