Areas of Scholarly Expertise and Interest
The impact of stress on neuroendocrine and immune function, in general. More specifically, the impact of postnatal pain experiences on neuroendocrine and immune responses to stress in the mature animal. This work is supported by a grant from the National Institute for Nursing Research at NIH.
Publications
Edwards, R.R., Wasan, A., Bingham, C.O. 3rd, Bathon, J.M., Haythornthwaite, J.A., Smith, M.T., & Page, G.G. (2009). Enhanced reactivity to pain in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Research & Therapy, 11.
Gill, J.M., Vythilingam, M., & Page, G.G. (2008). Low cortisol, high DHEA, and high levels of stimulated TNF-a, and IL-6 in women with PTSD. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 21, 530-539.
Edwards, R.R., Kronfli, T., Haythornthwaite, J.A., Smith, M.T., McGuire, L., & Page, G.G. (2008). Association of catastrophizing with interleukin-6 responses to acute pain. Pain, 140, 135-144.
Gill, J.M., Page, G.G., Sharps, P., & Campbell, J.C. (2008). Experiences of traumatic events and associations with PTSD and depression development in urban health care-seeking women. Journal of Urban Health, 85, 693-706.
Page, G.G., Fennelly, A.M., Littleton-Kearney, M.T., & Ben-Eliyahu, S. (2008). Male – female differences in the impact of ß-adrenoceptor stimulation on resistance to experimental metastasis: exploring the effects of age and gonadal hormone involvement. Journal of Neuroimmunology, 193, 113-119.
Ben-Eliyahu, S., Page, G.G., & Schleifer, S.J. (2007). Stress, NK cells and cancer: still a promissory note. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 21, 881-887
Page, G.G., Blakely, W.P., & Kim, M. (2005). The impact of early repeated pain experiences on stress responsiveness and emotionality at maturity in rats. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 19, 78-87.
Funded research, training grants and/or programs
Persistent Mechanical Hypersensitivity in Rats: Biobehavioral Effects. NIH grant NR010590, 09/01/08-07/31/10
Interdisciplinary Training Program in Biobehavioral Pain Research. NIH Roadmap Initiative T32 MH075884, 09//01/05-07/31/10
Preventing the deleterious effects of stress and surgery on cellular immunity and cancer metastasis, United States Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF), 09/01/2006 - 08/31/2010.
