Helena Filippini Post-Doctoral Fellow
Currently, I am a post-doctoral fellow at Dr. Bonin’s lab. I am a dentist from Brazil, I did part of my Ph.D. under Dr. Barry Sessle supervision. My research is focused on orofacial pain, spinal cord plasticity, immunohistochemistry, pain behavior, TLR4, TCH
University:
University of Toronto
Principal Faculty:
Pharmacy
Supervisor:
Robert Bonin
Key Publications:
Filippini HF, Scalzilli PA, Costa KM, Freitas RDS, Campos MM. Activation of trigeminal ganglion satellite glial cells in CFA-induced tooth pulp pain in rats. PLoS One. 2018 Nov 12;13(11):e0207411. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207411. PMID: 30419075; PMCID: PMC6231674. Filippini HF, Molska GR, Zanjir M, Arudchelvan Y, Gong SG, Campos MM, Avivi-Arber L, Sessle BJ. Toll-Like Receptor 4 in the Rat Caudal Medulla Mediates Tooth Pulp Inflammatory Pain. Front Neurosci. 2020 Jun 23;14:643. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2020.00643. PMID: 32655361; PMCID: PMC7324534. Zhang H, Lecker I, Collymore C, Dokova A, Pham MC, Rosen SF, Crawhall-Duk H, Zain M, Valencia M, Filippini HF, Li J, D’Souza AJ, Cho C, Michailidis V, Whissell PD, Patel I, Steenland HW, Virginia Lee WJ, Moayedi M, Sterley TL, Bains JS, Stratton JA, Matyas JR, Biernaskie J, Dubins D, Vukobradovic I, Bezginov A, Flenniken AM, Martin LJ, Mogil JS, Bonin RP. Cage-lid hanging behavior as a translationally relevant measure of pain in mice. Pain. 2020 Oct 11. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002127. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33230005.