Titilola Akintola
Titilola Akintola, B. Sc.
Research Assistant Staff Scientist, School of Nursing
Research interests
Placebo analgesia: incidence in chronic orofacial pain (TMD)
The effects of genetics and psychological traits on pain perception
The effects of race and ethnicity on pain sensitivity & management
Non-opioid therapies for chronic pain
Research approaches
Human behavioral studies (Pain sensitivity assessment)
Psychological surveys & Psychometrics
Genomics (DNA, hormon analysis, Genome-Wide Association Studies)
Proteomics
Publications
Akintola, T., Raver, C., Studlack, P., Uddin, O., Masri, R., & Keller, A. (2017). "The grimace scale reliably assesses chronic pain in a rodent model of trigeminal neuropathic pain." Neurobiology of Pain, 2, 13-17.
Loane, DJ., Stoica, BA., Tchantchou, F., Kumar, A., Barrett, JP., Akintola, T., Xue, F., Conn, PJ., Faden, AI. (2014). "Novel mGluR5 positive allosteric modulator improves functional recovery, attenuates neurodegeneration, and alters microglial polarization after experimental traumatic brain injury." Neurotherapeutics, 4, 857 - 69.