Robert LaMotte, PhD
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Professor Emeritus of Anesthesiology
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Dr. Robert H. LaMotte is a Professor of Anesthesiology and of Neuroscience at the Yale School of Medicine. Before joining Yale, Dr. LaMotte was a PHS Postdoctoral Fellow of Physiology and an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Physiology at The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He received his MS and PhD from Kansas State University and became a NASA Fellow of Psychology there in 1964. Dr. LaMotte received the Jacob K. Javits Neuroscience Award in 1984 and again in 1991. He was the Associate Editor of The Journal of Neuroscience from 1981 to 1985 and has been on the Editorial Board of a range of medical journals, most recently, Pain Forum and The Journal of Pain. Dr. LaMotte now runs his own laboratory at the Yale School of Medicine using the methods of single-cell electrophysiology and sensory psychophysics to study the peripheral neural mechanisms of pain and itch in humans and animals.
Last Updated on February 25, 2025.
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- Johns Hopkins University (1970)
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- Kansas State University (1968)
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- Kansas State University (1966)
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Anesthesiology; Nervous System; Neurochemistry; Neurons; Neurophysiology; Nociceptive Pain; Pain
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Stephen Waxman, MD, PhD
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80Publications
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2024
Allergic Contact Dermatitis: A Model of Inflammatory Itch and Pain in Human and Mouse
LaMotte R. Allergic Contact Dermatitis: A Model of Inflammatory Itch and Pain in Human and Mouse. 2024, 23-32. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-8921-8_2.ChaptersItch and Pain Behaviors in Irritant Contact Dermatitis Produced by Sodium Lauryl Sulfate in Mice
Malewicz-Oeck N, Zhang Z, Shimada S, LaMotte R. Itch and Pain Behaviors in Irritant Contact Dermatitis Produced by Sodium Lauryl Sulfate in Mice. International Journal Of Molecular Sciences 2024, 25: 7718. PMID: 39062959, PMCID: PMC11276812, DOI: 10.3390/ijms25147718.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2018
Anti-nociceptive effects of bupivacaine-encapsulated PLGA nanoparticles applied to the compressed dorsal root ganglion in mice
Wang T, Hurwitz O, Shimada SG, Tian D, Dai F, Zhou J, Ma C, LaMotte RH. Anti-nociceptive effects of bupivacaine-encapsulated PLGA nanoparticles applied to the compressed dorsal root ganglion in mice. Neuroscience Letters 2018, 668: 154-158. PMID: 29355697, PMCID: PMC5829013, DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2018.01.031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitations
2017
Molecular basis of tactile specialization in the duck bill
Schneider ER, Anderson EO, Mastrotto M, Matson JD, Schulz VP, Gallagher PG, LaMotte RH, Gracheva EO, Bagriantsev SN. Molecular basis of tactile specialization in the duck bill. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2017, 114: 13036-13041. PMID: 29109250, PMCID: PMC5724259, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1708793114.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsAvian ProteinsBeakChickensCloning, MolecularDucksEmbryo, NonmammalianGene ExpressionGenetic VectorsHEK293 CellsHumansIon ChannelsKineticsMechanoreceptorsMechanotransduction, CellularMicePatch-Clamp TechniquesRecombinant ProteinsRNA, Small InterferingSequence Homology, Amino AcidSpecies SpecificityTouchTouch PerceptionTrigeminal GanglionCl− channel is required for CXCL10-induced neuronal activation and itch response in a murine model of allergic contact dermatitis
Qu L, Fu K, Shimada SG, LaMotte RH. Cl− channel is required for CXCL10-induced neuronal activation and itch response in a murine model of allergic contact dermatitis. Journal Of Neurophysiology 2017, 118: 619-624. PMID: 28446581, PMCID: PMC5511864, DOI: 10.1152/jn.00187.2017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2016
Allergic Contact Dermatitis: A Model of Inflammatory Itch and Pain in Human and Mouse
LaMotte RH. Allergic Contact Dermatitis: A Model of Inflammatory Itch and Pain in Human and Mouse. Advances In Experimental Medicine And Biology 2016, 904: 23-32. PMID: 26900060, PMCID: PMC4910628, DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-7537-3_2.ChaptersCitations
2015
Chronic Compression of the Dorsal Root Ganglion Enhances Mechanically Evoked Pain Behavior and the Activity of Cutaneous Nociceptors in Mice
Wang T, Hurwitz O, Shimada SG, Qu L, Fu K, Zhang P, Ma C, LaMotte RH. Chronic Compression of the Dorsal Root Ganglion Enhances Mechanically Evoked Pain Behavior and the Activity of Cutaneous Nociceptors in Mice. PLOS ONE 2015, 10: e0137512. PMID: 26356638, PMCID: PMC4565551, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137512.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricCXCR3 chemokine receptor signaling mediates itch in experimental allergic contact dermatitis
Qu L, Fu K, Yang J, Shimada SG, LaMotte RH. CXCR3 chemokine receptor signaling mediates itch in experimental allergic contact dermatitis. Pain 2015, 156: 1737-1746. PMID: 25932692, PMCID: PMC4545682, DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000208.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricPsychophysical Measurements of Itch and Nociceptive Sensations in an Experimental Model of Allergic Contact Dermatitis
Pall PS, Hurwitz OE, King BA, LaMotte RH. Psychophysical Measurements of Itch and Nociceptive Sensations in an Experimental Model of Allergic Contact Dermatitis. Journal Of Pain 2015, 16: 741-749. PMID: 26002605, PMCID: PMC4522332, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2015.04.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2014
Enhanced excitability of MRGPRA3- and MRGPRD-positive nociceptors in a model of inflammatory itch and pain
Qu L, Fan N, Ma C, Wang T, Han L, Fu K, Wang Y, Shimada SG, Dong X, LaMotte RH. Enhanced excitability of MRGPRA3- and MRGPRD-positive nociceptors in a model of inflammatory itch and pain. Brain 2014, 137: 1039-1050. PMID: 24549959, PMCID: PMC3959553, DOI: 10.1093/brain/awu007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
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