Faculty

Mei-Chuan Ko, PhD

Mei-Chuan Ko, PhD

Visiting Professor of Psychiatry

Contact Details

3811 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh
 
PA
 
15213
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Website
NCBI Research Bibliography

Education & Training

PhD
Biopsychology, University of Michigan
Anesthesiology and Pharmacology, University of Michigan School of Medicine

Professional Affiliations

Member, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Member, Society for Neuroscience
Member, United States Association for the Study of Pain
Member, International Association for the Study of Pain

Selected Honors & Awards

New Team Science Award, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Research Faculty Achievement Award, University of Michigan
Wyeth-Ayerst Young Psychopharmacologist Award, American Psychological Association

Research Interests

Substance use disorders; Sensory processing (pain and itch); Psychiatric disorders
Selected Research Publications & Products
  1. Ding H, Kiguchi N, Dobbins M, Romero-Sandoval EA, Kishioka S, Ko MC. (2023) Nociceptin receptor-related agonists as safe and non-addictive analgesics. Drugs 83(9):771-793. PMID: 37209211
  2. Ding H, Kiguchi N, Mabry KM, Kishioka S, Ko MC. (2023) Functional consequences of short-term exposure to opioids versus cannabinoids in nonhuman primates. Neuropharmacology 223:109328. PMID: 36356937
  3. Kiguchi N, Ding H, Park SH, Mabry KM, Kishioka S, Shiozawa Y, Romero-Sandoval EA, Peters CM, Ko MC. (2022) Functional roles of neuromedin B and gastrin-releasing peptide in regulating itch and pain in the spinal cord of non-human primates. Biochemical Pharmacology 198:114972. PMID: 35189108
  4. Donnelly CR, Jiang C, Andriessen AS, Wang K, Wang Z, Ding H, Zhao J, Luo X, Lee MS, Lei YL, Maixner W, Ko MC, Ji RR. (2021) STING controls nociception via type-I interferon signalling in sensory neurons. Nature 591(7849):275-280. PMID: 33442058
  5. Ding H, Kiguchi N, Yasuda D, Daga PR, Polgar WE, Lu JJ, Czoty PW, Kishioka S, Zaveri NT, Ko MC. (2018) A bifunctional nociceptin and mu opioid receptor agonist is analgesic without opioid side effects in nonhuman primates. Science Translational Medicine 10(456):eaar3483 (Selected as a cover story). PMID: 30158150