Asaf Keller, Ph.D.

Research interests
- Chronic Pain
- Descending pain modulation
Research approaches
- Electrophysiology
- Behavior
- Neuroanatomy
- Computational Neuroscience

Publications

Keller, A and Masri, R. (2013) Thalamocortical abnormalities in spinal cord injury pain, In Chronic Pain and Brain Abnormalities, edited by C.Y. Saab, 95–125. Academic Press, 2013.
Park, A, Hoffman, K, Keller, A (2014) Roles of GABA_A and GABA_B receptors in regulating thalamic activity by the zona incerta: A computational study. J Neurophysiol, 112:2580-2596. PMC4233275.
Okubo, M, Castro, A, Guo, W, Zou, S, Ren, K, Wei, F, Keller, A, Dubner, R (2013) Transition to persistent orofacial pain after nerve injury involves supraspinal serotonin mechanisms. Journal of Neuroscience, 33:5152-5161.
Whitt, JL, Masri, R, Pulimood, NS, Keller, A (2013) Pathological activity in mediodorsal thalamus of rats with spinal cord injury pain. J Neurosci, 33:3915-3926.
Wu, J, Raver, C, Piao, C, Keller, A, Faden, AI (2013) Cell cycle activation contributes to increased neuronal activity in the posterior thalamic nucleus and associated chronic hyperesthesia after rat spinal cord contusion. Neurotherapeutics, 10:520-538. PMC3701760