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Håkan Olausson

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Research

The Olausson Lab

Human touch is a powerful way of evoking emotions. What is the functional significance of the system for ultrafast nociceptors that we recently discovered? How does the nervous system distinguish social and self-touch? Our lab is looking for answers.

See the video about our research that can lead to new treatments for chronic pain

To map the pathways of pain and help cure everything from chronic pain to headaches, Håkan Olausson's team at Linköping University measures various pain impulses. Håkan and his research group have discovered that pain signals travel much faster than previously thought and that pain fibers are present throughout the entire body.

Håkan Olausson is interviewed during a study.
See the video on Youtube.

 

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Research about skin sensation gave insights into pain

Håkan Olausson’s breakthrough research has partially upset the textbook description of the nervous system. His research group recently discovered a previously unknown component of the human pain-signalling system.
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Håkan Olausson appointed Wallenberg Clinical Scholar

Håkan Olausson has been appointed as a Wallenberg Clinical Scholar by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. He receives SEK 15 million for his research into the clinical significance of a newly discovered ultrarapid pain-signalling system.

Publications

Latest publications generated through LiU DiVA

2024

Kevin Ng, Odai Waleed Mohammad Lafee, Otmane Bouchatta, Adarsh D. Makdani, Andrew G. Marshall, Håkan Olausson, Sarah Mcintyre, Saad Nagi (2024) Human Foot Outperforms the Hand in Mechanical Pain Discrimination eNeuro, Vol. 11, Article 0412232024 Continue to DOI

2023

Mattias Savallampi, Anne Maallo, Sumaiya Shaikh, Francis McGlone, Frederique J. Bariguian-Revel, Håkan Olausson, Rebecca Böhme (2023) Social Touch Reduces Pain Perception-An fMRI Study of Cortical Mechanisms Brain Sciences, Vol. 13, Article 393 Continue to DOI
Oumie Thorell, Johannes Ydrefors, Mats Svantesson, Björn Gerdle, Håkan Olausson, David A. Mahns, Saad S. Nagi (2023) Investigations into an overlooked early component of painful nociceptive withdrawal reflex responses in humans Frontiers in Pain Research, Vol. 3, Article 1112614 Continue to DOI

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