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Belmonte C, Nichols JJ, Cox SM, Brock JA, Begley CG, Bereiter DA, Dartt DA, Galor A, Hamrah P, Ivanusic JJ, Jacobs DS, McNamara NA, Rosenblatt MI, Stapleton F, Wolffsohn JS. TFOS DEWS II pain and sensation report. Ocul Surf. 2017 Jul;15(3):404-437. doi: 10.1016/j.jtos.2017.05.002. Epub 2017 Jul 20. Review. PubMed PMID: 28736339.
Tashiro A, Bereiter DA, Nishida Y. Estrogen Status Gates Effects of Kappa-Opioid Receptor on Temporomandibular Joint-Responsive Neurons at the Spinomedullary Junction in Female Rats. J Oral Facial Pain Headache. 2017 Summer;31(3):275-284. doi: 10.11607/ofph.1820. PubMed PMID: 28738113.
Rahman M, Shiozaki K, Okamoto K, Thompson R, Bereiter DA. Trigeminal brainstem modulation of persistent orbicularis oculi muscle activity in a rat model of dry eye. Neuroscience. 2017 May 4;349:208-219. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.03.003. Epub 2017 Mar 11. PubMed PMID: 28288901; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5408357.
Moana-Filho EJ, Bereiter DA, Nixdorf DR. Amplified Brain Processing of Dentoalveolar Pressure Stimulus in Persistent Dentoalveolar Pain Disorder Patients. J Oral Facial Pain Headache. 2015 Fall;29(4):349-62. doi: 10.11607/ofph.1463. PubMed PMID: 26485382; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4772893.
Okamoto K, Katagiri A, Rahman M, Thompson R, Bereiter DA. Inhibition of temporomandibular joint input to medullary dorsal horn neurons by 5HT3 receptor antagonist in female rats. Neuroscience. 2015 Jul 23;299:35-44. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.04.037. Epub 2015 Apr 23. PubMed PMID: 25913635; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4457705.
Tashiro A, Nishida Y, Bereiter DA. Local group I mGluR antagonists reduce TMJ-evoked activity of trigeminal subnucleus caudalis neurons in female rats. Neuroscience. 2015 Jul 23;299:125-33. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.04.051. Epub 2015 Apr 29. PubMed PMID: 25934040.
Rahman M, Okamoto K, Thompson R, Katagiri A, Bereiter DA. Sensitization of trigeminal brainstem pathways in a model for tear deficient dry eye. Pain. 2015 May;156(5):942-50. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000135. PubMed PMID: 25734990; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4402282.
Katagiri A, Thompson R, Rahman M, Okamoto K, Bereiter DA. Evidence for TRPA1 involvement in central neural mechanisms in a rat model of dry eye. Neuroscience. 2015 Apr 2;290:204-13. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.01.046. Epub 2015 Jan 30. PubMed PMID: 25639234; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4359622.
Khasabov SG, Malecha P, Noack J, Tabakov J, Okamoto K, Bereiter DA, Simone DA. Activation of rostral ventromedial medulla neurons by noxious stimulation of cutaneous and deep craniofacial tissues. J Neurophysiol. 2015 Jan 1;113(1):14-22. doi: 10.1152/jn.00125.2014. Epub 2014 Sep 3. PubMed PMID: 25185804; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4294563.
Rahman M, Okamoto K, Thompson R, Bereiter DA. Trigeminal pathways for hypertonic saline- and light-evoked corneal reflexes. Neuroscience. 2014 Sep 26;277:716-23. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.07.052. Epub 2014 Jul 31. PubMed PMID: 25086311; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4164563.
Katagiri A, Okamoto K, Thompson R, Rahman M, Bereiter DA. Posterior hypothalamic modulation of ocular-responsive trigeminal subnucleus caudalis neurons is mediated by Orexin-A and Orexin1 receptors. Eur J Neurosci. 2014 Aug;40(4):2619-27. doi: 10.1111/ejn.12635. Epub 2014 Jun 6. PubMed PMID: 24904977.
Tashiro A, Bereiter DA, Thompson R, Nishida Y. GABAergic influence on temporomandibular joint-responsive spinomedullary neurons depends on estrogen status. Neuroscience. 2014 Feb 14;259:53-62. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.11.053. Epub 2013 Dec 4. PubMed PMID: 24316475; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4045648.
Katagiri A, Okamoto K, Thompson R, Bereiter DA. Posterior hypothalamic modulation of light-evoked trigeminal neural activity and lacrimation. Neuroscience. 2013 Aug 29;246:133-41. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.04.053. Epub 2013 Apr 30. PubMed PMID: 23643978; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3691338.
Okamoto K, Thompson R, Katagiri A, Bereiter DA. Estrogen status and psychophysical stress modify temporomandibular joint input to medullary dorsal horn neurons in a lamina-specific manner in female rats. Pain. 2013 Jul;154(7):1057-64. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.03.009. Epub 2013 Mar 15. PubMed PMID: 23607965; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3679251.
Okamoto K, Tashiro A, Thompson R, Nishida Y, Bereiter DA. Trigeminal interpolaris/caudalis transition neurons mediate reflex lacrimation evoked by bright light in the rat. Eur J Neurosci. 2012 Dec;36(11):3492-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08272.x. Epub 2012 Sep 3. PubMed PMID: 22937868; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3514590.
Okamoto K, Tashiro A, Chang Z, Thompson R, Bereiter DA. Temporomandibular joint-evoked responses by spinomedullary neurons and masseter muscle are enhanced after repeated psychophysical stress. Eur J Neurosci. 2012 Jul;36(1):2025-34. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08100.x. Epub 2012 Apr 22. PubMed PMID: 22519876; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3389291.
Chang Z, Okamoto K, Bereiter DA. Differential ascending projections of temporomandibular joint-responsive brainstem neurons to periaqueductal gray and posterior thalamus of male and female rats. Neuroscience. 2012 Feb 17;203:230-43. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.11.042. Epub 2011 Nov 28. PubMed PMID: 22155654; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3273606.
Tashiro A, Okamoto K, Bereiter DA. Rapid estrogenic effects on TMJ-responsive brainstem neurons. J Dent Res. 2012 Feb;91(2):210-4. doi: 10.1177/0022034511428156. Epub 2011 Nov 4. PubMed PMID: 22058119; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3261121.
Bereiter DA, Okamoto K. Neurobiology of estrogen status in deep craniofacial pain. Int Rev Neurobiol. 2011;97:251-84. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385198-7.00010-2. Review. PubMed PMID: 21708314.
Duenes SL, Thompson R, Chang Z, Okamoto K, Bereiter DA. Psychophysical stress increases the expression of phospho-CREB, Fos protein and neurokinin-1 receptors in superficial laminae of trigeminal subnucleus caudalis in female rats. Neurosci Lett. 2010 Dec 17;486(3):207-10. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.09.054. Epub 2010 Sep 25. PubMed PMID: 20884322; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2967612.
Chang Z, Okamoto K, Tashiro A, Bereiter DA. Ultraviolet irradiation of the eye and Fos-positive neurons induced in trigeminal brainstem after intravitreal or ocular surface transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 activation. Neuroscience. 2010 Oct 13;170(2):678-85. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.07.019. Epub 2010 Jul 17. PubMed PMID: 20643195.
Tashiro A, Okamoto K, Chang Z, Bereiter DA. Behavioral and neurophysiological correlates of nociception in an animal model of photokeratitis. Neuroscience. 2010 Aug 11;169(1):455-62. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.04.034. Epub 2010 Apr 24. PubMed PMID: 20417694; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2900503.
Okamoto K, Tashiro A, Chang Z, Bereiter DA. Bright light activates a trigeminal nociceptive pathway. Pain. 2010 May;149(2):235-42. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.02.004. Epub 2010 Mar 4. PubMed PMID: 20206444; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2860692.
Tashiro A, Okamoto K, Bereiter DA. Chronic inflammation and estradiol interact through MAPK activation to affect TMJ nociceptive processing by trigeminal caudalis neurons. Neuroscience. 2009 Dec 29;164(4):1813-20. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.09.058. Epub 2009 Sep 25. PubMed PMID: 19786077; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2813765.
Tashiro A, Okamoto K, Bereiter DA. NMDA receptor blockade reduces temporomandibular joint-evoked activity of trigeminal subnucleus caudalis neurons in an estrogen-dependent manner. Neuroscience. 2009 Dec 29;164(4):1805-12. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.09.067. Epub 2009 Sep 30. PubMed PMID: 19799971; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2801701.