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Publications

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Dean, J., Reyes, M., Oliva, V., Khatib, L., Riegner, G., Gonzalez, N., Posey, G., Collier, J., Birenbaum, J., Chakravarthy, K., Wells, R.E., Good, B., Fillingim, R., & Zeidan, F. Self-regulated analgesia in males but not females is mediated by endogenous opioids. PNAS Nexus, 2024, e453.

Riegner G, Dean J, Wager TD,
&  Zeidan, F. Mindfulness meditation and placebo modulate distinct multivariate neural signatures to reduce pain. Biological Psychiatry. 2024, Epub ahead of print.

Oliva, V.,Riegner, G., Dean, J., Khatib, L., ; Allen, A., Barrows, D.,; Chen,C., Fuentes, R., Jacobson, A., Lopez, C., Mosbey, D., Reyes, M., Ross, J., Uvarova, A, Liu, T.,; Mobley, W., & Zeidan, F. I feel your pain: Higher empathy is associated with greater posterior default mode network activity. PAIN, 2024. ePub ahead of print.
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Khatib, L. , Dean, J.G., Oliva, V., Riegner, G., Gonzalez, N., Birenbaum, J., Cruanes, G., Miller, J., Patterson, M., Kim, HC, Chakravarthy, K., & Zeidan, F. The role of endogenous opioids in mindfulness and sham mindfulness-meditation for the direct alleviation of evoked chronic low back pain: a randomized clinical trial. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2024 Jun;49(7):1069-1077

Finan PH, Hunt C, Keaser ML, Smith K, Lerman S, Bingham CO, Barrett F, Garland EL, Zeidan F, & Seminowicz DA. Effects of Savoring Meditation on Positive Emotions and Pain-Related Brain Function: A Mechanistic Randomized Controlled Trial in People With Rheumatoid Arthritis. Journal of Pain. 2024 Jul;25(7):104478. 

​Riegner G, Posey G, Oliva V, Jung Y, Mobley W, & Zeidan F. Disentangling self from pain: mindfulness meditation-induced pain relief is driven by thalamic-default mode network decoupling. Pain. 2023 Feb 1;164(2):280-291. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002731. Epub 2022 Jul 7. PMID: 36095039; PMCID: PMC9823141.
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​Zeidan, F., Salomons, T., Farris, S.R., Emerson, N.M., Adler-Neal, A., Jung, Y., Coghill, R.C. (2018). Neural mechanisms supporting the relationship between dispositional mindfulness and pain. PAIN, 159(12): 2477-
2485.  

​May, L.M., Kosek, P., Zeidan, F., & Berkman, E.T. (2018). Enhancement of meditation analgesia by opioid antagonist in experienced meditators. Psychosomatic Medicine, 80(9): 807–813.

Adler-Neal, A.L. & Zeidan, F. (2017). Mindfulness meditation for fibromyalgia: Mechanistic and clinical considerations. Current Rheumatology Reports 19: 59.  
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Zeidan, F., & Vago, D. (2016). Mindfulness meditation–based pain relief: A mechanistic account. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1373(1), 114–127.

Zeidan, F., Adler-Neal, A., Wells, R.W., Stagnate, E., May, L., Eisenach, J.C., McHaffie, J.G., & Coghill, R.C. (2016). Mindfulness-meditation-based pain relief is not mediated by endogenous opioids. The Journal of Neuroscience, 36(11): 3391–3397.  
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​​​Vago, D. R., & Zeidan, F. (2016). The brain on silent: Mind wandering, mindful awareness and states of mental tranquility. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1373: 96–113. 
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​Zeidan, F. (2016). No, mindfulness meditation-based analgesia is not mediated by endogenous opioids. The American Journal of Medicine, 129(11), e297. 

​Zeidan, F., Emerson, N.M., Farris, S.R., Ray, J. N., Jung, Y., McHaffie, J. G., & Coghill, R. C. (2015). Mindfulness meditation-based pain relief employs different neural mechanisms than placebo and sham mindfulness meditation-induced analgesia. The Journal of Neuroscience, 35(46): 15307–15325.  

Zeidan, F., Lobanov, O. V., Kraft, R.A., & Coghill, R.C. (2015). Brain mechanisms supporting violated expectations of pain. PAIN, 156(9): 1772–1785. 

Emerson, N.M., Zeidan, F., Lobanov, O.V., Hadsel, M.S., Martucci, K. T., Quevedo, A., Starr, C., et al. (2014). Pain sensitivity is inversely related to regional grey matter density in the brain. PAIN, 155(3), 566–573. 
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2024 End of Year Lab Celebration
Khatib L, Riegner G, Dean JG, Oliva V, Cruanes G, Mulligan BA, & Zeidan F. The Effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Trauma in Victims of Gun Violence: a Pilot Study. Mindfulness. 2022;13(4):1032-1041. doi: 10.1007/s12671-022-01858-y. Epub 2022 Mar 22. PMID: 35341090; PMCID: PMC8938160.

Khatib, L., Glaser‑Reich, J., Mosbey, D., Oliva, V., Riegner, G., Dean, Jon G., Harth, Noriko M., & Zeidan, F. (2022) Mindfulness Meditation Training Reduces Aggression and Improves Well‑Being in Highly Stressed Law Enforcement Officers. The Journal of Police & Criminal Psychology.

Case L, Adler-Neal AL, Wells RE,  & Zeidan F. The Role of Expectations and Endogenous Opioids in Mindfulness-Based Relief of Experimentally Induced Acute Pain. Psychosomatic Medicine. 2021 Jul-Aug 01;83(6):549-556.

Jinich-Diamant, A., Garland, E., Baumgartner, J., Gonzalez, N., Riegner, G., Birenbaum, J., Case, L., & Zeidan, F. (2020). Neurophysiological Mechanisms Supporting Mindfulness Meditation-Based Pain Relief: an Updated Review. Current pain and headache reports, 24(10), 56.

​Wells, R. E., Collier, J., Posey, G., Morgan, A., Auman, T., Strittmatter, B., Magalhaes, R., Adler-Neal, A., McHaffie, J. G., & Zeidan, F. (2020). Attention to breath sensations does not engage endogenous opioids to reduce pain. PAIN, 161(8), 1884–1893.
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​Adler-Neal, A.L., Waugh, C.E., Garland, E.L., Shaltout, H.A., Diz, D.I., & Zeidan, F. (2019). The role of heart rate variability in mindfulness-based pain relief. The Journal of Pain, 0:1-18. 

Zeidan, F, Baumgartner, J.N., & Coghill, R.C. (2019). The neural mechanisms of mindfulness-based pain relief: a functional magnetic resonance imaging-based review and primer. PAIN Reports, 4: 1-11. 

Adler-Neal, A.L., Emerson, N.M., Farris, S.R., Jung, Y., Coghill, R.C., & Zeidan, F. (2019). Brain moderators supporting the relationship between depressive mood and pain. PAIN, 0: 1-8. 

Grant, J. A., & Zeidan, F. (2019). Employing pain and mindfulness to understand consciousness: a symbiotic relationship. Current Opinion in Psychology, 28: 192-197.
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Garland, E.L., Froeliger, B., Zeidan, F., Partin, K., & Howard, M.O. (2013). The downward spiral of chronic pain, prescription opioid misuse, and addiction: cognitive, affective, and neuropsychopharmacologic pathways. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 37(10,2): 2597-2607. 

Zeidan, F., Martucci, K.T., Kraft, R.A., McHaffie, J.G., & Coghill, R.C. (2013). Neural correlates of mindfulness meditation-related anxiety relief. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 9(6): 751-759. 

​​Zeidan, F. and R. C. Coghill (2013). Functional connections between self-referential thought and chronic pain: a dysfunctional relationship. PAIN, 154(1): 3-4. ​​

Lobanov, O.V., Zeidan, F., McHaffie, J.G., Kraft, R.A., & Coghill, R.C. (2013). From cue to meaning: Brain mechanisms supporting the construction of expectations of pain. PAIN, 155(1), 129–136. ​​

Zeidan, F., Grant, J. A., Brown, C. A., McHaffie, J. G., & Coghill, R. C. (2012). Mindfulness meditation-related pain relief: Evidence for unique brain mechanisms in the regulation of pain. Neuroscience Letters, 520(2), 165–173. 
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Zeidan, F., Martucci, K. T., Kraft, R. A., Gordon, N. S., McHaffie, J. G., & Coghill, R. C. (2011). 
Brain mechanisms supporting the modulation of pain by mindfulness meditation. The Journal of Neuroscience, 31(14), 5540-5548. 
Zeidan, F., Johnson, S.K., Gordon, N.S., & Goolkasian, P. (2010a). Effects of brief and non mindfulness meditation on mood and cardiovascular variables. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 16(8):867-873.

​Zeidan, F., Johnson, S.K., Diamond, B.J., David, Z., & Goolkasian, P. (2010c). Mindfulness meditation improves cognition: evidence of brief mental training. Consciousness and Cognition, 19(2):597-605. 

​Zeidan, F., Gordon, N.S., Merchant, J., & Goolkasian, P. (2010b). The effects of brief mindfulness meditation training on experimentally induced pain. The Journal of Pain, 11(3):199-209. 
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Zeidan, F., Johnson, S. K., Gordon, N. S., & Goolkasian, P. (2010). Effects of brief and sham mindfulness meditation on mood and cardiovascular variables. Journal of alternative and complementary medicine, 16(8), 867–873.​

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    • UCSD Center for Mindfulness (CFM)
    • International Society for Contemplative Research (ISCR)