Coghill Lab
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Publications

Nahman-Averbuch, H; Leon, E; Hunter, BM; Ding, L; Hershey, AD; Powers, SW; King, CD; Coghill, RC. Increased pain sensitivity but normal pain modulation in adolescents with migraine. Pain. 2019; 160(5):1019-1028.

Nahman-Averbuch, H; Shefi, T; Schneider, VJ; Li, D; Ding, L; King, CD; Coghill, RC. Quantitative sensory testing in patients with migraine: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Pain. 2018; 159(7):1202-1223.

Quevedo, AS; Mørch, CD; Andersen, OK; Coghill, RC. Lateral inhibition during nociceptive processing. Pain. 2017; 158(6):1046-1052.

Zeidan, F; Adler-Neal, AL; Wells, RE; Stagnaro, E; May, LM; Eisenach, JC; Mchaffie, JG; Coghill, RC. Mindfulness-Meditation-Based Pain Relief Is Not Mediated by Endogenous Opioids. Journal of Neuroscience. 2016; 36(11):3391-3397.

Zeidan, F; Martucci, KT; Kraft, RA; Gordon, NS; Mchaffie, JG; Coghill, RC. Brain mechanisms supporting the modulation of pain by mindfulness meditation. Journal of Neuroscience. 2011; 31(14):5540-5548.

Quevedo, AS; Coghill, RC. Attentional modulation of spatial integration of pain: evidence for dynamic spatial tuning. Journal of Neuroscience. 2007; 27(43):11635-11640.

Koyama, T; Mchaffie, JG; Laurienti, PJ; Coghill, RC. The subjective experience of pain: where expectations become reality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2005; 102(36):12950-12955.

Coghill, RC; Mchaffie, JG; Yen, Y-F. Neural correlates of interindividual differences in the subjective experience of pain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2003; 100(14):8538-8542.

Grill, JD; Coghill, RC. Transient analgesia evoked by noxious stimulus offset. Journal of Neurophysiology. 2002; 87(4):2205-2208.

Coghill, RC; Sang, CN; Maisog, JM; Iadarola, MJ. Pain intensity processing within the human brain: a bilateral, distributed mechanism. Journal of Neurophysiology. 1999; 82(4):1934-1943.

Coghill, RC; Talbot, JD; Evans, AC; Meyer, E; Gjedde, A; Bushnell, MC; Duncan, GH. Distributed processing of pain and vibration by the human brain. Journal of Neuroscience. 1994; 14(7):4095-4108.

Coghill, RC; Price, DD; Hayes, RL; Mayer, DJ. Spatial distribution of nociceptive processing in the rat spinal cord. Journal of Neurophysiology. 1991; 65(1):133-140.

Martín-Herrero, L; Suñol, M; Pascual-Diaz, S; Ting, TV; Dudley, JA; Jackson, C; Kashikar-Zuck, S; Coghill, RC; López-Solà, M. Patient subtyping in juvenile fibromyalgia: the role of multisensory hypersensitivity and neurophysiological correlates. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 2025; 50(10):946-957.

Frankenstein, T; Szikszay, TM; Coghill, RC; Luedtke, K; Adamczyk, WM. Wird die räumliche Summierung von Schmerzen durch die empfundene Größe der schmerzhaften Oberfläche geprägt? SPECTILE. Physioscience. 2025; 21:s7-s7.

Adamczyk, WM; Ramu, V; Jackson, C; Schulze, G; Goldschneider, KR; Kashikar-Zuck, S; King, CD; Coghill, RC. Radiation of pain: psychophysical evidence for a population coding mechanism in humans. Pain. 2025; 166(6):1285-1295.

Suñol, M; Pascual-Diaz, S; Dudley, J; Payne, MF; Jackson, C; Tong, H; Ting, TV; Kashikar-Zuck, S; Coghill, RC; López-Solà, M. Neurophysiology of resilience in juvenile fibromyalgia. Pain. 2025; 166(9):e200-e211.

Bellin, MD; Andersen, DK; Akshintala, V; Born, D; Coghill, RC; Easler, J; Fogel, EL; Forsmark, CE; Freeman, AJ; Hughes, SJ; Vandalfsen, J; Whitcomb, DC; Wu, B; Yadav, D. Heterogeneity in Pancreatitis: Recognizing Heterogeneity and Its Role in the Management of Pancreatitis Summary of a National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Workshop. Pancreas. 2025; 54(2):e114-e121.

Hoeppli, ME; Nahman-Averbuch, H; Hinkle, WA; Leon, E; Peugh, J; López-Solà, M; King, CD; Goldschneider, KR; Coghill, RC. Reply to: Interindividual differences in pain can be explained by fMRI, sociodemographic, and psychological factors. Nature Communications. 2024; 15(1):7884.

Nahman-Averbuch, H; Piché, M; Bannister, K; Coghill, RC. Involvement of propriospinal processes in conditioned pain modulation. Pain. 2024; 165(9):1907-1913.

Boggero, IA; Nahman-Averbuch, H; Hunter, BM; Peugh, J; Leon, E; Schneider Ii, VJ; Emerson, NM; Thomas, PL; Kashikar-Zuck, S; Hughes, C; Hoeppli, M-E; King, CD; Coghill, RC. Weak Relationships Between Psychological Factors and Experimental Pain Outcomes in Pain-Free Individuals: An Aggregate Analysis of 8 Studies. Journal of Pain. 2024; 25(6):104444.

Jackson, CJ; Hoeppli, M-E; Henrich, M; Morgan, T; Schildmeyer, H; Peugh, J; Coghill, RC. Validation Of Interindividual Differences in Pain Sensitivity Through Noxious Stimulus Discrimination. Journal of Pain. 2024; 25(4):31.

Adamczyk, WM; Ramu, V; Jackson, C; Schulze, G; Goldschneider, KR; Kashikar-Zuck, S; King, CD; Coghill, RC. Radiation Of Pain in Humans: Evidence for A Psychophysical Manifestation of a Neural Population Coding Mechanism? Journal of Pain. 2024; 25(4):20.

Suñol, M; Dudley, J; Payne, MF; Tong, H; Ting, TV; Kashikar-Zuck, S; Coghill, RC; López-Solà, M. Reduced Cortico-Cortical Resting-State Connectivity in Sensory Systems Related to Bodily Pain in Juvenile Fibromyalgia. Arthritis & Rheumatology. 2024; 76(2):293-303.

Cunningham, NR; Adler, MA; Barber Garcia, BN; Abounader, T; Miller, AK; Monzalvo, M; Hashemi, I; Cox, R; Ely, SL; Zhou, Y; Kashikar-Zuck, S; Coghill, RC; Arnetz, JE; Zhu, DC. Study protocol for a pilot clinical trial to understand neural mechanisms of response to a psychological treatment for pain and anxiety in pediatric functional abdominal pain disorders (FAPD). PLoS ONE. 2024; 19(3):e0299170.

Hoeppli, ME; Garenfeld, MA; Mortensen, CK; Nahman-Averbuch, H; King, CD; Coghill, RC. Denoising task-related fMRI: Balancing noise reduction against signal loss. Human Brain Mapping. 2023; 44(17):5523-5546.

Nahman-Averbuch, H; Hughes, C; Hoeppli, M-E; White, K; Peugh, J; Leon, E; King, CD; Coghill, RC. Communication of pain intensity and unpleasantness through magnitude ratings: Influence of scale type, but not gender of the participant. European Journal of Pain. 2023; 27(10):1161-1176.

Tong, H; Maloney, TC; Payne, MF; Suñol, M; Dudley, JA; King, CD; Ting, TV; Kashikar-Zuck, S; Coghill, RC; López-Solà, M. Augmented pain-evoked primary sensorimotor cortex activation in adolescent girls with juvenile fibromyalgia. Pain. 2023; 164(10):2316-2326.

Greiner, HM; Maue, E; Horn, PS; Vannest, J; Vedala, K; Leach, JL; Tenney, JR; Williamson, B; Fujiwara, H; Coghill, RC; Mangano, FT; Kadis, DS. Tolerability of transcranial magnetic stimulation language mapping in children. Epilepsy Research. 2023; 194:107183.

Oliva, V; Baumgartner, JN; Farris, SR; Riegner, G; Khatib, L; Jung, Y; Coghill, RC; Zeidan, F. Neural and Psychological Mechanisms in the Relationship Between Resting Breathing Rate and Pain. Mindfulness. 2023; 14(7):1780-1789.

Adamczyk, WM; Katra, M; Szikszay, TM; Peugh, J; King, CD; Luedtke, K; Coghill, RC. Spatial Tuning in Nociceptive Processing Is Driven by Attention. Journal of Pain. 2023; 24(6):1116-1125.

Adamczyk, W; Jackson, C; Schulze, G; Goldschneider, K; Kashikar-Zuck, S; King, CD; Coghill, RC. The Spatial Features Of Pain: Mapping The Extent Of Experimental Pain. Journal of Pain. 2023; 24(4):55.

Coghill, RC. The distributed nociceptive system: a novel framework for understanding pain. Scandinavian Journal of Pain. 2022; 22(4):679-680.

Cunningham, NR; Nahman-Averbuch, H; Lee, GR; King, CD; Coghill, RC. Amygdalar functional connectivity during resting and evoked pain in youth with functional abdominal pain disorders. Pain. 2022; 163(10):2031-2043.

Tong, H; Maloney, TC; Payne, MF; King, CD; Ting, TV; Kashikar-Zuck, S; Coghill, RC; López-Solà, M. Processing of pain by the developing brain: evidence of differences between adolescent and adult females. Pain. 2022; 163(9):1777-1789.

Santucci, NR; King, C; El-Chammas, KI; Wongteerasut, A; Damrongmanee, A; Graham, K; Fei, L; Sahay, R; Jones, C; Cunningham, NR; Coghill, RC. Effect of percutaneous electrical nerve field stimulation on mechanosensitivity, sleep, and psychological comorbidities in adolescents with functional abdominal pain disorders. Neurogastroenterology and Motility. 2022; 34(8):e14358.

Tong, H; Maloney, TC; Payne, MF; Suñol, M; King, CD; Ting, TV; Kashikar-Zuck, S; Coghill, RC; López-Solà, M. Augmented Pain-Evoked Primary Sensorimotor Cortex Activation in Adolescent Girls with Juvenile Fibromyalgia. . 2022; 2022.07.13.22277562.

Suñol, M; Payne, MF; Tong, H; Maloney, TC; Ting, TV; Kashikar-Zuck, S; Coghill, RC; López-Solà, M. Brain Structural Changes During Juvenile Fibromyalgia: Relationships With Pain, Fatigue, and Functional Disability. Arthritis & Rheumatology. 2022; 74(7):1284-1294.

Hoeppli, ME; Nahman-Averbuch, H; Hinkle, WA; Leon, E; Peugh, J; Lopez-Sola, M; King, CD; Goldschneider, KR; Coghill, RC. Dissociation between individual differences in self-reported pain intensity and underlying fMRI brain activation. Nature Communications. 2022; 13(1):3569.

Simons, L; Moayedi, M; Coghill, RC; Stinson, J; Angst, MS; Aghaeepour, N; Gaudilliere, B; King, CD; López-Solà, M; Hoeppli, M-E; Krane, EJ; Walker, S; Rush, G; Heirich, M. Signature for Pain Recovery IN Teens (SPRINT): protocol for a multisite prospective signature study in chronic musculoskeletal pain. BMJ Open. 2022; 12(6):e061548.

Nahman-Averbuch, H; Schneider, VJ; Lee, GR; Peugh, JL; Hershey, AD; Powers, SW; De Zambotti, M; Coghill, RC; King, CD. New insight into the neural mechanisms of migraine in adolescents: Relationships with sleep. Headache. 2022; 62(6):668-680.

Henrich, MC; Frahm, KS; Coghill, RC; Andersen, OK. Spinal Nociception is Facilitated during Cognitive Distraction. Neuroscience. 2022; 491:134-145.

Diekfuss, JA; Grooms, DR; Nissen, KS; Coghill, RC; Bonnette, S; Barber Foss, KD; Dudley, JA; Berz, K; Logan, K; Gubanich, P; Hansen, E; Leach, J; Yuan, W; Myer, GD. Does central nervous system dysfunction underlie patellofemoral pain in young females? Examining brain functional connectivity in association with patient-reported outcomes. Journal of Orthopaedic Research. 2022; 40(5):1083-1096.

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