Doctor David Mahns
DIRECTOR, HIGHER DEGREE RESEARCH,
School of Medicine
SENIOR LECTURER INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY,
School of Medicine
Personal
Qualifications
- PhD University of New South Wales
UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- School of Medicine
- School of Medicine
Contact
| Email: | D.Mahns@uws.edu.au |
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| Extension: | 3784 |
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| Location: | 30.2.20 Campbelltown |
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Biography
David Mahns is a Senior Lecturer in Integrative Physiology at the School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney. After completing his doctoral work in Cardiovascular Physiology (1999) David undertook post-doctoral work in sensory physiology under the direction of Professor Mark Rowe as a NHMRC research officer. In 2003 he was appointed as Lecturer & Course coordinator (2003-2006). In 2007 David was appointed as a senior lecturer in Integrative Physiology at the University of Western Sydney. David specializes in quantifying the contribution of sensory nerves arising from skin and deep structures such as muscle and bone to perception. Recent work has focused on defining how we distinguish between non-painful (eg innocuous touch) and painful stimuli. These questions are addressed using psychophysical observations and detailed electrophysiological recording. In collaboration with Professor Macefield we are examining the contribution of different sensory nerves to the abnormal condition of allodynia where gentle touch is perceived painful.
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Publications
Journal Articles
- Nagi, S. and Mahns, D. (2013), 'C-tactile fibers contribute to cutaneous allodynia after eccentric exercise', Journal of Pain, 11.
- Mahns, D. and Nagi, S. (2013), 'An investigation into the peripheral substrates involved in the tactile modulation of cutaneous pain with emphasis on the C-tactile fibres', Experimental Brain Research, 9.
- Lauto, A., Stoodley, M., Barton, M., Morley, J., Mahns, D., Longo, L. and Mawad, D. (2012), 'Fabrication and Application of Rose Bengal-Chitosan Films in Laser Tissue Repair', Journal of Visualized Experiments, 6.
- Rubin, T., Lake, S., Van der Kooi, S., Lucas, N., Lucas, N., Mahns, D., Henderson, L. and Macefield, V. (2012), 'Predicting the spatiotemporal expression of local and referred acute muscle pain in individual subjects', Experimental Brain Research, 8.
- Barton, M., Piller, S., Piller, S., Mahns, D., Morley, J., Mawad, D., Longo, L. and Lauto, A. (2012), 'In vitro cell compatibility study of rose bengal-chitosan adhesives', Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 7.
- Lauto, A., Stoodley, M., Barton, M., Morley, J., Mahns, D., Longo, L. and Mawad, D. (2012), 'Fabrication and application of rose bengal-chitosan films in laser tissue repair', Journal of Visualized Experiments, .
- Nagi, S., Nagi, S., Rubin, T., Chelvanayagam, D., Chelvanayagam, D., Macefield, V., Macefield, V., Mahns, D. and Mahns, D. (2011), 'Allodynia mediated by C-tactile afferents in human hairy skin', Journal of Physiology, 11.
- Ivanusic, J., Sahai, V. and Mahns, D. (2009), 'The cortical representation of sensory inputs arising from bone', Brain Research, 7.
- Weerakkody, N., Mahns, D., Taylor, J. and Gandevia, S. (2007), 'Impairment of human proprioception by high-frequency cutaneous vibration', The Journal of Physiology, 10.
- Mahns, D., Ivanusic, J., Sahai, V. and Rowe, M. (2006), 'An intact peripheral nerve preparation for monitoring the activity of single, periosteal afferent nerve fibres', Journal Of Neuroscience Methods, 5.
- Mahns, D., Perkins, N., Sahai, V., Robinson, L. and Rowe, M. (2006), 'Vibrotactile Frequency Discrimination in Human Hairy Skin', Journal of Neurophysiology, 9.
- Sahai, V., Mahns, D., Perkins, N., Robinson, L. and Rowe, M. (2006), 'Vibrotactile coding capacities of spinocervical tract neurons in the cat', Journal of Neurophysiology, 13.
- Sahai, V., Mahns, D., Perkins, N., Robinson, L., Coleman, G. and Rowe, M. (2006), 'Processing of vibrotactile inputs from hairy skin by neurons of the dorsal column nuclei in the cat', Journal of Neurophysiology, 14.
- Ivanusic, J., Mahns, D., Sahai, V. and Rowe, M. (2006), 'Absence of Large-diameter sensory fibres in a nerve to the cat humerus', Journal of Anatomy, 5.
- Rowe, M., Tracey, D., Mahns, D., Sahai, V. and Ivanusic, J. (2005), 'Mechanosensory perception : are there contributions from bone-associated receptors', Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology & Physiology, 9.
- Mahns, D., Coleman, G., Ahswell, K. and Rowe, M. (2003), 'Tactile sensory function in the forearm of the monotreme Tachyglossus aculeatus', The Journal of Comparative Neurology, 13.
- Coleman, G., Mahns, D., Zhang, H. and Rowe, M. (2003), 'Impulse propagation over tactile and kinaesthetic sensory axons to central target neurones of the cuneate nucleus in cat', The Journal of Physiology, 10.
- Rowe, M., Mahns, D., Bohringer, R., Ashwell, K. and Sahai, V. (2003), 'Tactile neural mechanisms in monotremes', Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 11.
- Zachariah, M., Coleman, G., Mahns, D., Zhang, H. and Rowe, M. (2001), 'Transmission security for single, hair follicle-related tactile afferent fibers and their target cuneate neurons in cat', Journal of Neurophysiology, 12.
Research
Current Projects
| Title: | Pleasure & Pain: Defining The Origin and Contextual Boundaries |
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| Years: | 2010-11-17 - 2013-12-16 |
| ID: | P00019329 |
| UWS Researchers: | David Mahns |
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Previous Projects
| Title: | Peripheral encoding of forces associated with manipulation by tactile afferents in the human finger |
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| Years: | 2007-12-10 - 2008-12-09 |
| ID: | P0015935 |
| UWS Researchers: | John Morley and David Mahns |
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| Title: | Neural Mechanisms of Bone Pain |
| Years: | 2007-02-23 - 2010-12-31 |
| ID: | P0015480 |
| UWS Researchers: | David Mahns |
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| Title: | Neural mechanisms of muscle pain in humans: referral, hypoalgesia and allodynia |
| Years: | 2009-12-16 - 2011-09-30 |
| ID: | P00018008 |
| UWS Researchers: | David Mahns |
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Supervision
Doctor Mahns is available to be a principal supervisor for doctoral projects
Current Supervision
| Title: | Neurophysiology of Human Pelvic Viscera |
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| Title: | Assessment of the Impact of Dietary Factors in the Control of PSA in Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer |
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