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Dr. ANNA TAYLOR
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Title
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Dr.
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First Name
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ANNA
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Last Name
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TAYLOR
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University/Institution
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UCLA
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Phone #
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3102067883
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Email ID
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ataylor1@ucla.edu
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City
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Los Angeles
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United States
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State
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California
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90095
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Department
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Neuropsychiatry
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Area of Research
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Chronic Pain
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Area of Expertise
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Neuroscience
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Brief Description of Research Interest :
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One of the most challenging dilemmas encountered in the clinic is the fact that the most effective pain relieving drugs are also heavily rewarding, and thus have a strong abuse liability (see: opioids). So while the use of opioids in acute pain or terminal, palliative care is well established, the use of these drugs for long-term, non-cancer pain remains controversial. In my research line, I am interested in how reward changes in a chronic pain state, and whether the neuroanatomical and functional underpinnings of reward are the same when opioids are taken to relieve pain, rather than for recreational use.
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Representative Publications :
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Taylor AM, Osikowicz, M, Ribeiro-da-Silva A (2012) Consequences of the ablation of nonpeptidergic afferents in an animal model fo trigeminal neuropathic pain. Pain 153(6):1311-1319.
Farmer MA, Taylor AM, et al (2011) Repeated vulvovaginal fungal infections cause persistent pain in a mouse model of vulvodynia. Science Trans Med 3(101);ra91
Taylor AM and Ribeiro-da-Silva A (2011) GDNF levels in the lower lip skin in a rat model of trigeminal neuropathic pain: implications for non-peptidergic reinnervation and parasympathetic sprouting. Pain 152(7): 1502-1510.
Taylor AM, Peleshok JC and Ribeiro-da-Silva ADistribution of P2X3 immunoreactive fibers in hairy and glabrous skin of the rat. J Comp Neurol 514(6): 555-566.
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