Research
1966-1970
RNA-based Immunological Memory, Cancer Society Grant, UCLA, Department of Immunology
1971-1973
Electrical Stimulation and Pain (with J. Cole, M.D.), Boston State Hospital
1972-present
Multimodality Treatment of Chronic Pain and Neurological Impairment
1981-1983
Electromagnetic Effects on Chick Myoblasts (with R. Strohman), Department of Zoology, UCB
1982-1985
Diagnostic Thermography and Low Back Pain, Department of Orthopedics, UCSF
1983-1984
Long-Term Electrical Stimulation in Spinal Cord Trauma, Pilot Study
1985-1988
Neuromuscular Rehabilitation of Chronic Spinal Cord Injury with Computer-Generated Electrical Stimulation, Department of Orthopedics, UCSF
1988
Autonomic Modulation with Sphenopalatine Block
1988
Intraoperative Thermography in Disc Surgery (with Y. Hosobuchi and J. Morris), UCSF
1988
High-Magnetic Flux Neuronal Depolarization
1989-1992
Effects of Neuropeptides on Chronic Pain
1992-1996
Clinical Effects of Low-Dose Heparin on Pain and Wound Healing
1998
Heparin in Brachial Plexus Entrapments
1994-1996
Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide in Chronic Pain
1998
Biophosphonates in RSD
1998
Danaparoid in Nerve Entrapments
1998-2000
Effectiveness of Magnetic Resonance Neurography in Diagnosing Thoracic-Outlet Syndrome (with C. Beaulieu), Stanford University
1998-present
Neurohistory, Peptides, and Cytokines in the Perineural Fibrosis of Thoracic-Outlet Syndrome
2003
Complex Systems in Neuropathic Pain
2004-2005
Mast Cell Initiation and Perpetuation of Neuropathic Pain
2006
Erythpoietin as an Analgesic
2007-2009
Phase Changes in Neuronal Nociceptive Function
2011-2012
Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide (VIP) as an analgesic in a variety of neuropathic pains
2008-2016
Work on innervated fibrosis