Oumie Thorell

Research

The Morrison Lab: The Embodied Brain Lab.

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.

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The Nagi Lab

Pain in the ultrafast lane. We are interested in better understanding the peripheral nervous system’s role in acute and persistent pain using microneurography.

Publications

2026

Chwen-Yu Chen, Oumie Thorell, Felipe Meira de Faria, Aikeremu Ahemaiti, Olivia Le Moëne, Lech Kaczmarczyk, Katharina Henriksson, Jonathan Cole, David A. Mahns, Håkan Olausson, Walker Jackson, Saad Nagi, Malin C. Lagerstrom, Marcin Szczot, Max Larsson (2026)

Central role for fast nociceptors in mechanical nocifensive behavior and sensitization Nature Communications, Vol. 17, Article 7271 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-75948-z

Otmane Bouchatta, Oumie Thorell, Andrew G. Marshall, Merat Rezaei, Ahmed Barakat, Sarah Mcintyre, Gregory J. Gerling, David A. Mahns, Håkan Olausson, Saad Nagi (2026)

Coding of mechanical pain by myelinated and unmyelinated nociceptors in human hairy skin Pain Reports, Vol. 11, Article e1398 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PR9.0000000000001398

2024

Oumie Thorell, David Mahns, Jan Otto, Jaquette Liljencrantz, Mats Svantesson, Håkan Olausson, Saad Nagi (2024)

Experimental nerve block study on painful withdrawal reflex responses in humans PLOS ONE, Vol. 19, Article e0309048 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0309048

2023

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 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpain.2022.1112614

2021

Carl Wahlgren, Richard Levi, Oumie Thorell, Salvador Amezcua, Magnus Thordstein (2021)

Prevalence of discomplete sensorimotor spinal cord injury as evidenced by neurophysiological methods: A cross-sectional study Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, Vol. 53, Article jrm00156 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.2340/16501977-2774

Organisation

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Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience - CSAN

Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience (CSAN) integrates knowledge and methodology from different areas of basic and clinical neuroscience.

Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV)

What characterizes the Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV) is the wide breadth of research and education. BKV is one of the largest departments at LiU with affiliation mainly to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.