Publications

Selected

Vaso A, Adahan HM, Gjika A, Zahaj S, Zhurda T, Vyshka G, Devor M.
Peripheral nervous system origin of phantom limb pain. Pain (2014) 155:1384-91

Fried K, Sessle B, Devor M.
The paradox of pain from tooth pulp: low-threshold "algoneurons"? Pain (2011) 152: 2685-89.

Nissenbaum J, Devor M, Seltzer Z, Gebauer M, Michaelis M, Tal M, Dorfman R, Abitbul-Yarkoni M, Lu Y, Elahipanah T, delCanho S, Minert A, Fried K, Persson A-K, Shpigler H, Shabo E, Yakir B, Pisanté A, Darvasi A.
Susceptibility to chronic pain following nerve injury is genetically affected by CACNG2. Genome Research, (2010) 20:1180-1190.

Devor M.
Ectopic discharge in Aβ afferents as a source of neuropathic pain. Experimental Brain Research.(2009) 196:115-128.

Lu J, Sherman D, Devor M, Saper CB.
A putative flip-flop switch for control of REM sleep. Nature. (2006) 441: 589-594.

Niv D, Gofeld M, Devor M
Causes of pain in degenerative bone and joint disease: a lesson from vertebroplasty. Pain (2003) 105:387-392.

Devor, M. and Zalkind, V.
Reversible analgesia, atonia, and loss of consciousness on bilateral intracerebral microinjection of pentobarbital. Pain (2001) 94:101-112.

Devor, M.
Unexplained peculiarities of the dorsal root ganglion. Pain (1999) suppl.6: S27-S35.

Amir, R., Michaelis, M. and Devor, M.
Membrane potential oscillations in dorsal root ganglion neurons: role in normal electrogenesis and in neuropathic pain. Journal of Neuroscience (1999) 19: 8589-8596.

Mogil, J.S., Wilson, S.G., Bon, K., Lee, S.E., Chung, K., Raber, P., Pieper, J.O., Hain, H.S., Belknap, J.K., Hubert, L., Elmer, G.I., Chung, J.M. and Devor, M.
Heritability of nociception I: Responses of 11 inbred mouse strains on 12 measures of nociception. Pain (1999) 80: 67-82.

Sherman, R.A., Devor, M., Casey Jones, D.E., Katz, J. and J.J. Marbach, eds.,
Phantom Pain, Plenum, New York, pp. 1-264 (1996).

Amir, R. and Devor, M.
Chemically-mediated cross-excitation in rat dorsal root ganglia. Journal of Neuroscience (1996) 16: 4733-4741.

Rappaport, Z.H. and Devor, M.
Trigeminal neuralgia: the role of self-sustaining discharge in the trigeminal ganglion (TRG). Pain (1994) 56: 127-138.

Devor, M., Govrin-Lippmann, R. and Angelides, K.
Na+ channel immuno-localization in peripheral mammalian axons and changes following nerve injury and neuroma formation. Journal of Neuroscience (1993) 13: 1976-1992.

Devor, M. and Raber, P.
Heritability of symptoms in an animal model of neuropathic pain. Pain (1990) 42:51-67.

Devor, M., Govrin-Lippmann, R. and Raber, P.
Corticosteroids suppress ectopic neural discharge originating in experimental neuromas. Pain (1985) 22:127-137.

Yaari, Y. and Devor, M.
Phenytoin suppresses spontaneous ectopic discharge in rat sciatic nerve neuromas. Neuroscience Letters(1985) 58: 117-122.

Wall, P.D. and Devor, M.
Sensory afferent impulses originate from dorsal root ganglia as well as from the periphery in normal and nerve injured rats.(1983) Pain 17: 321-339.

Devor, M, and Wall, P.D.
Reorganization of the spinal cord sensory map after peripheral nerve injury. (1983) Nature 276: 76-76.

Devor, M.
Neuroplasticity in the sparing or deterioration of function after early olfactory tract lesions. Science (1975) 190: 998-1000.

Recent

Baron M, Vaso K, Ibraheem A, Minert A, Devor M. (2024)
Molecular and cellular targets of GABAergic anesthetics in the mesopontine tegmentum that enable pain-free surgery. Pain. 2024 Dec 31. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003504.

Devor M. (2025)
Experiencing pain: perspectives of Patrick D. Wall-founding editor of the journal PAIN. Pain. 5 ;166(1):11-19. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003480.

Baron M, Devor M. (2024)
Neurosteroids foster sedation by engaging tonic GABAA-Rs within the mesopontine tegmental anesthesia area (MPTA). Neurosci Lett. ;843:138030. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2024.138030.

Devor, M. (2024)
An alternative perspective on the causes of pain in osteoarthritis of the knee and its persistence after total knee replacement surgery. LTE Pain 165: 2135–2137

Devor M. (2024)
Pain in osteoarthritis: Driven by intrinsic rather than extrinsic joint afferents and why this should impact treatment. Interventional Pain Medicine; 3(1): 1-7.

Baron M, Devor M. (2023)
From molecule to oblivion: dedicated brain circuitry underlies anesthetic loss of consciousness permitting pain-free surgery.
Front. Mol. Neurosci; 16:1197304. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2023.1197304.

Tal M, Minert A, Devor M. (2023)
Resurgent neuropathic discharge: an obstacle to the therapeutic use of neuroma resection? Pain; 164(2):349-361. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.02704.

Baron M, Vaso K, Avigdor T, Charit Y, Minert A, Devor M. (2022)
Anesthetic loss of consciousness induced by chemogenetic excitation of mesopontine effector neurons. Exp Neurol.2022 Nov;357:114169. doi:10.1016/j.expneurol.2022. 114169.

Devor M, Koukoui M, Baron M. (2022)
Searching in the wrong place: Might consciousness reside in the brainstem? Behav Brain Sci; 45:e46. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X21001928.

Baron M, Minert A, Yatziv S and Devor M (2022)
Nerves, Pain and Consciousness. Front. Young Minds. 10:744643. doi: 10.3389/frym.2022.744643

Mark Baron M. and Devor M. (2022)
Might pain be experienced in the brainstem rather than in the cerebral cortex? Behav.Brain Res 427-: doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2022.113861.

Shai-Lee Yatziv S-l, Yudco O, Vaso K, Mizrahi A, Devor M. (2021)
Anesthesia in mice activates discrete populations of neurons throughout the brain. Journal of Neuroscience Research, 3284-3305, doi:10.1002/jnr.24950.

Yatziv S-l, Strumza N, Minert A, Baron M, Devor M. (2021)
A nodal point for brain‑state transitions: the mesopontine tegmental anesthesia area (MPTA) in mice. Experimental Brain Research 239, 3255-3266 doi:org/10.1007/s00221-021-06204-7

Avigdor T, Minert A, Baron M., Devor, M. (2021)
Paradoxical anesthesia: Sleep-like EEG during anesthesia induced by mesopontine microinjection of GABAergic agents.
Experimental Neurology 343 (2021) 113760

Lellouche Y, Minert A, Schreiber C, Aroch I, Vaso K, Fishman Y, Devor M. (2020)
Individual mesopontine neurons implicated in anesthetic loss-of-consciousness employ separate ascending pathways to the cerebral cortex. Neuroscience. 432 188-204.

Yatziv S-l, Yudco O, Dickmann S, Devor M. (2020)
Patterns of neural activity in the mouse brain: Wakefulness vs. General anesthesia. Neuroscience Letters 735 135212. doi:10.1016/j.neulet.2020.135212.