Justin LaVigne
Neuroscience · Purdue University West Lafayette
Publications
29
Citations
562
Est. group size
~1
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
12
Publishing since 2014
Justin LaVigne's research focuses on the biology of pain and the molecules that influence it, including opioid receptors, dynorphin and enkephalin peptides, and cannabis-derived compounds called terpenes. This work combines behavioral testing, receptor pharmacology (studying how drugs interact with specific cell-surface receptors), and molecular biology to understand how these substances relieve or modulate pain. The research could interest students curious about how natural body chemicals (like opioid peptides) and plant compounds (like cannabis terpenes) affect pain signaling in the nervous system.
Publication output rose from a low base in 2017-2019 to a peak between 2020-2022, then declined to about one publication per year through 2023-2025.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- Pain-related behavioral and electrophysiological actions of dynorphin A (1-17)
Molecular Pain · 2023
- CCK2 receptors in chronic pain
Neurobiology of Pain · 2022
- Brain Penetrant Humanized scFv Antibody Block of P2 × 4 Receptor for Treatment of Chronic Pain
Journal of Pain · 2022
- Precise Neuronal Mechanisms of Spinal Dynorphin in Chronic Pain
Journal of Pain · 2022
- Physiological roles of mammalian transmembrane adenylyl cyclase isoforms
Physiological Reviews · 2021
- Cannabis sativa terpenes are cannabimimetic and selectively enhance cannabinoid activity
Scientific Reports · 2021
- Analgesic Potential of Terpenes Derived from Cannabis sativa
Pharmacological Reviews · 2021
- Multifunctional Enkephalin Analogs with a New Biological Profile: MOR/DOR Agonism and KOR Antagonism
Biomedicines · 2021
- The endomorphin-1/2 and dynorphin-B peptides display biased agonism at the mu opioid receptor
Pharmacological Reports · 2020
- In Defense of the “Entourage Effect”: Terpenes Found in <i>Cannabis sativa</i> Activate the Cannabinoid Receptor 1 <i>In Vivo</i>
The FASEB Journal · 2020
- In Defense of the “Entourage Effect”: Terpenes Found in <i>Cannabis sativa</i> Activate the Cannabinoid Receptor 1 <i>In Vitro</i>
The FASEB Journal · 2020
- Exploring Opioid and Cannabis Pharmacology: Biased Signaling of Endogenous Opioid Peptides and Cannabimimetic Properties of Cannabis Sativa Terpenes
UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona) · 2020
- <i>Cannabis sativa</i> Terpenes are Cannabimimetic and Provide Support for the Entourage Effect Hypothesis
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2020
- Phosphatidylethanolamine‐Binding Protein Promotes Opioid Anti‐Nociception in the Brain and Spinal Cord by Reducing βarrestin2 Recruitment to the Mu Opioid Receptor
The FASEB Journal · 2018
- Kappa opioid receptor antagonists: A possible new class of therapeutics for migraine prevention
Cephalalgia · 2017
- Journal of Pain×3
- The FASEB Journal×3
- Journal of Medicinal Chemistry×2
- bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×2
- Physiological Reviews×1
- Robert J. Cassell
Neuroscience · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Leslie C. Newman
Neuroscience · The Ohio State University
- James Bower
Neuroscience · Indiana University
- Bruce D. Gitter
Neuroscience · Indiana University
- Thomas P. Davis
Neuroscience · Indiana University
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.
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