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Overview

Allan J. Tobin is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their work spans several fields primarily related to medicine, neuroscience, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their research focuses on genetic neurodegenerative diseases and neurological disorders and treatments. Additional topics include mitochondrial function and pathology, along with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome research.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Allan J. Tobin include:

  • Forecasting individual progression trajectories in Huntington disease enables more powered clinical trials, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Longitudinal expression changes are weak correlates of disease progression in Huntington's disease, 2020, Brain Communications
  • Machine learning spots the time to treat Huntington disease, 2021, Research Square (Research Square)

Frequent co-authors in Allan J. Tobin's publications include:

  • Sarah J. Tabrizi
  • Rachael I. Scahill
  • Alexandra Dürr
  • Igor Koval
  • Thomas Dighiero-Brecht

The main fields of study involved in their research are:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields of study frequently represented in their work encompass:

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Neurology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Psychiatry and Mental health

Allan J. Tobin commonly publishes in venues such as:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Brain Communications
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Best Publications

  • Two genes encode distinct glutamate decarboxylases.

    Mark G. Erlander;Niranjala J.K. Tillakaratne;Sophie Feldblum;Neela Patel

  • Spontaneous loss of T-cell tolerance to glutamic acid decarboxylase in murine insulin-dependent diabetes.

    Daniel L. Kaufman;Michael Clare-Salzler;Jide Tian;Thomas Forsthuber

  • Molecular biology of GABAA receptors.

    Richard W. Olsen;Allan J. Tobin

  • Biological and clinical manifestations of Huntington's disease in the longitudinal TRACK-HD study: cross-sectional analysis of baseline data.

    Sarah J Tabrizi;Douglas R Langbehn;Blair R Leavitt;Raymund A C Roos

  • Two Forms of the γ‐Aminobutyric Acid Synthetic Enzyme Glutamate Decarboxylase Have Distinct Intraneuronal Distributions and Cofactor Interactions

    Daniel L. Kaufman;Carolyn R. Houser;Carolyn R. Houser;Allan J. Tobin

  • Comparative localization of two forms of glutamic acid decarboxylase and their mRNAs in rat brain supports the concept of functional differences between the forms

    M. Esclapez;N. J. K. Tillakaratne;D. L. Kaufman;A. J. Tobin

  • Autoimmunity to two forms of glutamate decarboxylase in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

    D L Kaufman;M G Erlander;M Clare-Salzler;M A Atkinson

  • Two human glutamate decarboxylases, 65-kDa GAD and 67-kDa GAD, are each encoded by a single gene

    Ding-Fang Bu;M. G. Erlander;B. C. Hitz;N. J. K. Tillakaratne

  • The structural and functional heterogeneity of glutamic acid decarboxylase: a review.

    Mark G. Erlander;Allan J. Tobin

  • Retraining the injured spinal cord

    V. Reggie Edgerton;Ray D. de Leon;Susan J. Harkema;John A. Hodgson

  • Systematic behavioral evaluation of Huntington’s disease transgenic and knock-in mouse models

    Liliana Menalled;Bassem F. El-Khodor;Monica Patry;Mayte Suárez-Fariñas

  • Response of peripheral-blood mononuclear cells to glutamate decarboxylase in insulin-dependent diabetes

    M.A Atkinson;L Campbell;K.A Gibbs;N.K Maclaren

  • Identification of genetic variants associated with Huntington's disease progression: a genome-wide association study

    Davina J Hensman Moss;Antonio F Pardiñas;Douglas Langbehn;Kitty Lo

  • A novel α subunit in rat brain GABAA receptors

    Michel Khrestchatisky;A.John MacLennan;Ming-Yi Chiang;Wentao Xu

  • Different distributions of GAD65 and GAD67 mRNAS suggest that the two glutamate decarboxylases play distinctive functional roles

    S. Feldblum;M. G. Erlander;A. J. Tobin

  • Modulating autoimmune responses to GAD inhibits disease progression and prolongs islet graft survival in diabetes-prone mice.

    Jide Tian;Michael Clare-Salzler;Alan Herschenfeld;Blake Middleton

  • Brain glutamate decarboxylase cloned in lambda gt-11: fusion protein produces gamma-aminobutyric acid.

    Daniel L. Kaufman;James F. McGinnis;Neil R. Krieger;Allan J. Tobin

  • Comparative localization of mRNAs encoding two forms of glutamic acid decarboxylase with nonradioactive in situ hybridization methods

    Monique Esclapez;Niranjala J. K. Tillakaratne;Allan J. Tobin;Carolyn R. Houser

  • Huntington's disease: the challenge for cell biologists

    Allan J. Tobin;Ethan R. Signer

  • Comparative distribution of mRNAs for glutamic acid decarboxylase, tyrosine hydroxylase, and tachykinins in the basal ganglia: an in situ hybridization study in the rodent brain.

    Marie-Francoise Chesselet;Linda Weiss;Carol Wuenschell;Allan J. Tobin

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard W. Olsen
Richard W. Olsen University of California, Los Angeles
Mark A. Atkinson
Mark A. Atkinson University of Florida
Sarah J. Tabrizi
Sarah J. Tabrizi University College London
Blair R. Leavitt
Blair R. Leavitt University of British Columbia
Alexandra Durr
Alexandra Durr Sorbonne University
Carolyn R. Houser
Carolyn R. Houser University of California, Los Angeles
Michael J. Clare-Salzler
Michael J. Clare-Salzler University of Florida
Julie C. Stout
Julie C. Stout Monash University
Leroy Hood
Leroy Hood University of Washington
Bruce Dunn
Bruce Dunn University of California, Los Angeles

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