1. Lytton WW, Hellman KM, Sutula TP. Computer models of hippocampal circuit changes of the kindling model of epilepsy. (1998) Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. 13(1-2):81-97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0933-3657(98)00005-0
2. Graves LA, Hellman KM, Veasey S, Blendy JA, Pack AI, Abel T. Genetic Evidence for a Role of CREB in Sustained Cortical Arousal. (2003) Journal of Neurophysiology 90(2):1152-9. http://jn.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/90/2/1152
3. Ouyang M, Hellman KM, Abel T, Thomas SA. Adrenergic Signaling Plays a Critical Role in the Maintenance of Waking and in the Regulation of REM Sleep. (2004) Journal of Neurophysiology. 92(4):2071-82 http://jn.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/92/4/2071
4. Keeley MB, Wood MA, Isiegas C, Stein J, Hellman KM, Hannenhalli S, Abel T. Differential Transcriptional Response to Non-Associative and Associative Components of Classical Fear Conditioning in the Amygdala and Hippocampus. (2006) Learning and Memory 13(2):135-42. http://learnmem.cshlp.org/content/13/2/135.long
5. Brink TS, Hellman KM, Lambert AM, Mason P. Raphe magnus neurons help protect reactions to visceral pain from interruption by cutaneous pain. (2006) Journal of Neurophysiology 96(6):3423-32. http://jn.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/96/6/3423
6. Hellman KM, Abel T. Fear Conditioning Increases NREM sleep. (2007) Behavioral Neuroscience 121(2):310-323. http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/bne/121/2/310.pdf
7. Hellman KM, Brink TS, Mason P. Activity of murine raphe magnus cells predicts tachypnea and on-going nociceptive responsiveness. (2007) Journal of Neurophysiology 98(6):3121-33. http://jn.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/98/6/3121
8. Hellman KM, Mendelson SJ, Mendez-Duarte MA, Russell JL, Mason P. Opioid microinjection into raphe magnus modulates cardiorespiratory function in mice and rats. (2009) American Journal of Physiology 297(5): R1400-8 http://ajpregu.physiology.org/cgi/reprint/00140.2009v1.pdf
9. Hellman KM, Hernandez P, Young A, Park A, Abel T. Genetic Evidence that Protein Kinase A Regulates Thalamocortical Oscillations during NREM Sleep. (2010) Sleep 33(1):19-28. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2802244/
10. Tu FF, Hellman KM, Backonja M. Gynecological Management of Neuropathic Pain. (2011) American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 205(5):435-43. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3205239/
11. Hellman KM, Mason P. Opioids disrupt pro-nociceptive modulation mediated by raphe magnus. (2012) Journal of Neuroscience 40:13668-78. http://www.jneurosci.org/content/32/40/13668.long
12. Tu FF, Epstein AE, Pozolo KE, Sexton DL, Melnyk AI, Hellman KM. A Non-Invasive Bladder Sensory Test Supports a Role for Dysmenorrhea Increasing Bladder Noxious Mechanosensitivity. (2013) Clinical Journal of Pain 29(10):883-90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/AJP.0b013e31827a71a3
13. Westling AM, Tu F, Griffith JW, Hellman KM. The association of dysmenorrhea with noncyclic pelvic pain accounting for psychological factors. (2013) American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 209(5): 422.e1-422.e10 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2013.08.020
14. Hellman KM, Patanwala IY, Pozolo KE, Tu FF. Multimodal nociceptive mechanisms underlying chronic pelvic pain. (2015) American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 213(6):827.e1-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2015.08.038
15. Tu FF, Kane J, Hellman KM. Non-invasive experimental bladder pain assessment in painful bladder syndrome. (2016) British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 124(2):283-291. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.14433
16. Hellman KM, Yu PY, Oladosu, FA Segel C, Han A, Prasad PV, Jilling T, Tu FF. The Effects of Platelet-Activating Factor on Uterine Contractility, Perfusion, Hypoxia, and Pain in Mice. (2017) Reproductive Sciences 25(3):384-394 http://doi.org/10.1177/1933719117715122
17. Oladosu FA, Tu FF, Hellman KM. Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug resistance in dysmenorrhea: epidemiology, causes, and treatment. (2017) American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 218(4):390-400 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2017.08.108
18. Hellman KM, Kuhn CS, Tu FF, Dillane KE, Shlobin NA, Senapati S, Zhou X, Li W, Prasad PV. CINE MRI During Spontaneous Cramps in Women with Menstrual Pain. (2018) American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. 218(5):506.e1-506.e8 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2018.01.035
19. Zuckerman RM, Silton RL, Tu FF, Eng JS, Hellman KM. Somatic Symptoms in Women with Dysmenorrhea and Noncyclic Pelvic Pain. Archives of Women’s Mental Health. (2018). http://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-018-0823-4
20. Hellman KM, Datta A, Steiner ND, Kane J, Garrison EF, Clauw DJ, Tu FF. Identification of experimental bladder sensitivity among dysmenorrhea sufferers. (2018) American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. 219(1):84.e1-84.e8.http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2018.04.030
21. Oladosu FA,Tu FF, Farhan S, Garrison EF, Steiner ND, Roth GE, Hellman KM. Abdominal skeletal muscle activity precedes spontaneous menstrual cramping pain in primary dysmenorrhea (2018) American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. 219(1):91.e1-91.e7.http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2018.04.050
22. Oladosu FA, Hellman KM, Ham PJ, Kochlefl L, Datta A, Garrison EF, Steiner ND, Roth GE, Tu FF. Persistent autonomic dysfunction and bladder sensitivity in primary dysmenorrhea (2019) Scientific Reports 18;9(1):2194. http://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-38545-3
23.Tu FF, Datta A, Atashroo D, Senapati S, Roth G, Clauw D,Hellman KM. Clinical Profile of Comorbid Dysmenorrhea and Bladder Sensitivity: A Cross-Sectional Analysis. (2019) American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology http://10.1016/j.ajog.2019.12.010
24. Oladosu FA, Tu FF, Garfield LB, Garrison EF, Steiner ND, Roth GE, Hellman KM. Low serum oxytocin concentrations are associated with painful menstruation. (2019) Reproductive Sciences. in press
25. Hellman KM, Roth GE, Dillane, KE, Garrison EF, Clauw D, Tu FF. Dysmenorrhea subtypes exhibit differential quantitative sensory assessment profiles. PAIN. in press