CLAIRE DANIELE
cdaniele@uchicago.edu

Lab: Dr. Dan McGehee

Research Topic: There is a strong association between analgesia and drugs of abuse. I am interested in investigating the role of midbrain nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in analgesia and descending modulation of pain.

Selected Publications:

Daniele CA, MacDermott AB (2009) Low threshold primary afferent drive onto GABAergic interneurons in the superficial dorsal horn of the mouse. J Neurosci. 29 (3):686-95.

Engelman HS, Anderson RL, Daniele CA, Macdermott AB (2006) Presynaptic alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptors modulate release of inhibitory amino acids in rat spinal cord dorsal horn. Neuroscience 139: 539-53.