PhD, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
DDS, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Research Interest
Dental Pulpal Pain
Trigeminal Neuralgia
Publications and Presentations
Luo S, Jaegle M, Li R, Ehring GR, Meijer D, Levinson SR.. The sodium channel isoform transition at developing nodes of Ranvier in the PNS: dependence on a genetic program and myelination-induced cluster formation J Comp Neurol 2014 Dec;522(18):4057-4073.
Gonzales CB, Kirma NB, De La Chapa J, Chen R, Henry MA, Luo S, Hargreaves KM. Vanilloids induce oral cancer apoptosis independent of TRPV1 interactions Oral Oncology 2014 May;50(5):437-447.
Levinson SR, Luo S, Henry MA.. The role of sodium channels in chronic pain Muscle Nerve 2012 Aug;46(2):155-165.
Henry MA, Luo S, Levinson SR. Unmyelinated nerve fibers in the human dental pulp express markers for myelinated fibers and show sodium channel accumulations. BMC Neurosci 2012 Mar;13:29-29.
Luo S, Perry GM, Levinson SR, Henry MA. Pulpitis increases the proportion of atypical nodes of Ranvier in human dental pulp axons without a change in Nav1.6 sodium channel expression. Neuroscience 2010 Sep;169(4):1881-1887.
Henry MA, Luo S, Foley BD, Rzasa RS, Johnson LR, Levinson SR. Sodium channel expression and localization at demyelinated sites in painful human dental pulp. J Pain 2009 Jul;10(7):750-758.
O'Brien BJ, Caldwell JH, Ehring GR, Bumsted O‘Brien KM, Luo S, Levinson SR. Tetrodotoxin-resistant voltage-gated sodium channels Na(v)1.8 and Na(v)1.9 are expressed in the retina. J Comp Neurol 2008 Jun;508(6):940-951.
Luo S, Perry GM, Levinson SR, Henry MA. Nav1.7 expression is increased in painful human dental pulp. Mol Pain 2008 Apr;4:16-16.