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A. Kimberley McAllister is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States and is a researcher focusing primarily on neuroscience. Their body of work spans several interconnected fields, with particular emphasis on biological psychiatry, social psychology, immunology, neurology, and behavioral neuroscience.

Their research interests cover a diverse range of topics, including:

  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Reproductive system and pregnancy
  • Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms
  • Stress responses and cortisol
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Amino acid enzymes and metabolism

McAllister's scholarly output includes multiple recent papers that investigate mechanisms of maternal immune activation and its effects on brain development, synaptic connectivity, and neural morphology. Notable publications include:

  • Baseline immunoreactivity before pregnancy and poly(I:C) dose combine to dictate susceptibility and resilience of offspring to maternal immune activation, 2020, Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • Sequential perturbations to mouse corticogenesis following in utero maternal immune activation, 2021, eLife
  • Alterations in retrotransposition, synaptic connectivity, and myelination implicated by transcriptomic changes following maternal immune activation in nonhuman primates, 2020, Biological Psychiatry
  • Increased excitation-inhibition balance and loss of GABAergic synapses in the serine racemase knockout model of NMDA receptor hypofunction, 2021, Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Altered dendritic morphology in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of nonhuman primates prenatally exposed to maternal immune activation, 2023, Brain Behavior and Immunity

Frequent coauthors within McAllister's collaborations include Melissa D. Bauman, Ana-Maria Iosif, Tyler A. Lesh, Judy Van de Water, and Roza Vlasova. These collaborations underline a multidisciplinary approach to understanding neurodevelopmental and psychiatric conditions.

Publication venues where McAllister's work regularly appears reflect a focus on interdisciplinary and specialized fields, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • UNC Libraries
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Journal of Visualized Experiments

Best Publications

  • Neurotrophins and synaptic plasticity.

    A K McAllister;L C Katz;D C Lo

  • Neurotrophins regulate dendritic growth in developing visual cortex

    A.Kimberley McAllister;Donald C. Lo;Lawrence C. Katz

  • Maternal immune activation: Implications for neuropsychiatric disorders

    Myka L. Estes;A. Kimberley McAllister

  • Psychedelics Promote Structural and Functional Neural Plasticity

    Calvin Ly;Alexandra C. Greb;Lindsay P. Cameron;Jonathan M. Wong

  • Opposing roles for endogenous BDNF and NT-3 in regulating cortical dendritic growth.

    A.Kimberley McAllister;A.Kimberley McAllister;Lawrence C. Katz;Lawrence C. Katz;Donald C. Lo

  • Neurotrophin regulation of cortical dendritic growth requires activity

    A.Kimberley McAllister;A.Kimberley McAllister;Lawrence C Katz;Lawrence C Katz;Donald C Lo

  • Immune mediators in the brain and peripheral tissues in autism spectrum disorder

    Myka L. Estes;A. Kimberley McAllister

  • Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Dendrite Growth

    A. Kimberley McAllister

  • Dynamic Aspects of CNS Synapse Formation

    A. Kimberley McAllister

  • Maternal immune activation causes age- and region-specific changes in brain cytokines in offspring throughout development.

    Paula A. Garay;Elaine Y. Hsiao;Paul H. Patterson;A.K. McAllister

  • Rapid recruitment of NMDA receptor transport packets to nascent synapses.

    Philip Washbourne;Jennie E. Bennett;A. Kimberley McAllister

  • Neuronal transfection in brain slices using particle-mediated gene transfer

    Donald C. Lo;A. Kimberley McAllister;Lawrence C. Katz

  • Maternal immune activation: reporting guidelines to improve the rigor, reproducibility, and transparency of the model

    Amanda C. Kentner;Staci D. Bilbo;Alan S. Brown;Alan S. Brown;Elaine Y. Hsiao

  • Nonsaturation of AMPA and NMDA receptors at hippocampal synapses

    A. Kimberley McAllister;Charles F. Stevens

  • Novel roles for immune molecules in neural development: implications for neurodevelopmental disorders

    Paula A. Garay;A. Kimberley McAllister

  • MHCI negatively regulates synapse density during the establishment of cortical connections

    Marian W Glynn;Bradford M Elmer;Paula A Garay;Xiao-Bo Liu

  • Techniques for gene transfer into neurons

    Philip Washbourne;A.Kimberley McAllister

  • Major histocompatibility complex class I proteins in brain development and plasticity.

    Bradford M. Elmer;A. Kimberley McAllister

  • Cycling of NMDA Receptors during Trafficking in Neurons before Synapse Formation

    Philip Washbourne;Xiao-Bo Liu;Edward G. Jones;A. Kimberley McAllister

  • Neurotrophins and neuronal differentiation in the central nervous system

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  • Major histocompatibility complex I in brain development and schizophrenia.

    A. Kimberley McAllister

Frequent Co-Authors

Cameron S. Carter
Cameron S. Carter University of California, Irvine
Donald C. Lo
Donald C. Lo Duke University
Cynthia M. Schumann
Cynthia M. Schumann University of California, Davis
Edward G. Jones
Edward G. Jones University of California, Davis
David G. Amaral
David G. Amaral University of California, Davis
Daniel H. Geschwind
Daniel H. Geschwind University of California, Los Angeles
Mikhail V. Pletnikov
Mikhail V. Pletnikov Johns Hopkins University
Charles F. Stevens
Charles F. Stevens Salk Institute for Biological Studies
W. Martin Usrey
W. Martin Usrey University of California, Davis
Fred H. Gage
Fred H. Gage Salk Institute for Biological Studies

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