Dr Christopher Brown PhD
Research Associate
- Email: Christopher.Brown@Manchester.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0)161 206 4528
Human Pain Research Group
The University of Manchester
Clinical Sciences Building
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
Salford
M6 8HD
Research
Christopher currently researches the role of the brain's natural painkillers (opioids) in chronic pain, as well as the effects of anticipation and attention on how pain is experienced. This work is also contributing to the investigation of the therapeutic effects and brain correlates of cognitive-behavioural and mindfulness-based therapies for chronic pain.
Qualifications
PhD Clinical Neuroscience (University of Manchester)
MSc Neuroscience (UCL, University of London)
BSc Biochemistry (University of Bristol)
Publications
2011
- Brown CA, Watson A, Morton D, Power A, El-Deredy W, Jones AKP. (2011). Role of central neurophysiological systems in placebo analgesia and their relationship to cognitive processing mediating placebo responding. Future Neurology, eScholarID:123045
2010
- Brown CA and Jones AKP. (2010). Meditation experience predicts less negative appraisal of pain: electrophysiological evidence for the involvement of anticipatory neural responses. Pain, 150(3), 428-433. eScholarID:123044 | DOI:10.1016/j.pain.2010.04.017
- Brown CA, El-Deredy W, Blanchette I. (2010). Attentional modulation of visual-evoked potentials by threat: Investigating the effect of evolutionary relevance. Brain and Cognition, 74(3), 281-287. eScholarID:123042 | DOI:10.1016/j.bandc.2010.08.008
- Morton, D., Brown, C., Watson, A., El-Deredy, W. & Jones, A (2010). Cognitive changes as a result of a single exposure to placebo. Neuropsychologia, 48(7), 1958-1964. eScholarID:79683 | PMID:20331992 | DOI:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.03.016
2009
- Brown, C. & Jones, A (2009). Physiological mechanisms of acupuncture: beyond placebo? Pain, 147(1-3), 11-2. eScholarID:79684 | PMID:19796877 | DOI:10.1016/j.pain.2009.09.014
2008
- Brown CA, Jones AKP. (2008). A role for midcingulate cortex in the interruptive effects of pain anticipation on attention. Clinical Neurophysiology, 119(10), 2370-9. eScholarID:1d18694 | DOI:10.1016/j.clinph.2008.06.014
- Brown CCA, Seymour B, El-Deredy W, Jones AK P. (2008). Confidence in beliefs about pain predicts expectancy effects on pain perception and anticipatory processing in right anterior insula. Pain, 139(2), 324-32. eScholarID:1d18358 | DOI:10.1016/j.pain.2008.04.028
- Brown, C., Seymour, B., Boyle, Y., El-Deredy, W. & Jones, A (2008). Modulation of pain ratings by expectation and uncertainty: Behavioral characteristics and anticipatory neural correlates. Pain, 135(3), 240-50. eScholarID:79685 | PMID:17614199 | DOI:10.1016/j.pain.2007.05.022
- JA Clark, Brown CA, Jones AKP. (2008). Dissociating nociceptive modulation by the duration of pain anticipation from unpredictability in the timing of pain. Clinical Neurophysiology, 119(12), 2870-8. eScholarID:1d18213 | DOI:10.1016/j.clinph.2008.09.022