Peter Ohara, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Anatomy
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• Postdoctoral Studies University of California, San Francisco

Grants and Projects

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• Neuronal/Glial Interactions in Neuropathic Pain, NIH, 2007-2009
• Schwann Cell Spinal Remyelination in the Rat, NIH, 2001-2007
• Local Circuit Neurons of the Thalamus, NIH, 1990-1994

Publications (52)

Top publication keywords:
PainCentral Nervous SystemGanglia, SensoryPain MeasurementNeurogliaSyringesHyperalgesiaConnexin 43Cranial Nerve DiseasesRats, Sprague-DawleyNorepinephrineSatellite Cells, PerineuronalTrigeminal GanglionPeripheral Nerve InjuriesPeripheral Nervous System Diseases

• Isolectin B4 (IB4)-conjugated streptavidin for the selective knockdown of proteins in IB4-positive (+) nociceptors.
  Molecular pain 2024 Bogen O, Araldi D, Sucher A, Kober K, Ohara PT, Levine JD
• An Alternative Method of Expressing Appreciation to Families of Body Donors.
  The FASEB Journal 2020 Andrew Corson, Peter Ohara
• Patch Clamp Recordings on Intact Dorsal Root Ganglia from Adult Rats.
  Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE 2016 Gong K, Ohara PT, Jasmin L
• Patch Clamp Recordings on Intact Dorsal Root Ganglia from Adult Rats.
  Journal of Visualized Experiments 2016 Kerui Gong, Peter T. Ohara, Luc Jasmin
• Satellite glial cell proliferation in the trigeminal ganglia after chronic constriction injury of the infraorbital nerve.
  Glia 2013 Donegan M, Kernisant M, Cua C, Jasmin L, Ohara PT

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• 173 Nerve Injury Pain.
  Neurosurgery 2013 Luc Dupont Jasmin, Kerui Gong, Ling-Hsuan Kung, Peter Ohara, Aditi Bhargava
• Corticotropin-releasing factor receptor 2 mediates sex-specific cellular stress responses.
  Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) 2013 Kubat E, Mahajan S, Liao M, Ackerman L, Ohara PT, Grady EF, Bhargava A
• Evidence for glutamate as a neuroglial transmitter within sensory ganglia.
  PloS one 2013 Kung LH, Gong K, Adedoyin M, Ng J, Bhargava A, Ohara PT, Jasmin L
• Central Nervous System Stimulation for Pain.
  Encyclopedia of Pain 2013 Mary O. Adedoyin, Peter T. Ohara, Luc Jasmin
• Motor Cortex, Effect on Pain-Related Behavior.
  Encyclopedia of Pain 2013 Timothy K. Y. Kaan, Peter T. Ohara, Luc Jasmin
• MRI blood-brain barrier permeability measurements to predict hemorrhagic transformation in a rat model of ischemic stroke.
  Translational stroke research 2012 Hoffmann A, Bredno J, Wendland MF, Derugin N, Hom J, Schuster T, Zimmer C, Su H, Ohara PT, Young WL, Wintermark M
• Perceptions of a mobile technology on learning strategies in the anatomy laboratory.
  Anatomical sciences education 2012 Mayfield CH, Ohara PT, O'Sullivan PS
• Faculty and Student perceptions of tablet-based content in gross anatomy laboratory teaching.
  The FASEB Journal 2012 Betty J Smoot, Carly Andler, Jensara Clay, Chandler Mayfield, Peter Ohara, Kimberly S Topp
• Volume transmission in the sensory ganglion.
  Journal of Pain 2012 L. Jasmin, A. Bhargava, P. Ohara
• Abstract 2217: Magnetic Resonance Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability Measurements To Predict Hemorrhagic Transformation In A Rat Model Of Ischemic Stroke.
  Stroke 2012 Angelika Hoffmann, Jo¨rg Bredno, Michael F Wendland, Nikita Derugin, Jason Hom, Hua Su, Peter T Ohara, William L Young, Max Wintermark
• Orofacial pain models and behavior assessment.
  Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) 2012 Kaan TK, Ohara PT, Jasmin L
• Validation of in vivo magnetic resonance imaging blood-brain barrier permeability measurements by comparison with gold standard histology.
  Stroke 2011 Hoffmann A, Bredno J, Wendland MF, Derugin N, Hom J, Schuster T, Su H, Ohara PT, Young WL, Wintermark M
• Temporomandibular joint inflammation activates glial and immune cells in both the trigeminal ganglia and in the spinal trigeminal nucleus.
  Molecular pain 2010 Villa G, Ceruti S, Zanardelli M, Magni G, Jasmin L, Ohara PT, Abbracchio MP
• High and Low Molecular Weight Fluorescein Isothiocyanate (FITC)-Dextrans to Assess Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption: Technical Considerations.
  Translational stroke research 2010 Hoffmann A, Bredno J, Wendland M, Derugin N, Ohara P, Wintermark M
• Close encounters of the third kind: evidence for contact with TNF-alpha.
  Pain 2010 Jasmin L, Ohara PT
• Can satellite glial cells be therapeutic targets for pain control?
  Neuron glia biology 2010 Jasmin L, Vit JP, Bhargava A, Ohara PT
• Seizures, enhanced excitation, and increased vesicle number in Lis1 mutant mice.
  Annals of neurology 2009 Greenwood JS, Wang Y, Estrada RC, Ackerman L, Ohara PT, Baraban SC
• Gliopathic pain: when satellite glial cells go bad.
  The Neuroscientist : a review journal bringing neurobiology, neurology and psychiatry 2009 Ohara PT, Vit JP, Bhargava A, Romero M, Sundberg C, Charles AC, Jasmin L
• Adenovector GAD65 gene delivery into the rat trigeminal ganglion produces orofacial analgesia.
  Molecular pain 2009 Vit JP, Ohara PT, Sundberg C, Rubi B, Maechler P, Liu C, Puntel M, Lowenstein P, Castro M, Jasmin L
• Pain free and awake to enjoy it!
  Pain 2009 Jasmin L, Ohara PT
• Evidence for a role of connexin 43 in trigeminal pain using RNA interference in vivo.
  Journal of neurophysiology 2008 Ohara PT, Vit JP, Bhargava A, Jasmin L
• Adenovirus-mediated Expression of GAD65 into the Trigeminal Ganglion Produces Long-lasting Analgesia.
  Neurosurgery 2008 Luc Jasmin, Jean-Philippe Vit, Mariana Puntel, Chunyan Liu, Maria Castro, Pedro Lowenstein, Peter Ohara
• Chronic constriction injury of the infraorbital nerve in the rat using modified syringe needle.
  Journal of neuroscience methods 2008 Kernisant M, Gear RW, Jasmin L, Vit JP, Ohara PT
• Silencing the Kir4.1 potassium channel subunit in satellite glial cells of the rat trigeminal ganglion results in pain-like behavior in the absence of nerve injury.
  The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2008 Vit JP, Ohara PT, Bhargava A, Kelley K, Jasmin L
• 5.48 The Rostral Agranular Insular Cortex.
  The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference 2008 L. Jasmin, P.T. Ohara
• Central Nervous System Stimulation for Pain.
  Encyclopedia of Pain 2007 Luc Jasmin, Peter T. Ohara
• Motor Cortex, Effect on Pain-Related Behavior.
  Encyclopedia of Pain 2007 Luc Jasmin, Peter T. Ohara
• Satellite glial cells in the trigeminal ganglion as a determinant of orofacial neuropathic pain.
  Neuron glia biology 2006 Vit JP, Jasmin L, Bhargava A, Ohara PT
• Analgesia and hyperalgesia from CRF receptor modulation in the central nervous system of Fischer and Lewis rats.
  Pain 2006 Vit JP, Clauw DJ, Moallem T, Boudah A, Ohara PT, Jasmin L
• Chapter 18 Viral Vector Mediated Gene Therapy of Pain.
  Gene Therapy of the Central Nervous System 2006 Luc Jasmin, Peter T. Ohara
• The analgesic effect of low dose focal irradiation in a mouse model of bone cancer is associated with spinal changes in neuro-mediators of nociception.
  Pain 2005 Vit JP, Ohara PT, Tien DA, Fike JR, Eikmeier L, Beitz A, Wilcox GL, Jasmin L
• B Fragment of Cholera Toxin Conjugated to Saporin.
  Molecular Neurosurgery With Targeted Toxins 2005 Peter T. Ohara, Kanwarjit Kelley, Luc Jasmin
• Erratum: Jasmin L, Granato A, Ohara PT. 2004. Rostral agranular insular cortex and pain areas of the central nervous system: A tract-tracing study in the rat. J Comp Neurol 468:311–465.
  The Journal of Comparative Neurology 2004 Luc Jasmin, Adam R. Burkey, Alberto Granato, Peter T. Ohara
• Recurrent paraplegia after remyelination of the spinal cord.
  Journal of neuroscience research 2004 Jasmin L, Ohara PT
• Rostral agranular insular cortex and pain areas of the central nervous system: a tract-tracing study in the rat.
  The Journal of comparative neurology 2004 Jasmin L, Burkey AR, Granato A, Ohara PT
• Anatomical Identification of Neurons Responsive to Nociceptive Stimuli.
  Pain Research 2004 Luc Jasmin, Peter T. Ohara
• Anatomical identification of neurons responsive to nociceptive stimuli.
  Methods in molecular medicine 2004 Jasmin L, Ohara PT
• Is noradrenaline a significant factor in the analgesic effect of antidepressants?
  Pain 2003 Jasmin L, Tien D, Janni G, Ohara PT
• A procedure to deliver herpes simplex virus to the murine trigeminal ganglion.
  Brain research. Brain research protocols 2003 Whitehead JL, Ohara PT, Tauscher AN, LaVail JH
• Analgesia and hyperalgesia from GABA-mediated modulation of the cerebral cortex.
  Nature 2003 Jasmin L, Rabkin SD, Granato A, Boudah A, Ohara PT
• Long-term effects of decreased noradrenergic central nervous system innervation on pain behavior and opioid antinociception.
  The Journal of comparative neurology 2003 Jasmin L, Boudah A, Ohara PT
• Vagal afferents are necessary for the establishment but not the maintenance of kainic acid-induced hyperalgesia in mice.
  Pain 2003 Tien D, Ohara PT, Larson AA, Jasmin L
• Dopaminergic input to GABAergic neurons in the rostral agranular insular cortex of the rat.
  Journal of neurocytology 2003 Ohara PT, Granato A, Moallem TM, Wang BR, Tillet Y, Jasmin L
• Exploring the thalamus: by S. Murray Sherman and R.W. Guillery.
  Neuroscience 2002 Peter T Ohara
• The NK1 receptor mediates both the hyperalgesia and the resistance to morphine in mice lacking noradrenaline.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2002 Jasmin L, Tien D, Weinshenker D, Palmiter RD, Green PG, Janni G, Ohara PT
• CNS INDUCED NEUROGENIC CYSTITIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH BLADDER MAST CELL DEGRANULATION IN THE RAT.
  Investigative Urology 2000 LUC JASMIN, GABRIELLA JANNI, PETER T. OHARA, SAMUEL D. RABKIN
• CNS INDUCED NEUROGENIC CYSTITIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH BLADDER MAST CELL DEGRANULATION IN THE RAT.
  The Journal of Urology 2000 LUC JASMIN, GABRIELLA JANNI, PETER T. OHARA, SAMUEL D. RABKIN