André Mouraux - Principal investigator (IONS/COSY)
Using non-invasive functional neuroimaging techniques such as electroencephalography (EEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), combined with novel techniques to selectively activate specific classes of nociceptive afferents, the research performed by the team of André Mouraux (IONS/COSY) follows two main axes. First, to understand how the human brain processes nociceptive sensory input and how this leads to the perception of pain. Second, to understand the plastic changes in nociceptive pathways that occur after inflammation, injury or sustained nociceptive input that induce peripheral and central sensitization and may underlie the development of chronic pain in humans.
Publications
The N13 spinal component of somatosensory evoked potentials is modulated by heterotopic noxious conditioning stimulation suggesting an involvement of spinal wide dynamic range neurons
Neurophysiol Clin
Di Pietro G, Di Stefano G, Leone C, Di Lionardo A, Sgrò E, Blockeel AJ, Caspani O, Garcia-Larrea L, Mouraux A, Phillips KG, Treede RD, Valeriani M, Truini A.
S0987-7053(21)00088-5.
Modulation of the N13 component of the somatosensory evoked potentials in an experimental model of central sensitization in humans
Scientific Reports
Di Lionardo A, Di Stefano G, Leone C, Di Pietro G, Sgro E, Malara E, Cosentino C, Mollica C, Blockeel AJ, Caspani O, Garcia-Larrea L, Mouraux A, Treede RD, Phillips KG, Valeriani M, Truini A.
11(1):20838.
IMI2-PainCare-BioPain-RCT3: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover, multi-center trial in healthy subjects to investigate the effects of lacosamide, pregabalin, and tapentadol on biomarkers of pain processing observed by electroencephalography (EEG).
Trials
Mouraux A, Bloms-Funke P, Boesl I, Caspani O, Chapman SC, Di Stefano G, Finnerup NB, Garcia-Larrea L, Goetz M, Kostenko A, Pelz B, Pogatzki-Zahn E, Schubart K, Stouffs A, Truini A, Tracey I, Troconiz IF, Van Niel J, Vela JM, Vincent K, Vollert J, Wanigasekera V, Wittayer M, Phillips KG, Treede RD.
22(1):404.
2021
Improvement of Impulsivity and Decision Making by Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation of the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in a Patient with Gambling Disorder.
J Gambl Stud
Ninghetto M, Belli F, Nobili M, Mouraux A, Ricci R.
in press.