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Jin Y. Ro, BS, MA, PhD

Professor, Department of Neural and Pain Sciences

SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY

  • Research interests

    Cellualr and molecular mechanisms of muscle pain


    Trigeminal pain processing


    Peripheral mechanisms of chronic pain


    Sex differenes and hormonal effects in pain and analgesia

  • Research approaches

    Behavioral pharmacology


    Extracellular electrophysiology


    Ca2+ imaging


    Biochemistry and molecular biology

Publications

  1. S Wang, J Joseph, JY Ro, MK Chung (2015) Modality-specific mechanisms of PKC-induced hypersensitivity of TRPV1: S800 is a polymodal sensitization site. Pain (in print)
  2. MK Chung, J Lee, J Joseph, JL Saloman, JY Ro (2015) Peripheral Group I metabotropic glutamate receptor activation leads to muscle mechanical hyperalgesia through TRPV1 phosphorylation in the rat. J of Pain 16 (1):67-76
  3. J Joseph, S Wang, J Lee, JY Ro, MK Chung (2013) Carboxy terminal domain of transient receptor   potential vanilloid 1 contains distinct segments differentially involved in capsaicin- and heat-induced desensitization. J Biol Chem. 288(50): 35690-702
  4. JS Lee, J Saloman, G Weiland, MK Chung and JY Ro (2012) Functional interactions between NMDA receptors and TRPV1 in trigeminal sensory neurons mediate mechanical hyperalgesia in the rat masseter muscle. Pain. 153 (7):1514-24.
  5. K Niu, Y Zhang and JY Ro (2012) Effects of gonadal hormones on the peripheral cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1R) under a myositis condition in rats. Pain 153 (11): 2283-91.