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Ruby Holland PhD

    Education & Training

  • University of Pennsylvania
Representative Publications

Nguyen E, Smith KM, Cramer N, Holland RA, Bleimeister IH, Flores-Felix K, Silberberg H, Keller A, Le Pichon CE, Ross SE. Medullary kappa-opioid receptor neurons inhibit pain and itch through a descending circuit. Brain. 2022 Jul 29;145(7):2586-2601. doi: 10.1093/brain/awac189. PMID: 35598161.

Holland RA, Ross SE. Beyond lidocaine: selective voltage-gated sodium channel blockade for vaginal pain. Pain. 2021 Jan;162(1):1-3. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002037. PMID: 32773604.

Student Year
MS4
Career Advisor
Alan Sved, PhD
Thesis Advisor
Alan Sved, PhD
Program
Neuroscience (CNUP)
Dissertation Title

Midbrain Kappa Opioid Receptor-Expressing Neurons Modulate Multiple Dimensions of Opioid Withdrawal.

Trainee
Current
Training Start Year
2017