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John C. Liebeskind (1935-1997): A Tribute
Pages 7631-7634

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... I arrived at UCLA for graduate school in the fall of 1980. I had decided to attend UCLA because my psychology teacher, after hearing John speak at a weekend seminar for undergraduate teachers on the East Coast, persuaded me that there was only one option for pain research training Liebeskind.
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From page 7632...
... Meanwhile, in the laboratory, Dave Mayer and other early students found some interesting effects of lesions in the midbrain of rats on their escape behaviors and began to investigate this relatively unstudied brain region in earnest. Among John's papers, I found a 1971 letter from the journal Science rejecting his manuscript demonstrating an analgesic effect of midbrain stimulation in the rat.
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From page 7633...
... somatic pain 1977-1978 Enkephalin is epileptogenic Therapeutic window 1979-1985 Analgesia from stress and seizures Natural inhibition of pain 1983-1984 Stress inhibits immune function Psychoneuroimmunology 1991 Pain inhibits immune function Pain can kill 1979-1991 Effects of learning, pain, and NMDA Tolerance is not simply receptor receptors on opiate tolerance desensitization 1993-1995 Gender influences on analgesia Gender dependent effects 1985-1996 Genetic studies of analgesia Variance and mechanism NMDA, N-methyl-D-aspartate; SPA, stimulation-produced analgesia.
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From page 7634...
... Sci. USA 96 (1999J Year Organization Position Special pain study section Council member Scientific Program Chair Education chair Editorial board Publications committee Board of directors Scientific program committee Research and ethics committee Public information committee President elect, President, Past President President elect 1973, 1975-1977 1975-1987; 19961975-1978 1975-1977 1975-1985 1975-1981 1978-1985 1978-1980 1978-1981 1981-1987 1989-1991 1996 NIH IASP IASP IASP Pain IASP APS APS IASP IASP APS IASP IASP, International Association for the Study of Pain; APS, American Pain Society.
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