Vitaly Napadow

ORCID: 0000-0003-1941-1750

Also affiliated with Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging

MedicineNeuroscience

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Driven by 65 papers. Top paper: “International Consensus Based Review and Recommendations for Minimum Reporting Standards in Research on Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation (Version 2020)”.

International Consensus Based Review and Recommendations for Minimum Reporting Standards in Research on Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation (Version 2020)

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience(2021)10.3389/fnhum.2020.568051

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0.877DataRank · unranked

344 citations

Adam Strzelczyk, Alessandra Finisguerra, Alexander V. Gourine, Alireza Gharabaghi, Alkomiet Hasan +76 more

Stimulus frequency modulates brainstem response to respiratory-gated transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation

Brain stimulation(2020)10.1016/j.brs.2020.03.011

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0.734DataRank · unranked

132 citations

Ronald G. García, Norman W. Kettner, Harrison Fisher, Kylie Isenburg, Maya Makarovsky +5 more

Electrical stimulation of cranial nerves in cognition and disease

Brain stimulation(2020)10.1016/j.brs.2020.02.019

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132 citations

Dennis Q. Truong, Zeinab Esmaeilpour, Nigel Gebodh, Helen Borges, Libby Ho +6 more

In-vivo imaging of neuroinflammation in veterans with Gulf War illness

Brain Behavior and Immunity(2020)10.1016/j.bbi.2020.01.020

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0.722DataRank · unranked

122 citations

Daniel Albrecht, Courtney Bergan, Oluwaseun Akeju, Daniel J. Clauw, Lisa Conboy +8 more

Feasibility of Auricular Field Stimulation in Fibromyalgia: Evaluation by Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Randomized Trial

Pain Medicine(2020)10.1093/pm/pnaa317

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0.716DataRank · unranked

15 citations

Venkatagiri Krishnamurthy, Melat Gebre, Vitaly Napadow, Corinne Bicknese, Mofei Liu +7 more

Reduced tactile acuity in chronic low back pain is linked with structural neuroplasticity in primary somatosensory cortex and is modulated by acupuncture therapy

NeuroImage(2020)10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116899

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0.678DataRank · unranked

91 citations

Ishtiaq Mawla, Jeungchan Lee, Jessica Gerber, Kathryn Walker, Jieun Kim +11 more

Dynamic brain-to-brain concordance and behavioral mirroring as a mechanism of the patient-clinician interaction

Science Advances(2020)10.1126/sciadv.abc1304

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89 citations

Kylie Isenburg, Chang Jin Jung, Jeungchan Lee, Jessica Gerber, Ishtiaq Mawla +8 more

Acupuncture Treatment Modulates the Connectivity of Key Regions of the Descending Pain Modulation and Reward Systems in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain

Journal of Clinical Medicine(2020)10.3390/jcm9061719

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0.637DataRank · unranked

69 citations

Ana Ortiz, Randy L. Gollub, Georgia Wilson, Jessica Gerber, Joel Park +10 more

Assessing the potential anti-neuroinflammatory effect of minocycline in chronic low back pain: Protocol for a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Contemporary Clinical Trials(2023)10.1016/j.cct.2023.107087

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0.465DataRank · unranked

13 citations

Zeynab Alshelh, Paulina C. Knight, Atreyi Saha, Minhae Kim, Ángel Torrado-Carvajal +7 more

Cine gastric MRI reveals altered Gut–Brain Axis in Functional Dyspepsia: gastric motility is linked with brainstem‐cortical fMRI connectivity

Neurogastroenterology & Motility(2022)10.1111/nmo.14396

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0.464DataRank · unranked

21 citations

Harrison Fisher, Rowan Staley, Kyungsun Han, April Mendez, Andrew Bolender +6 more

Impact of sex and depressed mood on the central regulation of cardiac autonomic function

Neuropsychopharmacology(2020)10.1038/s41386-020-0651-x

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0.457DataRank · unranked

20 citations

Klára Marečková, Laura M. Holsen, Justine E. Cohen, Susan Whitfield‐Gabrieli, Vitaly Napadow +3 more

Editorial: Neural Substrates of Acupuncture: From Peripheral to Central Nervous System Mechanisms

Frontiers in Neuroscience(2020)10.3389/fnins.2019.01419

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16 citations

Florian Beißner, Yi‐Wen Lin, Younbyoung Chae, Richard E. Harris, Vitaly Napadow

The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental and physical wellbeing in women with fibromyalgia: a longitudinal mixed-methods study

BMC Women s Health(2022)10.1186/s12905-022-01840-9

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12 citations

Myrella Paschali, Eric S Vilsmark, Timothy Wilkins, Vitaly Napadow, Robert R. Edwards +1 more

The critical need, importance, and value of mechanistic Force-Based Manipulations research

Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy(2023)10.1080/10669817.2023.2290782

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10 citations

Chad Cook, Vitaly Napadow, Dawn M. Elliott, Greg Kawchuk, William Reed

Temporal Summation but Not Expectations of Pain Relief Predict Response to Acupuncture Treatment in Fibromyalgia

Journal of Pain(2024)10.1016/j.jpain.2024.104622

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6 citations

Henry A. Buchtel, Ishtiaq Mawla, Eric Ichesco, Tony E. Larkin, Steven E. Harte +4 more

The design and rationale of the Biomarkers for Evaluating Spine Treatments trial: a sequential multiple assignment randomized trial

Pain Medicine(2025)10.1093/pm/pnaf032

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0.336DataRank · unranked

8 citations

Kelly S. Barth, Kevin M. Bell, Amber K Brooks, Andrea L. Chadwick, Cameron A. Gunn +62 more

Study protocol for a phase II, double-blind, randomised controlled trial of cannabidiol (CBD) compared with placebo for reduction of brain neuroinflammation in adults with chronic low back pain

BMJ Open(2022)10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063613

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0.292DataRank · unranked

6 citations

Minhae Kim, Kristina Schnitzer, Nathaniel D. Mercaldo, Robert R. Edwards, Vitaly Napadow +7 more

Dynamic brain-to-brain concordance and behavioral mirroring as a mechanism of the patient-clinician interaction

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.08.05.237511

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0.292DataRank · unranked

6 citations

Kylie Isenburg, Chang Jin Jung, Jeungchan Lee, Jessica Gerber, Ishtiaq Mawla +8 more

Challenges and Perspectives of Mapping Locus Coeruleus Activity in the Rodent with High-Resolution fMRI

Brain Sciences(2022)10.3390/brainsci12081085

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2 citations

Yuanyuan Jiang, Vitaly Napadow, Xin Yu, Xiaoqing Zhou

Modulating mechanisms of adverse childhood experiences in a mindfulness-based intervention: preliminary insights from an opioid use disorder study

Frontiers in Psychology(2025)10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1529106

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1 citations

Joseph A. Rosansky, Paula Gardiner, Robert R. Edwards, Roger D. Weiss, Vitaly Napadow +2 more

S1 Brain Connectivity in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Underlies Median Nerve and Functional Improvement Following Electro-Acupuncture

Frontiers in Neurology(2021)10.3389/fneur.2021.754670

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4 citations

Roberta Sclocco, Yümi Maeda, Jieun Kim, C Malatesta, Jessica Gerber +4 more

Correcting Cardiorespiratory Noise in Resting-state Functional MRI Data Acquired in Critically Ill Patients

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.11.08.467753

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William R. Sanders, David Fischer, John E. Kirsch, Vitaly Napadow, Yelena G. Bodien +2 more

Increased insula response to interoceptive attention following mindfulness training is associated with increased body trusting among patients with depression

Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging(2022)10.1016/j.pscychresns.2022.111559

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36 citations

J. Gary Lutz, Richa Gawande, Alexandra Comeau, My Ngoc To, Tenzin Desel +5 more

Patient–clinician brain concordance underlies causal dynamics in nonverbal communication and negative affective expressivity

Translational Psychiatry(2022)10.1038/s41398-022-01810-7

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27 citations

Andrea Duggento, Kylie Isenburg, Chang Jin Jung, Jeungchan Lee, Jessica Gerber +9 more

The Effects of Combined Respiratory-Gated Auricular Vagal Afferent Nerve Stimulation and Mindfulness Meditation for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Pilot Study

Pain Medicine(2022)10.1093/pm/pnac025

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17 citations

Ronald G. García, Zev Schuman‐Olivier, Michael Datko, Gaëlle Desbordes, Marise Cornelius +3 more

Optimization of respiratory-gated auricular vagus afferent nerve stimulation for the modulation of blood pressure in hypertension

Frontiers in Neuroscience(2022)10.3389/fnins.2022.1038339

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17 citations

Rachel Staley, Sarah A. Aroner, Jessica Stowell, Roberta Sclocco, Vitaly Napadow +3 more

Characterizing Nature Videos for an Attention Placebo Control for MBSR: The Development of Nature-Based Stress Reduction (NBSR)

Mindfulness(2022)10.1007/s12671-022-01903-w

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7 citations

Myrella Paschali, Michael Datko, Thomas Fatkin, Asimina Lazaridou, Ted J. Kaptchuk +4 more

How the Patient-clinician Relationship Influences Treatment Experiences and Outcomes in Chronic Pain Patients: An fMRI Hyperscan Study

Journal of Pain(2022)10.1016/j.jpain.2022.03.170

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3 citations

Alessandra Anzolin, Maya Barton-Zuckerman, Jeungchan Lee, Kylie Isenburg, Dan‐Mikael Ellingsen +7 more

Assessing the Potential Anti-Neuroinflammatory Effect of Minocycline in Chronic Low Back Pain: Protocol for a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

medRxiv(2022)10.1101/2022.06.22.22276757

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3 citations

Zeynab Alshelh, Paulina C. Knight, Atreyi Saha, Minhae Kim, Ángel Torrado-Carvajal +7 more

Brain-to-brain mechanisms underlying pain empathy and social modulation of pain in the patient-clinician interaction

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2023)10.1073/pnas.2212910120

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49 citations

Kylie Isenburg, Chang Jin Jung, Jeungchan Lee, Jessica Gerber, Ishtiaq Mawla +9 more

A Randomized Controlled Neuroimaging Trial of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Fibromyalgia Pain

Arthritis & Rheumatology(2023)10.1002/art.42672

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29 citations

Asimina Lazaridou, Myrella Paschali, Marco L. Loggia, Michael P. Berry, Dan‐Mikael Ellingsen +7 more

Large-scale momentary brain co-activation patterns are associated with hyperalgesia and mediate focal neurochemistry and cross-network functional connectivity in fibromyalgia

Pain(2023)10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002973

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22 citations

Zirui Huang, Chelsea Kaplan, Eric Ichesco, Noah Waller, Tony E. Larkin +8 more

Causal influence of brainstem response to transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation on cardiovagal outflow

Brain stimulation(2023)10.1016/j.brs.2023.10.007

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18 citations

Andrea Duggento, Riccardo Barbieri, Ronald G. García, Harrison Fisher, Norman W. Kettner +3 more

Neuroimmune activation and increased brain aging in chronic pain patients after the COVID-19 pandemic onset

Brain Behavior and Immunity(2023)10.1016/j.bbi.2023.12.016

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7 citations

Zeynab Alshelh, Jack H. Schnieders, Angelica Sandström, Mehrbod Mohammadian, Erin J. Morrissey +17 more

Editorial: Neural substrates of acupuncture: From peripheral to central nervous system mechanisms, volume II

Frontiers in Neuroscience(2023)10.3389/fnins.2022.1119829

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2 citations

Florian Beißner, Hee Young Kim, Richard E. Harris, Vitaly Napadow, Younbyoung Chae

Brainstem neuronal responses to transcutaneous auricular and cervical vagus nerve stimulation in rats

The Journal of Physiology(2024)10.1113/jp286680

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24 citations

Vincent Jacquemet, Vitaly Napadow, Nicole Lewis, Éric Beaumont, Misty M. Owens

Neural regulation of pain anticipation is associated with mindful behavior change in patients with anxiety or depression: A pilot study

Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging(2024)10.1016/j.pscychresns.2024.111941

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1 citations

J. Gary Lutz, Richa Gawande, Alexandra Comeau, Jenny Gan, My Ngoc To +7 more

Riding The Waves of Pain: The Neural Correlates and Impact of Day-to-Day Pain Fluctuations on Clinical Outcomes after Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Journal of Pain(2024)10.1016/j.jpain.2024.01.226

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Maya Barton-Zuckerman, Jeungchan Lee, Asimina Lazaridou, Myrella Paschali, Michael P. Berry +6 more

Trigeminal nerve microstructure is linked with neuroinflammation and brainstem activity in migraine

Brain(2025)10.1093/brain/awaf029

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15 citations

Michael Datko, Ludovica Brusaferri, Lillian Kinder, Jack H. Schnieders, Mackenzie Hyman +17 more

Locus coeruleus fMRI response to transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation is coupled to changes in salivary alpha amylase

Brain stimulation(2025)10.1016/j.brs.2025.06.014

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8 citations

Nikos Priovoulos, Prokopis C. Prokopiou, Frans R.J. Verhey, Benedikt A. Poser, Dimo Ivanov +4 more

Brain inflammation and its predictive value for post-operative pain in total knee arthroplasty patients

Brain Behavior and Immunity(2025)10.1016/j.bbi.2025.05.008

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8 citations

Ludovica Brusaferri, Erin J. Morrissey, Ángel Torrado-Carvajal, Minhae Kim, Oluwaseun Akeju +23 more

Childhood abuse and health outcomes in patients with fibromyalgia: a cross-sectional exploratory study of the moderating effects of pain catastrophizing and mindfulness

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders(2025)10.1186/s12891-025-08449-7

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3 citations

Samantha M. Meints, Bethany Pester, Madelyn Crago, Lauren Papianou, Asimina Lazaridou +4 more

Evaluating brain mechanisms of combined vagus nerve stimulation and mindfulness training for migraine: A randomized 2 × 2 factorial clinical trial protocol

Contemporary Clinical Trials(2025)10.1016/j.cct.2025.107947

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1 citations

Frances Marin, Lillian D. Kinder, Michael Datko, Kassandra Round, Sarasa Tohyama +13 more

Baseline characteristics of participants in the Biomarkers for Evaluating Spine Treatments clinical trial: a sequential multiple assignment randomized trial for chronic low back pain

Pain Medicine(2025)10.1093/pm/pnaf073

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0 citations

Kelly S. Barth, Kevin M. Bell, Amber K Brooks, Andrea L. Chadwick, Annika Cleven +82 more

Interventions and Manipulations of Interoception

Trends in Neurosciences(2020)10.1016/j.tins.2020.09.010

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251 citations

Jack L. Feldman, Lorenzo Leggio, Vitaly Napadow, Jeanie Park, Cynthia Price +1 more

Brain Sensory Network Activity Underlies Reduced Nociceptive-Initiated and Nociplastic Pain via Acupuncture in Fibromyalgia

Research Square(2025)10.21203/rs.3.rs-7086285/v1

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Ishtiaq Mawla, Eric Ichesco, Brock Pluimer, Steven E. Harte, R. Lawrence Edwards +3 more

TIDieR-Placebo: A guide and checklist for reporting placebo and sham controls

PLoS Medicine(2020)10.1371/journal.pmed.1003294

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135 citations

Rebecca Webster, Jonathan Rees, Richard Turner, Helen Macdonald, Amy Price +12 more

Mindfulness in migraine: A narrative review

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics(2020)10.1080/14737175.2020.1715212

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74 citations

Elizabeth K. Seng, Robert R. Edwards, David Victorson, Charles R. Pierce, Lauren Rosenberg +3 more

Greater Somatosensory Afference With Acupuncture Increases Primary Somatosensory Connectivity and Alleviates Fibromyalgia Pain via Insular γ‐Aminobutyric Acid: A Randomized Neuroimaging Trial

Arthritis & Rheumatology(2020)10.1002/art.41620

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70 citations

Eric Ichesco, Helge J. Zöllner, Richard A.E. Edden, Thomas L. Chenevert, Henry A. Buchtel +9 more

Impaired mesocorticolimbic connectivity underlies increased pain sensitivity in chronic low back pain

NeuroImage(2020)10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116969

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68 citations

Wen Li, Wei Shen, Robert R. Edwards, Randy L. Gollub, Georgia Wilson +13 more

A picture is worth a thousand words: linking fibromyalgia pain widespreadness from digital pain drawings with pain catastrophizing and brain cross-network connectivity

Pain(2020)10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002134

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60 citations

Florian Beißner, Tawfik Moher Alsady, Asimina Lazaridou, Myrella Paschali, Michael P. Berry +7 more

Striatal hypofunction as a neural correlate of mood alterations in chronic pain patients

NeuroImage(2020)10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116656

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49 citations

Ishtiaq Mawla, Daniel Albrecht, Roee Admon, Ángel Torrado-Carvajal, Courtney Bergan +8 more

Thalamic neuroinflammation as a reproducible and discriminating signature for chronic low back pain

Pain(2020)10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002108

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47 citations

Nicola Toschi, Daniel Albrecht, Ken Chang, Oluwaseun Akeju, Minhae Kim +8 more

Magnetic resonance imaging of neuroinflammation in chronic pain: a role for astrogliosis?

Pain(2020)10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001815

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44 citations

Eric Ichesco, Eva‐Maria Ratai, Ramón González, Tricia H. Burdo, Marco L. Loggia +3 more

Inpainting as a Technique for Estimation of Missing Voxels in Brain Imaging

Annals of Biomedical Engineering(2020)10.1007/s10439-020-02556-3

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11 citations

Daniel Albrecht, Jeungchan Lee, Ovidiu C. Andronesi, Eva‐Maria Ratai, Vitaly Napadow +2 more

Brief Self-Compassion Training Alters Neural Responses to Evoked Pain for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Pilot Study

Pain Medicine(2020)10.1093/pm/pnaa178

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44 citations

J. Gary Lutz, Zev Schuman‐Olivier, Christopher K. Germer, Susan Pollak, Robert R. Edwards +4 more

Functional deficits in carpal tunnel syndrome reflect reorganization of primary somatosensory cortex

UNC Libraries(2020)10.17615/pfpg-r714

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3 citations

Norman W. Kettner, Vitaly Napadow, Cristina Malatesta, Pia Mezzacappa, Claire McManus +12 more

Inpainting as a Technique for Estimation of Missing Voxels in Chemical Shift Imaging

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.02.17.952325

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1 citations

Daniel Albrecht, Jeungchan Lee, Ovidiu C. Andronesi, Eva‐Maria Ratai, Vitaly Napadow +2 more

Neuroimmune signatures in chronic low back pain subtypes

Brain(2021)10.1093/brain/awab336

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83 citations

Ludovica Brusaferri, Atreyi Saha, Erin J. Morrissey, Paulina C. Knight, Minhae Kim +14 more

Measuring the success of blinding in placebo-controlled trials: Should we be so quick to dismiss it?

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology(2021)10.1016/j.jclinepi.2021.02.022

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26 citations

Felicity L. Bishop, Gary S. Collins, Andrea W.M. Evers, Tammy C. Hoffmann, J. André Knottnerus +8 more

Respiratory-gated auricular vagal afferent nerve stimulation (RAVANS) modulates brain response to stress in major depression

Journal of Psychiatric Research(2021)10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.07.048

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25 citations

Justine E. Cohen, Arielle D. Stanford, Aileen Gabriel, Jessica Stowell, Harlyn Aizley +5 more

Non‐uniform gastric wall kinematics revealed by 4D Cine magnetic resonance imaging in humans

Neurogastroenterology & Motility(2021)10.1111/nmo.14146

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24 citations

Christopher Nguyen, Rowan Staley, Harrison Fisher, April Mendez, Christopher Vélez +4 more

Modifiable Psychological Factors Affecting Functioning in Fibromyalgia

Journal of Clinical Medicine(2021)10.3390/jcm10040803

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23 citations

Asimina Lazaridou, Theodoros Paschalis, Vitaly Napadow, Robert R. Edwards, Myrella Paschali

The “self” in pain: high levels of schema-enmeshment worsen fibromyalgia impact

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders(2021)10.1186/s12891-021-04740-5

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15 citations

Asimina Lazaridou, Eric S Vilsmark, Jeungchan Lee, Michael P. Berry, Arvina Grahl +5 more

[ 11 C]PBR28 radiotracer kinetics are not driven by alterations in cerebral blood flow

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism(2021)10.1177/0271678x211023387

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4 citations

Stefano Bovo, Ángel Torrado-Carvajal, Daniel Albrecht, Hongping Deng, Vitaly Napadow +4 more