Norman E. Taylor
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Norman E. Taylor, MD, PhD

Languages spoken: Lao, English

  • Specialties

    • Anesthesiology

    Board Certification

    National Board of Medical Examiners
    American Board of Anesthesiology

  • Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Anesthesiology -Professor
    Board Certification
    National Board of Medical Examiners
    American Board of Anesthesiology

    Education history

    Undergraduate Chemical Engineering - Brigham Young University B.S.
    Professional Medical Medicine - Medical College of Wisconsin M.D.
    Doctoral Training Physiology - Medical College of Wisconsin Ph.D.
    Internship Aurora St. Luke¿s Medical Center Transitional Internship
    Residency Anesthesia - Massachusetts General Hospital Resident

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Vlasov K, Pei J, Nehs CJ, Guidera JA, Zhang ER, Kenny JD, Houle TT, Brenner GJ, Taylor NE, Solt (2021). Activation of GABAergic Neurons in the Rostromedial Tegmental Nucleus and Other Brainstem Regions Promotes Sedation and Facilitates Sevoflurane Anesthesia in Mice. Anesthesia and analgesia, 132(4), e50-e55. (Read full publication)
    2. Cusin C, Ionescu DF, Pavone KJ, Akeju O, Cassano P, Taylor NE, Eikermann M, Durham K, Swee MB, Chang T, Dording C, Soskin D, Kelley J, Mischoulon D, Brown EN, Fava M (2017). Ketamine augmentation for outpatients with treatment-resistant depression: Preliminary evidence for two-step intravenous dose escalation. The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry, 51(1), 55-64.
    3. Albrecht DS, Forsberg A, Sandström A, Bergan C, Kadetoff D, Protsenko E, Lampa J, Lee YC, Höglund CO, Catana C, Cervenka S, Akeju O, Lekander M, Cohen G, Halldin C, Taylor N, Kim M, Hooker JM, Edwards RR, Napadow V, Kosek E, Loggia M (2019). Brain glial activation in fibromyalgia - A multi-site positron emission tomography investigation. Brain, behavior, and immunity, 75, 72-83. (Read full publication)
    4. Ionescu DF, Bentley KH, Eikermann M, Taylor N, Akeju O, Swee MB, Pavone KJ, Petrie SR, Dording C, Mischoulon D, Alpert JE, Brown EN, Baer L, Nock MK, Fava M, Cusin (2019). Repeat-dose ketamine augmentation for treatment-resistant depression with chronic suicidal ideation: A randomized, double blind, placebo controlled trial. Journal of affective disorders, 243, 516-524. (Read full publication)
    5. Ionescu DF, Swee MB, Pavone KJ, Taylor N, Akeju O, Baer L, Nyer M, Cassano P, Mischoulon D, Alpert JE, Brown EN, Nock MK, Fava M, Cusin (2016). Rapid and Sustained Reductions in Current Suicidal Ideation Following Repeated Doses of Intravenous Ketamine: Secondary Analysis of an Open-Label Study. The Journal of clinical psychiatry, 77(6), e719-25. (Read full publication)
    6. Phero A, Ferrari LF, Taylor N (2021). A novel rat model of temporomandibular disorder with improved face and construct validities. Life sciences, 286, 120023. (Read full publication)
    7. Ferrari LF, Pei J, Zickella M, Rey C, Zickella J, Ramirez A, Taylor N (2021). D2 Receptors in the Periaqueductal Gray/Dorsal Raphe Modulate Peripheral Inflammatory Hyperalgesia via the Rostral Ventral Medulla. Neuroscience, 463, 159-173. (Read full publication)
    8. Taylor NE, Long H, Pei J, Kukutla P, Phero A, Hadaegh F, Abdelnabi A, Solt K, Brenner G (2019). The rostromedial tegmental nucleus: a key modulator of pain and opioid analgesia. Pain, 160(11), 2524-2534. (Read full publication)
    9. Taylor NE, Van Dort CJ, Kenny JD, Pei J, Guidera JA, Vlasov KY, Lee JT, Boyden ES, Brown EN, Solt (2016). Optogenetic activation of dopamine neurons in the ventral tegmental area induces reanimation from general anesthesia.LID - 201614340 [pii]. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, (Read full publication)
    10. Zhang H, Zhao H, Zeng C, Van Dort C, Faingold CL, Taylor NE, Solt K, Feng H (2018). Optogenetic activation of 5-HT neurons in the dorsal raphe suppresses seizure-induced respiratory arrest and produces anticonvulsant effect in the DBA/1 mouse SUDEP model. Neurobiology of disease, 110, 47-58. (Read full publication)
    11. Taylor NE, Pei J, Zhang J, Vlasov KY, Davis T, Taylor E, Weng FJ, Van Dort CJ, Solt K, Brown E (2019). The Role of Glutamatergic and Dopaminergic Neurons in the Periaqueductal Gray/Dorsal Raphe: Separating Analgesia and Anxiety. eNeuro, 6(1), (Read full publication)
    12. Ferrari LF, Rey C, Ramirez A, Dziuba A, Zickella J, Zickella M, Raff H, Taylor N (2022). Characterization of the Dahl salt-sensitive rat as a rodent model of inherited, widespread, persistent pain. Scientific reports, 12(1), 19348. (Read full publication)
    13. Taylor NE, Ferrari (2023). Discovering chronic pain treatments: better animal models might help us get there. The Journal of clinical investigation, 133(5), (Read full publication)
    14. Ferrari LF, Wilkinson A, Cahoon C, Ramirez A, Rey C, Donaldson GW, Taylor N (2023). Descending Control of Nociception (DCN) poorly predicts the development of persistent postsurgical pain-like behavior in consomic Dahl S rat strains. Anesthesiology, 139(4), 476-491. (Read full publication)
    15. Tadler SC, Jones KG, Lybbert C, Huang JC, Jawish R, Solzbacher D, Kendrick EJ, Pierson MD, Weischedel K, Rana N, Jacobs R, Vonesh LC, Feldman DA, Larson C, Hoffman N, Jessop JE, Larson AL, Taylor NE, Odell DH, Kuck K, Mickey B (2023). Propofol for treatment resistant depression: A randomized controlled trial. (Read full publication)
    16. Ferrari LF, Wilkinson A, Donaldson GW, Shen J, Ramirez A, Rey C, Cahoon C, Miner D, Okifuji A, Taylor N (2025). A multivariate statistical index, the fibromyalgia analog model, identifies Dahl S rats as a model of fibromyalgia with improved face validity. Pain, 166(10), 2310-2321. (Read full publication)
    17. Dunning J, Young I, Taylor N, Mourad F, Bliton P, Butts R, Escaloni J, Gorby P, Varghese R, Maselli F, Fernández-de-Las-Peñas (2025). Effect of dose interval of periosteal and intraarticular electrical dry needling boosters on pain and disability in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a multi-center randomized clinical trial. Physiotherapy theory and practice, 1-14. (Read full publication)
    18. Ferrari LF, Taylor N (2025). Modeling Pain Without Injury: Inherited Rodent Models as Mechanistic Windows into Chronic Pain. Function (Oxford, England), (Read full publication)

    Review

    1. Cowley AW Jr, Roman RJ, Mattson DL, Franchini KG, O'Connor PM, Makino A, Taylor NE, Evans LC, Mori T, Dickhout JG, Jin C, Miyata N, Nakanishi K, Szentiványi M Jr, Park F, Skelton MM, Kurth T, Shimada (2024). Renal Medulla in Hypertension. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex., (Read full publication)