André Mouraux - Principal investigator (IONS/COSY)

Using non-invasive functional neuroimaging techniques such as electroencephalography (EEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), combined with novel techniques to selectively activate specific classes of nociceptive afferents, the research performed by the team of André Mouraux (IONS/COSY) follows two main axes. First, to understand how the human brain processes nociceptive sensory input and how this leads to the perception of pain. Second, to understand the plastic changes in nociceptive pathways that occur after inflammation, injury or sustained nociceptive input that induce peripheral and central sensitization and may underlie the development of chronic pain in humans.
Group members
Publications
2025
Boundaries of Tactile Acuity when Exploring Surfaces
Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties
Fradin J, Dione M, Mouraux A, Ackerley R, Gueorguiev D
in press
2025
Repeated exposure to cutaneous high-frequency electrical stimulation prolongs the time course of secondary hyperalgesia
J Neurophysiol
Lebrun L, Stouffs A, Hermans E, van den Broeke E, Leone CM, Caspani O, Truini A, Garcia-Larrea L, Treede RD, Mouraux A.
in press
2025
Effect of Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Electroencephalogram Synchronization: A Longitudinal Study Using a Clinical-Research Response Scale
Neuromodulation
Danthine V, Germany Morrison EI, Cottin L, Liberati G, Cakiroglu I, Joris V, Mouraux A, Santalucia R, Fierain A, Vrielynck P, Santos SF, Nonclercq A, El Tahry R.
S1094-7159(25)00132-1.
2025
Strength, extent and duration of secondary hyperalgesia induced by high-frequency electrical stimulation of the foot compared to the volar forearm of healthy human volunteers
PLoS One
Lebrun L, Lenoir C, Leone C, van den Broeke EN, Caspani O, Schilder A, Pelz B, Truini A, Treede RD, Mouraux A
20(2):e0318934.
2025
A pain research strategy for Europe: A European survey and position paper of the European Pain Federation EFIC
Eur J Pain
Pickering G, O'Keeffe M, Bannister K, Becker S, Cottom S, Cox FJ, Eisenberg E, Finn DP, Forget P, Graven-Nielsen T, Kalso E, Kocot-Kepska M, Leite-Almeida H, Lopez-Garcia JA, Meeus M, Mouraux A, Pereira B, Puljak L, Reneman MF, Rohde I, Sotiropoulos I, Skidmore N, Tölle TR, Todorovic ST, Truini A, Vowles KE, Pogatzki-Zahn E, Garcia-Larrea L, Fullen BM
29(1):e4767.
2024
How visual experience shapes body representation
Cognition
Shahzad I, Occelli V, Giraudet E, Azañón E, Longo MR, Mouraux A, Collignon O.
254:105980.
2024
Effect of limb position change on capsaicin-evoked pain: evidence of interplays between the vascular and nociceptive systems?
Eur J Pain
Courtin AS, Knaepen, C, Mouraux A, van Neerven SGA
in press.
2024
Studying the effect of expectations on high-frequency electrical stimulation-induced pain and pinprick hypersensitivity
J Pain
Gousset S, Cayrol T, Papleux M, Meulders A, Mouraux A, van den Broeke EN
in press
2024
Systematic review and co-ordinate based meta-analysis to summarize the utilization of functional brain imaging in conjunction with human models of peripheral and central sensitization
Eur J Pain
Clarke S, Rogers R, Wanigasekera V, Fardo F, Pia H, Nochi Z, Macian N, Leray V, Finnerup NB, Pickering G, Mouraux A, Truini A, Treede RD, Garcia-Larrea L, Tracey I.
in press.