Doctor Saad Nagi

Journal Articles

• Thorell, O., Ydrefors, J., Svantesson, M., Gerdle, B., Olausson, H., Mahns, D. and Nagi, S. (2023), 'Investigations into an overlooked early component of painful nociceptive withdrawal reflex responses in humans', Frontiers in Pain Research, vol 3 .
• Dunn, J., Nagi, S. and Mahns, D. (2020), 'Minocycline reduces experimental muscle hyperalgesia induced by repeated nerve growth factor injections in humans : a placebo-controlled double-blind drug-crossover study', European Journal of Pain, vol 24, no 6 , pp 1138 - 1150.
• Ridderstrom, M., Svantesson, M., Thorell, O., Magounakis, T., Minde, J., Olausson, H. and Nagi, S. (2020), 'High prevalence of carpal tunnel syndrome in individuals with rare nerve growth factor-beta mutation', Brain Communications, vol 2, no 2 .
• Dunn, J., Mahns, D. and Nagi, S. (2020), 'Modulation of muscle pain is not somatotopically restricted : an experimental model using concurrent hypertonic-normal saline infusions in humans', Frontiers in Pain Research, vol 1 .
• Nagi, S., Marshall, A., Makdani, A., Jarocka, E., Liljencrantz, J., Ridderstrom, M., Shaikh, S., O?Neill, F., Saade, D., Donkervoort, S., Reghan Foley, A., Minde, J., Trulsson, M., Cole, J., Bonnemann, C., Chesler, A., Bushnell, M., McGlone, F. and Olausson, H. (2019), 'An ultrafast system for signaling mechanical pain in human skin', Science Advances, vol 5, no 7 .
• Birznieks, I., McIntyre, S., Nilsson, H., Nagi, S., Macefield, V., Mahns, D. and Vickery, R. (2019), 'Tactile sensory channels over-ruled by frequency decoding system that utilizes spike pattern regardless of receptor type', eLife, vol 8 .
• Dunn, J., Mahns, D. and Nagi, S. (2017), 'Why does a cooled object feel heavier? Psychophysical investigations into the Weber's Phenomenon', BMC Neuroscience, vol 18 .
• Liljencrantz, J., Strigo, I., Ellingsen, D., Kramer, H., Lundblad, L., Nagi, S., Leknes, S. and Olausson, H. (2017), 'Slow brushing reduces heat pain in humans', European Journal of Pain, vol 21, no 7 , pp 1173 - 1185.
• Samour, M., Nagi, S., Shortland, P. and Mahns, D. (2017), 'Minocycline prevents muscular pain hypersensitivity and cutaneous allodynia produced by repeated intramuscular injections of hypertonic saline in healthy human participants', The Journal of Pain, vol 18, no 8 , pp 994 - 1005.
• Nagi, S., Dunn, J., Birznieks, I., Vickery, R. and Mahns, D. (2015), 'The effects of preferential A- and C-fibre blocks and T-type calcium channel antagonist on detection of low-force monofilaments in healthy human participants', BMC Neuroscience, vol 16, no 1 .
• Shaikh, S., Nagi, S., McGlone, F. and Mahns, D. (2015), 'Psychophysical investigations into the role of low-threshold C fibres in non-painful affective processing and pain modulation', PLoS One, vol 10, no 9 .
• Samour, M., Nagi, S. and Mahns, D. (2015), 'Cav3.2-expressing low-threshold C fibres in human hairy skin contribute to cold allodynia : a non-TRPV1- and non-TRPM8-dependent phenomenon', Pain, vol 156, no 8 , pp 1566 - 1575.
• Nagi, S. and Mahns, D. (2013), 'C-tactile fibers contribute to cutaneous allodynia after eccentric exercise', Journal of Pain, vol 14, no 5 , pp 538 - 548.
• 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, vol 227, no 4 , pp 457 - 465.
• Nagi, S. and Mahns, D. (2013), 'Mechanical allodynia in human glabrous skin mediated by low-threshold cutaneous mechanoreceptors with unmyelinated fibres', Experimental Brain Research, vol 231, no 2 , pp 139 - 151.
• Nagi, S., Rubin, T., Chelvanayagam, D., Macefield, V. and Mahns, D. (2011), 'Allodynia mediated by C-tactile afferents in human hairy skin', Journal of Physiology, vol 589, no 16 , pp 4065 - 4075.