Laura Stone

Ph.D. 1999

Thesis Title:

Alpha-2 Adrenergic Receptor Subtypes in Pain and Analgesia

Current Position:

Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Minnesota

Major Advisor(s):

Selected Publications

  • Riedl MS, Schnell SA, Overland AC, Chabot-Doré AJ, Taylor AM, Ribeiro-da-Silva A, Elde RP, Wilcox GL, Stone LS. Co-expression of alpha-2a-adrenergic and delta-opioid receptors in aubstance P terminals in rat dorsal horn. J Comp Neurol. 2009;513(4):385-98.
  • Fairbanks CA, Kitto KF, Nguyen HO, Stone LS, Wilcox GL. Clonidine and dexmedetomidine produce antinociceptive synergy in mouse spinal cord. Anesthesiology 2009;110(3):638-47.
  • Stone LS, Kitto KF, Eisenach JC, Fairbanks CA, Wilcox GL. Stone LS, Kitto KF, Eisenach JC, Fairbanks CA, Wilcox GL. ST91 [2-(2,6-diethylphenylamino)-2-imidazoline hydrochloride]-mediated spinal antinociception and synergy with opioids persists in the absence of functional alpha-2A- or alpha-2C-adrenergic receptors. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2007;323(3):899-906.
  • Stone LS, Vulchanova L, Riedl MS, Williams FG, Wilcox GL, Elde R. Effects of peripheral nerve injury on delta opioid receptor (DOR) immunoreactivity in the rat spinal cord. Neurosci Lett. 2004;361:208-211.
  • Fairbanks CA, Stone LS, Kitto KF, Nguyen HO, Posthumus IJ, Wilcox GL. alpha(2C)-Adrenergic receptors mediate spinal analgesia and adrenergic-opioid synergy. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2002;300(1):282-90.
  • Guo A, Simone DA, Stone LS, Fairbanks CA, Wang J, Elde R. Developmental shift of vanilloid receptor 1 (VR1) terminals into deeper regions of the superficial dorsal horn: correlation with a shift from TrkA to Ret expression by dorsal root ganglion neurons. Eur J Neurosci. 2001;14(2):293-304.
  • Vulchanova L, Olson TH, Stone LS, Riedl MS, Elde R, Honda CN. Cytotoxic targeting of isolectin IB4-binding sensory neurons. Neuroscience. 2001;108(1):143-155.
  • Fairbanks CA, Schreiber KL, Brewer KL, Yu CG, Stone LS, Kitto KF, Nguyen HO, Grocholski BM, Shoeman DW, Kehl LJ, Regunathan S, Reis DJ, Yezierski RP, Wilcox GL. Agmatine reverses pain induced by inflammation, neuropathy, and spinal cord injury. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000;97(19):10584-9.
  • Fairbanks CA, Posthumus IJ, Kitto KF, Stone LS, Wilcox GL. Moxonidine, a selective imidazoline/alpha(2) adrenergic receptor agonist, synergizes with morphine and deltorphin II to inhibit substance P-induced behavior in mice. Pain. 2000;84(1):13-20.
  • Stone LS, Vulchanova L, Riedl MS, Wang J, Williams FG, Wilcox GL, Elde R. Effects of peripheral nerve injury on alpha-2A and alpha-2C adrenergic receptor immunoreactivity in the rat spinal cord. Neuroscience. 1999;93(4):1399-407.
  • Vulchanova L, Riedl MS, Shuster SJ, Stone LS, Hargreaves KM, Buell G, Surprenant A, North RA, Elde R. P2X3 is expressed by DRG neurons that terminate in inner lamina II. Eur J Neurosci. 1998;10(11):3470-8.
  • Stone LS, Broberger C, Vulchanova L, Wilcox GL, Hökfelt T, Riedl MS, Elde R. Differential distribution of alpha2A and alpha2C adrenergic receptor immunoreactivity in the rat spinal cord. J Neurosci. 1998;18(15):5928-37.
  • Stone LS, MacMillan LB, Kitto KF, Limbird LE, Wilcox GL.The alpha2a adrenergic receptor subtype mediates spinal analgesia evoked by alpha2 agonists and is necessary for spinal adrenergic-opioid synergy. J Neurosci. 1997;17:7157-7165.
  • Stone LS, Fairbanks CA, Laughlin TM, Nguyen HO, Bushy TM, Wessendorf MW, Wilcox GL. Spinal analgesic actions of the new endogenous opioid peptides endomorphin-1 and -2. Neuroreport. 1997;8(14):3131-5. 
  • Lai J, Riedl M, Stone LS, Arvidsson U, Bilsky EJ, Wilcox GL, Elde R, Porreca F. Immunofluorescence analysis of antisense oligodeoxynucleotide-mediated 'knock-down' of the mouse delta opioid receptor in vitro and in vivo. Neurosci Lett. 1996;213(3):205-8.

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Laura Stone