Positions

Selected Publications

Academic Article

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2020 Heme attenuates beta-endorphin levels in leukocytes of HIV positive individuals with chronic widespread pain.  Redox Biology.  36. 2020
2020 Chronic Pain in HIV.  Molecular Pain.  16. 2020
2019 Innovative device illuminates the horizon of bioelectronic medicines 2019
2018 Can a Vitamin A day keep tuberculosis away?.  American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology.  59:523-524. 2018
2018 Neonatal bladder inflammation alters the role of the central amygdala in hypersensitivity produced by Acute Footshock stress in adult female rats.  Brain Research.  1698:99-105. 2018
2018 Translating promising strategies for bowel and bladder management in spinal cord injury.  Experimental Neurology.  306:169-176. 2018
2018 Urothelial bladder afferent neurons in the rat are anatomically and neurochemically distinct from non-urothelial afferents.  Brain Research.  1689:45-53. 2018
2018 Differential Regulation of Bladder Pain and Voiding Function by Sensory Afferent Populations Revealed by Selective Optogenetic Activation.  Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience.  12. 2018
2017 Lesions of the central amygdala and ventromedial medulla reduce bladder hypersensitivity produced by acute but not chronic foot shock.  Brain Research.  1675:1-7. 2017
2017 A novel zebrafish-based model of nociception.  Physiology and Behavior.  174:83-88. 2017
2016 Profound alteration in cutaneous primary afferent activity produced by inflammatory mediators.  eLife.  5. 2016
2016 Electrophysiological properties of lumbosacral primary afferent neurons innervating urothelial and non-urothelial layers of mouse urinary bladder.  Brain Research.  1648:81-89. 2016
2016 Merkel disc is a serotonergic synapse in the epidermis for transmitting tactile signals in mammals 2016
2015 Keratinocytes can modulate and directly initiate nociceptive responses.  eLife.  4. 2015
2015 Artemin Immunotherapy Is Effective in Preventing and Reversing Cystitis-Induced Bladder Hyperalgesia via TRPA1 Regulation.  Journal of Pain.  16:628-636. 2015
2015 The amygdala central nucleus is required for acute stress-induced bladder hyperalgesia in a rat visceral pain model.  Brain Research.  1606:77-85. 2015
2014 Neuroplastic changes occur early in the development of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.  Cancer Research.  74:1718-1727. 2014
2014 Abdominal pain and the neurotrophic system in ulcerative colitis.  Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.  20:2330-2339. 2014
2014 TRPA1 mediates bladder hyperalgesia in a mouse model of cystitis.  PAIN.  155:1280-1287. 2014
2013 Optimization of a pain model: Effects of body temperature and anesthesia on bladder nociception in mice.  PLoS ONE.  8. 2013
2013 Neurturin overexpression in skin enhances expression of TRPM8 in cutaneous sensory neurons and leads to behavioral sensitivity to cool and menthol 2013
2011 Footshock stress differentially affects responses of two subpopulations of spinal dorsal horn neurons to urinary bladder distension in rats.  Brain Research.  1386:118-126. 2011
2010 Neonatal Bladder Inflammation Produces Functional Changes and Alters Neuropeptide Content in Bladders of Adult Female Rats.  Journal of Pain.  11:247-255. 2010
2008 Rostral Ventral Medulla Modulation of the Visceromotor Reflex Evoked by Urinary Bladder Distension in Female Rats.  Journal of Pain.  9:920-926. 2008
2007 Inflammation-Induced Enhancement of the Visceromotor Reflex to Urinary Bladder Distention: Modulation by Endogenous Opioids and the Effects of Early-in-Life Experience With Bladder Inflammation.  Journal of Pain.  8:914-923. 2007
2007 Chronic psychological stress enhances nociceptive processing in the urinary bladder in high-anxiety rats.  Physiology and Behavior.  91:544-550. 2007
2006 Neonatal Urinary Bladder Inflammation Produces Adult Bladder Hypersensitivity.  Journal of Pain.  7:469-479. 2006
2004 Lessons from fibromyalgia: Abnormal pain sensitivity in knee osteoarthritis.  Novartis Foundation symposium.  260:258-276. 2004

Education And Training

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Behavioral Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham 2010
  • Bachelor of Social or Behavioral Science in Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham 2002
  • University of Pittsburgh Center for Pain Research, Postdoctoral Fellowship 2014

    • Full Name

  • Jennifer DeBerry