Laura Case

Title(s)Associate Adjunct Professor, Anesthesiology
SchoolVc-health Sciences-schools
Address9500 Gilman Drive #
La Jolla CA 92093
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    Wellesley College, Wellesley, MABA06/2006Neuroscience and Philosophy
    UC San Diego, La Jolla, CAPhD12/2013Psychology and Cognitive Science

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    RCT of a Weighted Blanket to Reduce Pain in Veterans with Chronic Pain
    VA Clinical Science R&D I01CX002591Oct 1, 2023 - Sep 30, 2028
    Role: PI, then co-I
    Dynamic Evaluation of Neural Mechanisms for Affective Touch: Pathways for Touch-induced Pleasantness and Pain Modulation
    NIH R01AT012048May 3, 2023 - Feb 29, 2028
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Affective Sensory Pathways of Light Stroking and Deep Pressure Touch
    NIH R00AT009466Dec 23, 2019 - Nov 30, 2022
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Pain mechanisms in the transgender individual: a review. Front Pain Res (Lausanne). 2024; 5:1241015. Anger JT, Case LK, Baranowski AP, Berger A, Craft RM, Damitz LA, Gabriel R, Harrison T, Kaptein K, Lee S, Murphy AZ, Said E, Smith SA, Thomas DA, Valdés Hernández MDC, Trasvina V, Wesselmann U, Yaksh TL. PMID: 38601924; PMCID: PMC11004280.
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    2. Aβ-CT Affective Touch: Touch Pleasantness Ratings for Gentle Stroking and Deep Pressure Exhibit Dependence on A-Fibers. eNeuro. 2023 05; 10(5). Case LK, Madian N, McCall MV, Bradson ML, Liljencrantz J, Goldstein B, Alasha VJ, Zimmerman MS. PMID: 37169581; PMCID: PMC10226526.
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    3. Chronic pain patients low in social connectedness report higher pain and need deeper pressure for pain relief. Emotion. 2023 Dec; 23(8):2156-2168. Baumgartner JN, Haupt MR, Case LK. PMID: 36996174; PMCID: PMC10544689.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 7     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    4. Widespread Pressure Delivered by a Weighted Blanket Reduces Chronic Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Pain. 2022 01; 23(1):156-174. Baumgartner JN, Quintana D, Leija L, Schuster NM, Bruno KA, Castellanos JP, Case LK. PMID: 34425251.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    5. Innocuous pressure sensation requires A-type afferents but not functional ΡΙΕΖΟ2 channels in humans. Nat Commun. 2021 01 28; 12(1):657. Case LK, Liljencrantz J, Madian N, Necaise A, Tubbs J, McCall M, Bradson ML, Szczot M, Pitcher MH, Ghitani N, Frangos E, Cole J, Bharucha-Goebel D, Saade D, Ogata T, Donkervoort S, Foley AR, Bönnemann CG, Olausson H, Bushnell MC, Chesler AT. PMID: 33510158; PMCID: PMC7844252.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 16     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    6. Pleasant Deep Pressure: Expanding the Social Touch Hypothesis. Neuroscience. 2021 06 01; 464:3-11. Case LK, Liljencrantz J, McCall MV, Bradson M, Necaise A, Tubbs J, Olausson H, Wang B, Bushnell MC. PMID: 32768616; PMCID: PMC7865002.
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    7. Is placebo analgesia for heat pain a sensory effect? An exploratory study on minimizing the influence of response bias. Neurobiol Pain. 2019 Jan-Jul; 5. Case LK, Laubacher CM, Richards EA, Grossman M, Atlas LY, Parker S, Bushnell MC. PMID: 31080912; PMCID: PMC6505707.
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    8. Guided Imagery Improves Mood, Fatigue, and Quality of Life in Individuals With Multiple Sclerosis: An Exploratory Efficacy Trial of Healing Light Guided Imagery. J Evid Based Integr Med. 2018 Jan-Dec; 23:2515690X17748744. Case LK, Jackson P, Kinkel R, Mills PJ. PMID: 29405761; PMCID: PMC5871039.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 9     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    9. Inhibitory rTMS of secondary somatosensory cortex reduces intensity but not pleasantness of gentle touch. Neurosci Lett. 2017 Jul 13; 653:84-91. Case LK, Laubacher CM, Richards EA, Spagnolo PA, Olausson H, Bushnell MC. PMID: 28529174; PMCID: PMC5530593.
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    10. Altered White Matter and Sensory Response to Bodily Sensation in Female-to-Male Transgender Individuals. Arch Sex Behav. 2017 Jul; 46(5):1223-1237. Case LK, Brang D, Landazuri R, Viswanathan P, Ramachandran VS. PMID: 27646840; PMCID: PMC5357597.
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    11. Encoding of Touch Intensity But Not Pleasantness in Human Primary Somatosensory Cortex. J Neurosci. 2016 05 25; 36(21):5850-60. Case LK, Laubacher CM, Olausson H, Wang B, Spagnolo PA, Bushnell MC. PMID: 27225773; PMCID: PMC4879201.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 44     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    12. Touch Perception Altered by Chronic Pain and by Opioid Blockade. eNeuro. 2016 Jan-Feb; 3(1). Case LK, Ceko M, Gracely JL, Richards EA, Olausson H, Bushnell MC. PMID: 27022625; PMCID: PMC4785385.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 25     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    13. Common coding and dynamic interactions between observed, imagined, and experienced motor and somatosensory activity. Neuropsychologia. 2015 Dec; 79(Pt B):233-45. Case LK, Pineda J, Ramachandran VS. PMID: 25863237; PMCID: PMC4600026.
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    14. Effect of environment on the long-term consequences of chronic pain. Pain. 2015 Apr; 156 Suppl 1:S42-S49. Bushnell MC, Case LK, Ceko M, Cotton VA, Gracely JL, Low LA, Pitcher MH, Villemure C. PMID: 25789436; PMCID: PMC4367197.
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    15. External self-representations improve self-awareness in a child with autism. Neurocase. 2015; 21(2):206-10. Root NB, Case LK, Burrus CJ, Ramachandran VS. PMID: 24571201.
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    16. Aberrant neural mediation of verbal fluency in autism spectrum disorders. Brain Cogn. 2013 Nov; 83(2):218-26. Kenworthy L, Wallace GL, Birn R, Milleville SC, Case LK, Bandettini PA, Martin A. PMID: 24056237; PMCID: PMC3829693.
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    17. Heightened motor and sensory (mirror-touch) referral induced by nerve block or topical anesthetic. Neuropsychologia. 2013 Aug; 51(10):1823-8. Case LK, Gosavi R, Ramachandran VS. PMID: 23791606.
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    18. Alternating gender incongruity: a new neuropsychiatric syndrome providing insight into the dynamic plasticity of brain-sex. Med Hypotheses. 2012 May; 78(5):626-31. Case LK, Ramachandran VS. PMID: 22364652.
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    19. Diminished size-weight illusion in anorexia nervosa: evidence for visuo-proprioceptive integration deficit. Exp Brain Res. 2012 Mar; 217(1):79-87. Case LK, Wilson RC, Ramachandran VS. PMID: 22183754.
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    20. Diminished sensitivity to sad facial expressions in high functioning autism spectrum disorders is associated with symptomatology and adaptive functioning. J Autism Dev Disord. 2011 Nov; 41(11):1475-86. Wallace GL, Case LK, Harms MB, Silvers JA, Kenworthy L, Martin A. PMID: 21347615; PMCID: PMC3448486.
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    21. Impaired visual scanning and memory for faces in high-functioning autism spectrum disorders: it's not just the eyes. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2011 Nov; 17(6):1021-9. Snow J, Ingeholm JE, Levy IF, Caravella RA, Case LK, Wallace GL, Martin A. PMID: 21892988; PMCID: PMC3487596.
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    22. The phantom head. Perception. 2011; 40(3):367-70. Ramachandran VS, Krause B, Case LK. PMID: 21692426.
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    23. Immediate interpersonal and intermanual referral of sensations following anesthetic block of one arm. Arch Neurol. 2010 Dec; 67(12):1521-3. Case LK, Abrams RA, Ramachandran VS. PMID: 21149815.
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    24. Sources of group differences in functional connectivity: an investigation applied to autism spectrum disorder. Neuroimage. 2010 Jan 01; 49(1):401-14. Jones TB, Bandettini PA, Kenworthy L, Case LK, Milleville SC, Martin A, Birn RM. PMID: 19646533; PMCID: PMC2832835.
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