Mei-Chuan Ko, PhD

Faculty

Visiting Professor of Psychiatry

3811 O'Hara St.

Pittsburgh

15213

Website

PhD

Biopsychology, University of Michigan

Anesthesiology and Pharmacology, University of Michigan School of Medicine

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

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

Substance use disorders; Sensory processing (pain and itch); Psychiatric disorders

Selected Research Publications & Products

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
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
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
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
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