1. Direct anterior insular cortex stimulation increases heat pain threshold: a case report. 2019. Liu CC, Moosa S, Quigg M, Elias WJ. Neurosurgery, Volume 66(S1). Link

  2. Whole-brain visualization of single-neuron activity during the development of neuropathic pain. Moosa S, Coley J, Joshi S, Kapur J, Liu CC, Elias WJ. Neurosurgical Society of the Virginias, January 2020. Received Jane-Nugent Research Award. Link

  3. Anterior insula stimulation increases pain threshold in humans: a pilot study. 2021. Liu CC, Moosa S, Quigg M, Elias WJ. Journal of Neurosurgery; 135(5):1487-1492. Link

  4. Whole-brain visualization of single-neuron activity during the development of neuropathic pain. Moosa S, Coley J, Kapur J, Liu CC, Elias WJ. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, October 2021. Link

  5. Selective nociceptive fiber assessment for temporal summation of pain using repetitive painful cutaneous laser stimulation. 2022. Wang D, Zhang X, Ye S, Kumar D, Moosa S, Ishaque M, Finan P, Quigg M, Elias WJ, Liu CC. Society for Neuroscience 2022. San Diego, California, November 12-16. Link

  6. Scalp EEG gamma band neural activity reflects pain intensity in humans. Wang D, Zhang X, Moosa S, Ishaque M, Finan P, Quigg M, Elias WJ, Liu CC. Society for Neuroscience 2022. San Diego, California, November 12-16. Link

  7. Contactless Cutaneous Laser Stimulation Evokes Greater Temporal Summation Of Pain In Healthy Female Subjects. Wang D, Carter W, Chen SE, Moosa S, Ishaque M, Finan P, Quigg M, Elias WJ, Liu CC. The Journal of Pain. Volume 24, Issue 4, Supplement, April 2023, Page 104. Link

  8. Scalp EEG responses to repetitive painful cutaneous laser stimulation vary as a function of pain catastrophizing. 2023. Wang D, Moosa S, Ishaque M, Finan P, Quigg M, Elias WJ, Liu CC. Journal of Pain. (Accepted). Link

  9. Contactless cutaneous Laser reliably induced Temporal Summation of Pain - a Comparison between Body Sites and Sex. 2023. Zhang X, Wang D, Carter W, Trinh A, Moosa S, Elias WJ, Liu CC. Society for Neuroscience 2023. Washington, D.C., November 11-15. Link

  10. Differential correlations between conditioned pain modulation and painful laser-evoked potentials in high versus low pain catastrophizers. 2023. Carter W, Wang D, Kumar D, Moosa S, Elias WJ, Liu CC. Society for Neuroscience 2023. Washington, D.C., November 11-15. Link

  11. Pain-related Cortical Excitatory and Inhibitory Responses in High Pain Catastrophizers. 2023. Ye S, Wang D, Carter W, Moosa S, Elias WJ, Liu CC. Society for Neuroscience 2023. Washington, D.C., November 11-15. Link

  12. Stimulus-preceding Negativity during Focused Attention to Painful Laser Stimulation. 2023. Bhangui I, Wang D, Carter W, Ramesh R, Moosa S, Elias WJ, Liu CC. Society for Neuroscience 2023. Washington, D.C., November 11-15. Link

  13. Bilateral focused ultrasound medial thalamotomies for trigeminal neuropathic pain: a randomized controlled study. 2023. Ishaque M, Moosa S, Urban L, Kundu B, Spear T, Fletcher T, Donahue J, Patel SH, Goldstein RB, Finan PH, Liu CC, Elias WJ. Journal of Neurosurgery. Link

  14. Direct Insula Stimulation for Chronic Neuropathic Pain – A Clinical Trial. 2024. Liu CC, Moosa S, Finan P, Quigg M, Elias WJ. IASP 2024 World Congress on Pain. Amsterdam, Netherlands, August 5-9. Link

  15. Transcranial focused ultrasound for head and neck cancer pain. 2024. Liu CC, Elias WJ, Moosa S, Fletcher T. ISTU 2024. Taipei, Taiwan, September 19-22. Link

  16. Conditioned Pain Modulation - A Multimodal Cortical Investigation. 2024. Zhang X, Ye S, Wang D, Liu CC. Society for Neuroscience 2024. Chicago IL, October 5-9. Link

  17. Temporal Summation of Pain Varies Across Body Region: A Cutaneous Laser Stimulation Study. 2024. Journal of Pain. (Under revision).