Fadel Zeidan

Title(s)	Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
School	Vc-health Sciences-schools
Address	9500 Gilman Drive # La Jolla CA 92093
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Research

Research Activities and Funding

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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Publications

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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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Neo Neoplasms Psy Psychology Soc Social Sciences
Translation:Humans
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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Neu Neurology Psy Psychophysiology
Translation:Humans
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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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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Psy Psychiatry
Translation:Humans
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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Int Internal Medicine
Translation:Humans
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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Ane Anesthesiology Neu Neurology Psy Psychophysiology
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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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Med Medicine (General)The Therapeutics
Translation:Humans CTClinical Trials
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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Neu Neurology Psy Psychophysiology
Translation:Humans
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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Ane Anesthesiology Neu Neurology Psy Psychophysiology
Translation:Humans
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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Neu Neurology Psy Psychophysiology
Translation:Humans
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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Neu Neurology Psy Psychophysiology
Translation:Humans
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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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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Neu Neurology Psy Psychophysiology
Translation:Humans
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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Med Medicine (General)Sci Science
Translation:Humans
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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Neo Neoplasms Psy Psychology
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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Psy Psychology
Translation:Humans
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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Com Complementary Therapies
Translation:Humans
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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Neu Neurology Psy Psychophysiology
Translation:Humans
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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Neu Neurology Psy Psychophysiology
Translation:Humans
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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Psy Psychiatry
Translation:Humans
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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Rhe Rheumatology
Translation:Humans Cells
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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Med Medicine (General)
Translation:Humans
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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Sci Science
Translation:Humans
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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Sci Science
Translation:Humans
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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Neu Neurology
Translation:Humans
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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Neu Neurology
Translation:Humans
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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Neu Neurology Psy Psychophysiology
Translation:Humans
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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Neu Neurology Psy Psychophysiology
Translation:Humans
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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Neu Neurology Psy Psychophysiology
Translation:Humans
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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Beh Behavioral Sciences Neu Neurology
Translation:Humans
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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Neu Neurology Soc Social Sciences
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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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Neu Neurology Psy Psychophysiology
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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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Neu Neurology
Translation:Humans
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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Neu Neurology
Translation:Humans CTClinical Trials
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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Com Complementary Therapies
Translation:Humans
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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Psy Psychology Psy Psychophysiology
Translation:Humans CTClinical Trials
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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Neu Neurology Psy Psychophysiology
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