Lead author on the retrospective patient pain study is Chante Buntin-Mushock, MD, research fellow in the UCSF neurology and anesthesia departments. Co-authors are Lisa Phillip, MD, and Kumi Moriyama, MD, both in the anesthesia department at UCSF.

The research is supported in part by the U.S. Public Health Service. Lead author on the animal study is Yan Wang, MD, postdoctoral fellow in anesthesia at UCSF. Co-authors are James Mitchell, MD; Kumi Moriyama, MD; Ki-jun Kim, MD, PhD; Manhoar Sharma, PhD; and Guo-xi Xie, MD, PhD, all in the UCSF anesthesia department.

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Contact: Wallace Ravven
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415-476-2557
University of California - San Francisco
20-May-2005