Professor Alison Loescher BDS, PhD, MBChB, FDS RCS,
Professor of Oral Surgery
Tel: +44 (0) 114 271 7849
Fax: +44 (0) 114 271 7863
Email: a.loescher@sheffield.ac.uk
Administrative Roles in School/Department
Co-ordinator of Junior Oral Surgery Block
Research Interests
Trigeminal nerve injury
Facial Pain
Recently Published Papers
Changes in vanilloid receptor 1 (TRPV1) expression following lingual nerve injury. Biggs JE, Yates JM, Loescher AR, Clayton NM, Boissonade F, Robinson PP. Eur J Pain 11; 192-201 (2007).
Inflammatory cell accumulation in traumatic neuromas of the human lingual nerve. Vora AR, Bodell SM, Loescher AR, Smith KG, Robinson PP, Boissonade FM. Arch Oral Biol. 52; 74-82 (2007).
Vanilloid receptor 1 (TRPV1) expression in lingual nerve neuromas from patients with or without symptoms of burning pain. Biggs JE, Yates JM, Loescher AR, Clayton NM, Boissonade FM, Robinson PP. Brain Res. 1127; 59-65 (2007).
The effect of inflammatory FOS expression in the ferret trigeminal nucleus. Worsley M, Robinson PP, Davies S Loescher AR, Boissonade FM. Exp J Oral Sci 115; 40-47 (2007).
The effect of antibodies to TGF-beta1 and TGF-beta2 at a site of sciatic nerve repair. Atkins S, Smith K, Loescher AR, Boissonade FM, Okane S, Ferguson MWJ, Robinson PP. J Peripher Nerv Syst. 11; 286-293 (2006).
Scarring impedes regeneration at sites of peripheral nerve repair Atkins S, Smith K, Loescher AR, Boissonade FM, Okane S, Ferguson MWJ, Robinson PP. Neuroreport 17; 1245-1249 (2006).
Leukaemic infiltrate in a young girl. Benson RE, Rodd HD, North S, Loescher AR, Farthing PM, Payne M. Int J Paediatr Dent. 17 145-150 (2007).
Effects of capsaicin and menthol on oral thermal sensory thresholds. Kalantzis A, Robinson PP, Loescher AR. Arch Oral Biol. 52; 74-82 (2007).
Changes in sodium channel expression following trigeminal nerve injury. Davies SL, Loescher AR, Clayton NM, Bountra C, Robinson PP, Boissonade FM. Exp Neurol. 202; 207-216 (2006)
Current MPhil/PhD students
Mr Mark Barber
Miss Jenny Blackburn
Miss Laura Evans
Mr David Ngeow