Jin Y. Ro, BS, MA, PhD
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
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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.