Fadel Zeidan

Title(s)Professor, Anesthesiology
SchoolVc-health Sciences-schools
Address9500 Gilman Drive #
La Jolla CA 92093
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    The role of endogenous opioids in mindfulness-based chronic pain relief
    NIH R21AT010352Aug 9, 2019 - Jul 31, 2021
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Brain Mechanisms Supporting Mindfulness Meditation-Based Chronic Pain Relief
    NIH R01AT009693May 10, 2018 - Apr 30, 2023
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Brain Mechanisms Supporting Mindfulness-Based Pain Relief
    NIH R00AT008238Jul 1, 2014 - Feb 28, 2021
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Brain Mechanisms Supporting Mindfulness-Based Pain Relief
    NIH K99AT008238Jul 1, 2014 - Jan 31, 2017
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Delineating the Brain Mechanisms Supporting Modulation of Pain by Meditation
    NIH F32AT006949Jul 25, 2012 - Jul 24, 2014
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. ENIGMA-Meditation: Worldwide consortium for neuroscientific investigations of meditation practices. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2024 Nov 06. Ganesan S, Barrios FA, Batta I, Bauer CCC, Braver TS, Brewer JA, Brown KW, Cahn R, Cain JA, Calhoun VD, Cao L, Chetelat G, Ching CRK, Creswell JD, Dagnino PC, Davanger S, Davidson RJ, Deco G, Dutcher JM, Escrichs A, Eyler LT, Fani N, Farb NAS, Fialoke S, Fresco DM, Garg R, Garland EL, Goldin P, Hafeman DM, Jahanshad N, Kang Y, Khalsa SS, Kirlic N, Lazar SW, Lutz A, McDermott TJ, Pagnoni G, Piguet C, Prakash RS, Rahrig H, Reggente N, Saccaro LF, Sacchet MD, Siegle GJ, Tang YY, Thomopoulos SI, Thompson PM, Torske A, Treves IN, Tripathi V, Tsuchiyagaito A, Turner MD, Vago DR, Valk S, Zeidan F, Zalesky A, Turner JA, King AP. PMID: 39515581.
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    2. Self-regulated analgesia in males but not females is mediated by endogenous opioids. PNAS Nexus. 2024 Oct; 3(10):pgae453. Dean JG, Reyes M, Oliva V, Khatib L, Riegner G, Gonzalez N, Posey G, Collier J, Birenbaum J, Chakravarthy K, Wells RE, Goodin B, Fillingim R, Zeidan F. PMID: 39430222; PMCID: PMC11489871.
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    3. Mindfulness Meditation and Placebo Modulate Distinct Multivariate Neural Signatures to Reduce Pain. Biol Psychiatry. 2024 Aug 30. Riegner G, Dean J, Wager TD, Zeidan F. PMID: 39216636.
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    4. ENIGMA-Chronic Pain: a worldwide initiative to identify brain correlates of chronic pain. Pain. 2024 Jul 26. Quidé Y, Jahanshad N, Andoh J, Antoniou G, Apkarian AV, Ashar YK, Badran BW, Baird CL, Baxter L, Bell TR, Blanco-Hinojo L, Borckardt J, Cheung CL, Ciampi de Andrade D, Couto BA, Cox SR, Cruz-Almeida Y, Dannlowski U, De Martino E, de Tommaso M, Deus J, Domin M, Egorova-Brumley N, Elliott J, Fanton S, Fauchon C, Flor H, Franz CE, Gatt JM, Gerdhem P, Gilman JM, Gollub RL, Govind V, Graven-Nielsen T, Håkansson G, Hales T, Haswell C, Heukamp NJ, Hu L, Huang L, Hussain A, Jensen K, Kircher T, Kremen WS, Leehr EJ, Lindquist M, Loggia ML, Lotze M, Martucci KT, Meeker TJ, Meinert S, Millard SK, Morey RA, Murillo C, Nees F, Nenadic I, Park HRP, Peng X, Ploner M, Pujol J, Robayo LE, Salan T, Seminowicz DA, Serian A, Slater R, Stein F, Stevens J, Strauss S, Sun D, Vachon-Presseau E, Valdes-Hernandez PA, Vanneste S, Vernon M, Verriotis M, Wager TD, Widerstrom-Noga E, Woodbury A, Zeidan F, Bhatt RR, Ching CRK, Haddad E, Thomopoulos SI, Thompson PM, Gustin SM. PMID: 39058957.
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    5. Effects of Savoring Meditation on Positive Emotions and Pain-Related Brain Function: A Mechanistic Randomized Controlled Trial in People With Rheumatoid Arthritis. J Pain. 2024 Jul; 25(7):104478. Finan PH, Hunt C, Keaser ML, Smith K, Lerman S, Bingham CO, Barrett F, Garland EL, Zeidan F, Seminowicz DA. PMID: 38244899.
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    6. Self-regulation training for people with knee osteoarthritis: a protocol for a feasibility randomised control trial (MiNT trial). Front Pain Res (Lausanne). 2023; 4:1271839. Mani R, Adhia DB, Awatere S, Gray AR, Mathew J, Wilson LC, Still A, Jackson D, Hudson B, Zeidan F, Fillingim R, De Ridder D. PMID: 38269396; PMCID: PMC10806808.
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    7. WITHDRAWN: I feel your pain: Higher empathy is associated with higher posterior default mode network activity. bioRxiv. 2023 Dec 28. Oliva V, Riegner G, Dean J, Khatib LA, Allen A, Barrows D, Chen C, Fuentes R, Jacobson A, Lopez C, Mosbey D, Reyes M, Ross J, Uvarova A, Liu T, Mobley W, Zeidan F. PMID: 37645854; PMCID: PMC10462016.
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    8. The role of endogenous opioids in mindfulness and sham mindfulness-meditation for the direct alleviation of evoked chronic low back pain: a randomized clinical trial. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2024 Jun; 49(7):1069-1077. Khatib L, Dean JG, Oliva V, Riegner G, Gonzalez NE, Birenbaum J, Cruanes GF, Miller J, Patterson M, Kim HC, Chakravarthy K, Zeidan F. PMID: 37985872; PMCID: PMC11109232.
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    9. Effects of Savoring Meditation on Positive Emotions and Pain-Related Brain Function: A Mechanistic Randomized Controlled Trial in People With Rheumatoid Arthritis. medRxiv. 2023 Sep 08. Finan PH, Hunt C, Keaser ML, Smith K, Lerman S, Bingham CO, Barrett F, Garland EL, Zeidan F, Seminowicz DA. PMID: 37732231; PMCID: PMC10508795.
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    10. The Mindful Reappraisal of Pain Scale (MRPS): Validation of a New Measure of Psychological Mechanisms of Mindfulness-Based Analgesia. Mindfulness (N Y). 2023 Jan; 14(1):192-204. Garland EL, Roberts RL, Hanley AW, Zeidan F, Keefe FJ. PMID: 37901118; PMCID: PMC10611443.
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    11. A randomized pilot of eHealth mindful movement and breathing to improve gynecologic surgery outcomes. J Psychosoc Oncol. 2023; 41(3):251-266. Sohl SJ, Tooze JA, Levine BJ, Zeidan F, Wheeler A, Kelly M, Shalowitz D, Danhauer SC. PMID: 35900116; PMCID: PMC9883595.
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    12. Disentangling self from pain: mindfulness meditation-induced pain relief is driven by thalamic-default mode network decoupling. Pain. 2023 02 01; 164(2):280-291. Riegner G, Posey G, Oliva V, Jung Y, Mobley W, Zeidan F. PMID: 36095039; PMCID: PMC9823141.
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    13. The Effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Trauma in Victims of Gun Violence: a Pilot Study. Mindfulness (N Y). 2022; 13(4):1032-1041. Khatib L, Riegner G, Dean JG, Oliva V, Cruanes G, Mulligan BA, Zeidan F. PMID: 35341090; PMCID: PMC8938160.
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    14. The Role of Expectations and Endogenous Opioids in Mindfulness-Based Relief of Experimentally Induced Acute Pain. Psychosom Med. 2021 Jul-Aug 01; 83(6):549-556. Case L, Adler-Neal AL, Wells RE, Zeidan F. PMID: 33480666; PMCID: PMC8415135.
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    15. Effectiveness of Mindfulness Meditation vs Headache Education for Adults With Migraine: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2021 03 01; 181(3):317-328. Wells RE, O'Connell N, Pierce CR, Estave P, Penzien DB, Loder E, Zeidan F, Houle TT. PMID: 33315046; PMCID: PMC7737157.
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    16. Response to Mukhdomi and Mukhdomi's letter to the editor. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2021 06; 46(6):557-558. Castellanos JP, Woolley C, Bruno KA, Zeidan F, Halberstadt A, Furnish T. PMID: 33033159.
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    17. Pain relief for osteoarthritis through combined treatment (PROACT): Protocol for a randomized controlled trial of mindfulness meditation combined with transcranial direct current stimulation in non-Hispanic black and white adults with knee osteoarthritis. Contemp Clin Trials. 2020 11; 98:106159. Fillingim RB, Woods AJ, Ahn H, Wu SS, Redden DT, Lai S, Deshpande H, Deutsch G, Sibille KT, Staud R, Zeidan F, Goodin BR. PMID: 32992020; PMCID: PMC7686081.
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    18. Neurophysiological Mechanisms Supporting Mindfulness Meditation-Based Pain Relief: an Updated Review. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2020 Aug 17; 24(10):56. Jinich-Diamant A, Garland E, Baumgartner J, Gonzalez N, Riegner G, Birenbaum J, Case L, Zeidan F. PMID: 32803491.
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    19. Chronic pain and psychedelics: a review and proposed mechanism of action. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2020 07; 45(7):486-494. Castellanos JP, Woolley C, Bruno KA, Zeidan F, Halberstadt A, Furnish T. PMID: 32371500.
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    20. Attention to breath sensations does not engage endogenous opioids to reduce pain. Pain. 2020 08; 161(8):1884-1893. Wells RE, Collier J, Posey G, Morgan A, Auman T, Strittmatter B, Magalhaes R, Adler-Neal A, McHaffie JG, Zeidan F. PMID: 32701847; PMCID: PMC7483215.
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    21. Brain moderators supporting the relationship between depressive mood and pain. Pain. 2019 09; 160(9):2028-2035. Adler-Neal AL, Emerson NM, Farris SR, Jung Y, Coghill RC, Zeidan F. PMID: 31095097; PMCID: PMC6699932.
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    22. The neural mechanisms of mindfulness-based pain relief: a functional magnetic resonance imaging-based review and primer. Pain Rep. 2019 Jul-Aug; 4(4):e759. Zeidan F, Baumgartner JN, Coghill RC. PMID: 31579851; PMCID: PMC6728003.
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    23. The Role of Heart Rate Variability in Mindfulness-Based Pain Relief. J Pain. 2020 Mar - Apr; 21(3-4):306-323. Adler-Neal AL, Waugh CE, Garland EL, Shaltout HA, Diz DI, Zeidan F. PMID: 31377215; PMCID: PMC6994350.
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    24. Brief mindfulness training enhances cognitive control in socioemotional contexts: Behavioral and neural evidence. PLoS One. 2019; 14(7):e0219862. Quaglia JT, Zeidan F, Grossenbacher PG, Freeman SP, Braun SE, Martelli A, Goodman RJ, Brown KW. PMID: 31323050; PMCID: PMC6641506.
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    25. Iterative adaptation process for eHealth Mindful Movement and Breathing to improve gynecologic cancer surgery outcomes. Psychooncology. 2019 08; 28(8):1774-1777. Sohl SJ, Tooze JA, Wheeler A, Zeidan F, Wagner LI, Evans S, Kelly M, Shalowitz D, Green M, Levine B, Danhauer SC. PMID: 31219212; PMCID: PMC6746405.
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    26. Employing pain and mindfulness to understand consciousness: a symbiotic relationship. Curr Opin Psychol. 2019 08; 28:192-197. Grant JA, Zeidan F. PMID: 30776682; PMCID: PMC6616002.
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    27. Brief Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Acute and Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review. J Altern Complement Med. 2019 Mar; 25(3):265-278. McClintock AS, McCarrick SM, Garland EL, Zeidan F, Zgierska AE. PMID: 30523705; PMCID: PMC6437625.
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    28. Neural mechanisms supporting the relationship between dispositional mindfulness and pain. Pain. 2018 Dec; 159(12):2477-2485. Zeidan F, Salomons T, Farris SR, Emerson NM, Adler-Neal A, Jung Y, Coghill RC. PMID: 30015711; PMCID: PMC6237620.
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    29. Trait Mindfulness Is Associated With Lower Pain Reactivity and Connectivity of the Default Mode Network. J Pain. 2019 06; 20(6):645-654. Harrison R, Zeidan F, Kitsaras G, Ozcelik D, Salomons TV. PMID: 30496832.
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    30. Enhancement of Meditation Analgesia by Opioid Antagonist in Experienced Meditators. Psychosom Med. 2018 Nov/Dec; 80(9):807-813. May LM, Kosek P, Zeidan F, Berkman ET. PMID: 29595707; PMCID: PMC6162167.
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    31. Mindfulness Meditation for Fibromyalgia: Mechanistic and Clinical Considerations. Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2017 Sep; 19(9):59. Adler-Neal AL, Zeidan F. PMID: 28752493; PMCID: PMC5693231.
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    32. No, Mindfulness Meditation-Based Analgesia Is Not Mediated by Endogenous Opioids. Am J Med. 2016 11; 129(11):e297. Zeidan F. PMID: 27770844; PMCID: PMC5505568.
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    33. The brain on silent: mind wandering, mindful awareness, and states of mental tranquility. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2016 06; 1373(1):96-113. Vago DR, Zeidan F. PMID: 27398642; PMCID: PMC5866730.
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    34. Mindfulness meditation-based pain relief: a mechanistic account. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2016 06; 1373(1):114-27. Zeidan F, Vago DR. PMID: 27398643; PMCID: PMC4941786.
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    35. Mindfulness-Meditation-Based Pain Relief Is Not Mediated by Endogenous Opioids. J Neurosci. 2016 Mar 16; 36(11):3391-7. Zeidan F, Adler-Neal AL, Wells RE, Stagnaro E, May LM, Eisenach JC, McHaffie JG, Coghill RC. PMID: 26985045; PMCID: PMC4792946.
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    36. Mindfulness Meditation-Based Pain Relief Employs Different Neural Mechanisms Than Placebo and Sham Mindfulness Meditation-Induced Analgesia. J Neurosci. 2015 Nov 18; 35(46):15307-25. Zeidan F, Emerson NM, Farris SR, Ray JN, Jung Y, McHaffie JG, Coghill RC. PMID: 26586819; PMCID: PMC4649004.
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    37. Brain mechanisms supporting violated expectations of pain. Pain. 2015 Sep; 156(9):1772-1785. Zeidan F, Lobanov OV, Kraft RA, Coghill RC. PMID: 26083664; PMCID: PMC4545679.
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    38. Pain sensitivity is inversely related to regional grey matter density in the brain. Pain. 2014 Mar; 155(3):566-573. Emerson NM, Zeidan F, Lobanov OV, Hadsel MS, Martucci KT, Quevedo AS, Starr CJ, Nahman-Averbuch H, Weissman-Fogel I, Granovsky Y, Yarnitsky D, Coghill RC. PMID: 24333778; PMCID: PMC3944887.
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    39. From cue to meaning: brain mechanisms supporting the construction of expectations of pain. Pain. 2014 Jan; 155(1):129-136. Lobanov OV, Zeidan F, McHaffie JG, Kraft RA, Coghill RC. PMID: 24055334; PMCID: PMC3947355.
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    40. The downward spiral of chronic pain, prescription opioid misuse, and addiction: cognitive, affective, and neuropsychopharmacologic pathways. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2013 Dec; 37(10 Pt 2):2597-607. Garland EL, Froeliger B, Zeidan F, Partin K, Howard MO. PMID: 23988582; PMCID: PMC3967721.
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    41. Neural correlates of mindfulness meditation-related anxiety relief. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2014 Jun; 9(6):751-9. Zeidan F, Martucci KT, Kraft RA, McHaffie JG, Coghill RC. PMID: 23615765; PMCID: PMC4040088.
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    42. Functional connections between self-referential thought and chronic pain: a dysfunctional relationship. Pain. 2013 Jan; 154(1):3-4. Zeidan F, Coghill RC. PMID: 23159570.
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    43. Mindfulness meditation-related pain relief: evidence for unique brain mechanisms in the regulation of pain. Neurosci Lett. 2012 Jun 29; 520(2):165-73. Zeidan F, Grant JA, Brown CA, McHaffie JG, Coghill RC. PMID: 22487846; PMCID: PMC3580050.
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    44. Brain mechanisms supporting the modulation of pain by mindfulness meditation. J Neurosci. 2011 Apr 06; 31(14):5540-8. Zeidan F, Martucci KT, Kraft RA, Gordon NS, McHaffie JG, Coghill RC. PMID: 21471390; PMCID: PMC3090218.
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    45. Effects of brief and sham mindfulness meditation on mood and cardiovascular variables. J Altern Complement Med. 2010 Aug; 16(8):867-73. Zeidan F, Johnson SK, Gordon NS, Goolkasian P. PMID: 20666590.
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    46. Mindfulness meditation improves cognition: evidence of brief mental training. Conscious Cogn. 2010 Jun; 19(2):597-605. Zeidan F, Johnson SK, Diamond BJ, David Z, Goolkasian P. PMID: 20363650.
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    47. The effects of brief mindfulness meditation training on experimentally induced pain. J Pain. 2010 Mar; 11(3):199-209. Zeidan F, Gordon NS, Merchant J, Goolkasian P. PMID: 19853530.
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