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Heather Wenk Ph.D. 2002 Thesis Title: Peripheral Opiate Analgesia Advisor: Christopher Honda

Honors:

2003 Bacaner Research Award in Basic Medical Science

Thesis Publications:

Wenk HN, Honda CN. Immunohistochemical localization of delta opioid receptors in peripheral tissues. J Comp Neurol. 408(4):567-79, 1999 Jun 14.

Wenk HN, Honda CN. Silver nitrate cauterization: a new model of inflammation and hyperalgesia in the rat cornea. Pain 2002 (In Press)

Wenk HN, Roiko S. Honda CN. Effect of morphine sulfate on hyperalgesia and inflammation in the rat cornea. Submitted

Other Publications:

Wenk HN , Brederson JD, Honda CN. Morphine directly inhibits nociceptors in inflamed skin. J Neurophysiol. 2006 Apr;95(4):2083-97. Epub 2005 Dec 7.

Zhang X, Wenk HN , Honda CN, Giesler GJ Jr. Locations of spinothalamic tract axons in cervical and thoracic spinal cord white matter in monkeys. J Neurophysiol. 2000 May;83(5):2869-80.

Zhang X, Wenk HN , Gokin AP, Honda CN, Giesler GJ Jr. Physiological studies of spinohypothalamic tract neurons in the lumbar enlargement of monkeys. J Neurophysiol. 1999 Aug;82(2):1054-8.