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Venetia Zachariou, PhD

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ADJUNCT PROFESSOR | Neuroscience
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Research Topics
Addiction, Behavioral Health, Brain, Depression, Epigenetics, Gene Therapy, Knockout Mice, Membrane Proteins/Channels, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology, Neuroscience, Obesity, Opioid/Cannabinoid Receptors, Pain, Pharmacology, Protein Complexes, Signal Transduction, Spinal Cord, Synaptic Plasticity, Systems Neuroscience, Tolerance, Transcription Factors, Transgenic Mice
Multi-Disciplinary Training Area
Disease Mechanisms and Therapeutics (DMT), Neuroscience [NEU]
Research Areas:
  • The function of signal transduction complexes in the striatum in drug addiction
  • Regulation of G protein signaling in chronic stress and antidepressant treatment
  • Novel intracellular targets for the treatment of chronic pain
  • Epigenetic adaptations in neuropathic and inflammatory pain
  • The role of the brain reward center in chronic pain and its treatment
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Publications

Selected Publications

A µ-opioid receptor superagonist analgesic with minimal adverse effects. Juan L. Gomez, Emilya N. Ventriglia, Zachary J. Frangos, Agnieszka Sulima, Michael J. Robertson, Michael D. Sacco, Reece C. Budinich, Ilinca M. Giosan, Tongzhen Xie, Oscar Solis, Anna E. Tischer, Jennifer M. Bossert, Kiera E. Caldwell, Hannah Bonbrest, Amelie Essmann, Zelai M. Garçon-Poca, Shinbe Choi, Michael R. Noya, Feonil Limiac, Ali Arce, Grant C. Glatfelter, Margaret Robinson, Li Chen, Angelina A. Mullarkey, Dain R. Brademan, Garrett Enten, William Dunne, César Quiroz, Ingrid Schoenborn, Chae Bin Lee, Rana Rais, Daniel P. Holt, Robert F. Dannals, Lei Shi, Ruth Hüttenhain, Sergi Ferré, Eugene Kiyatkin, Jordi Bonaventura, Yavin Shaham, Venetia Zachariou, Michael H. Baumann, Georgios Skiniotis, Kenner C. Rice, Michael Michaelides. Nature

Behavioral and molecular characterization of various muscle-based surgical strategies for neuroma treatment in a peroneal nerve transection rat model. Erica B. Lee, Randal A. Serafini, Aarthi Ramakrishnan, Rachana Suresh, Aidan Weitzner, Neelakshi S. Patne, Zahra Farzinpour, Emma Rowley, Visakha Suresh, Li Shen, Venetia Zachariou, Sami Tuffaha. Pain

Author Correction: A µ-opioid receptor superagonist analgesic with minimal adverse effects (Nature, (2026), 10.1038/s41586-026-10299-9). Juan L. Gomez, Emilya N. Ventriglia, Zachary J. Frangos, Agnieszka Sulima, Michael J. Robertson, Michael D. Sacco, Reece C. Budinich, Ilinca M. Giosan, Tongzhen Xie, Oscar Solis, Anna E. Tischer, Jennifer M. Bossert, Kiera E. Caldwell, Hannah Bonbrest, Amelie Essmann, Zelai M. Garçon-Poca, Shinbe Choi, Michael R. Noya, Feonil Limiac, Ali Arce, Grant C. Glatfelter, Margaret Robinson, Li Chen, Angelina A. Mullarkey, Dain R. Brademan, Garrett Enten, William Dunne, César Quiroz, Ingrid Schoenborn, Chae Bin Lee, Rana Rais, Daniel P. Holt, Robert F. Dannals, Lei Shi, Ruth Hüttenhain, Sergi Ferré, Eugene Kiyatkin, Jordi Bonaventura, Yavin Shaham, Venetia Zachariou, Michael H. Baumann, Georgios Skiniotis, Kenner C. Rice, Michael Michaelides. Nature

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