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Edita Navratilova

Member of the Graduate Faculty | Associate Professor, Pharmacology

Pharmacology
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10+ Collaborators
$6M / $25M Funding
10+ Grants
90+ Publications

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neuroscience, pain, pain management, chronic pain, migraine, neuropathic pain, amygdala, pain relief, pharmacology, pain modulation, neurobiology, opioid receptors, reward, stress, prolactin, hormones, headache, drug development, nucleus accumbens, psychology, neurology, nociception, preclinical research, gender differences, sex differences

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    Sex differences in effectiveness of CGRP receptor antagonism for treatment of acute and persistent headache-like pain in a mouse model of mild traumatic brain injury

    2025

    Chronification of migraine sensitizes to CGRP in male and female mice

    2025

    Prolactin-induced sensitization of trigeminal nociceptors promotes migraine co-morbidity in endometriosis

    2025
    migraine, endometriosis, prolactin, trigeminal, sensitization

    Descending facilitation from rostral ventromedial medulla mu opioid receptor-expressing neurons is necessary for maintenance of sensory and affective dimensions of chronic neuropathic pain

    2025
    pain, neuropathic, opioid receptors, chronic pain, sensory processing

    Opposing Effects on Descending Control of Nociception by µ and κ Opioid Receptors in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex

    2024
    opioid receptors, nociception, descending control, anterior cingulate cortex, effect

    Unraveling the directional relationshiof sleeand migraine-like pain

    2024
    sleep, migraine, pain, neurology

    Kappa opioid receptor agonists produce sexually dimorphic and prolactin-dependent hyperalgesic priming

    2023
    pain modulation, sex differences, opioid receptors, prolactin signaling, hyperalgesia

    Functional Sexual Dimorphism in Human Nociceptors

    2023
    sex differences, pain perception, neuroscience, biological differences, sensory neurons

    Time-Dependent Changes in Protein Composition of Medial Prefrontal Cortex in Rats with Neuropathic Pain.

    2022
    neurobiology, pain, proteomics, animal studies, neuropathic pain

    Relief of neuropathic pain by cell-specific manipulation of nucleus accumbens dopamine D1- and D2-receptor-expressing neurons.

    2022
    neuropathic pain, nucleus accumbens, dopamine receptors, cell-specific manipulation, neurons

    • Todd Vanderah

    • Frank Porreca

    • Josef Vagner

    • Stephen Cowen

    • Robin Polt

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    • Neuropharmacolgy

    • Pharmacology: General Principles

    • Introduction to Pharmacology

    • Pharmacology: Principles & Basic Therapeutics

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