Eileen Nguyen, MD,PhD
Education & Training
- University of California Los Angeles, BS, 2014
- University of Pittsburgh, PhD, 2021
- University of Pittsburgh, MD, 2023
Representative Publications
Nguyen E, Smith KM, Cramer N, Holland RA, Bleimeister IH, Flores-Felix K, Silberberg H, Keller A, Le Pichon CE, Ross SE. Medullary kappa-opioid receptor neurons inhibit pain and itch through a descending circuit. Brain. 2022 Jul 29;145(7):2586-2601. doi: 10.1093/brain/awac189. PMID: 35598161.
Nguyen E, Lim G, Ross SE. Evaluation of Therapies for Peripheral and Neuraxial Opioid-induced Pruritus based on Molecular and Cellular Discoveries. Anesthesiology. 2021 Aug 1;135(2):350-365. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000003844. PMID: 34237130.
Nguyen, E, Lim, G, Ding, H, Hachisuka, J, Ko, M.-C, and Ross, S.E. 2021. Morphine acts on spinal dynorphin neurons to cause itch through disinhibition. Science Translational Medicine.
Nguyen, E, Lim, G, and Ross, S.E. 2021. Mechanistic insights into spinal neurones involved in neuraxial opioid-induced pruritus. British Journal of Anaesthesia.
Chiang MC, Nguyen E, Bustos M, Papale A, and Ross SE. 2020. Divergent neural pathways emanating from the lateral parabrachial nucleus mediate distinct components of the pain response. Neuron.
Fuller A, Parmhans N, Nguyen E, et al. 2020. Identification of Retinal Ganglion Cell Types and Brain Nuclei expressing the transcription factor Brn3c/Pou4f3 using a Cre recombinase knock-in allele. Journal of Comparative Neurology.
Research Grants
F31NS113371, Cellular basis for morphine-induced itch, PI: Nguyen