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Albinni B, Zimmerman M, Ross J, Ozdoyuran L, Alasha V, Schuster N, Said E, & Case L (2024). Subcutaneous Oxytocin Injection Reduces Heat Pain: A Randomized-Controlled Trial. The Journal of Pain.
Case L, Madian N, McCall M, Bradson M, Liljencrantz J, Goldstein B, Alasha V & Zimmerman M (2023). Aβ-CT affective touch: Touch pleasantness ratings for gentle stroking and deep pressure exhibit dependence on A-fibers. eNeuro.
Baumgartner J, Haupt M, & Case L (2023). Social connectedness is associated with lower chronic pain and lower pressure required for pain relief. Emotion.
Baumgartner J, Quintana D, Leija L, Schuster N, Bruno K, Castellanos J, & Case L (2021). Widespread pressure delivered by a weighted blanket reduces chronic pain: A randomized controlled trial. The Journal of Pain.
Case L* and Liljencrantz J* et. al (2021). Innocuous pressure sensation requires A-type afferents but not functional PIEZO2 channels in humans. Nature Communications. * Co-first authors
Case L, Adler-Neal AL, Wells RE, & Zeidan F (2021). The role of expectations and endogenous opioids in mindfulness-based relief of experimentally-induced acute pain. Psychosomatic Medicine.
Case L, Liljencrantz J, McCall M, Bradson M, Necaise A, Tubbs J, Olausson H, Wang B & Bushnell MC (2020). Pleasant Deep Pressure: Expanding the Social Touch Hypothesis. Neuroscience.
Jinich-Diamant A, Garland E, Baumgartner J, Gonzalez N, Riegner G, Birenbaum J, Case L, & Zeidan F (2020). Neurophysiological Mechanisms Supporting Mindfulness Meditation–Based Pain Relief: An Updated Review. Curr Pain Headache Rep, 24(56).
Case L, Laubacher C, Richards E, Grossman M, Atlas L, Parker S, & Bushnell M (2019). Is Placebo Analgesia for Heat Pain A Sensory Effect? An Exploratory Study on Minimizing the Influence of Response Bias. Neurobiology of Pain, 5, 100023.
Szczot M, Liljencrantz J, Ghitani N, Barik A, Lam R, Thompson J, Bharucha D, Saade D, Necaise A, Donkervoort S, Foley R, Gordon T, Case L, The PIEZO2LOF Consortium, Bushnell M, Bönnemann C, & Chesler A (2018). PIEZO2 mediates injury-induced tactile pain in mice and humans. Science Translational Medicine 10.
Case L, Laubacher M, Richards E, Spagnolo P, Olausson H, & Bushnell M (2017). Inhibitory rTMS of secondary somatosensory cortex reduces intensity but not pleasantness of gentle touch. Neuroscience Letters, 653, 84-91.
Case L, Laubacher C, Olausson H, Wang B, Spagnolo V, & Bushnell MC (2016). Encoding of Touch Intensity but Not Pleasantness in Human Primary Sensory Cortex. The Journal of Neuroscience, 36(21), 5850-5860.
Case L*, Čeko M*, Gracely J, Richards E, Olausson H, & Bushnell MC (2016). Touch perception altered by chronic pain and by opioid blockade. eneuro, 3(1), ENEURO-0138. *Co-first authors
Case L, Brang D, Landazuri R, Viswanathan P, & Ramachandran VS (2016). Altered White Matter and Sensory Response to Bodily Sensation in Female-to-Male Transgender Individuals. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 1-15.