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Brian L. Allman is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada and focuses on research within the field of neuroscience. Their work spans various subfields including cognitive neuroscience, sensory systems, neurology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and molecular biology.

The scientist's research covers main topics such as hearing, cochlea, tinnitus, and genetics; autism spectrum disorder research; neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms; neural dynamics and brain function; neuroendocrine regulation and behavior; biochemical analysis and sensing techniques; and neuroscience and neuropharmacology research.

Brian L. Allman has authored several recent papers, among them:

  • Loss of Cntnap2 in the Rat Causes Autism-Related Alterations in Social Interactions, Stereotypic Behavior, and Sensory Processing (2020, Autism Research)
  • Uncovering the contribution of enhanced central gain and altered cortical oscillations to tinnitus generation (2020, Progress in Neurobiology)
  • GJB2 Mutations Linked to Hearing Loss Exhibit Differential Trafficking and Functional Defects as Revealed in Cochlear-Relevant Cells (2020, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology)
  • TSPO PET detects acute neuroinflammation but not diffuse chronically activated MHCII microglia in the rat (2020, EJNMMI Research)
  • Differential Plasticity in Auditory and Prefrontal Cortices, and Cognitive-Behavioral Deficits Following Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (2020, Neuroscience)

Frequent coauthors of Brian L. Allman include:

  • Ashley L. Schormans
  • Susanne Schmid
  • Shawn N. Whitehead
  • Kaela E. Scott
  • Sarah H. Hayes

The scientist regularly publishes in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • The FASEB Journal
  • Autism Research
  • Neuroscience

Best Publications

  • Neuromuscular fatigue and aging: central and peripheral factors.

    Brian L. Allman;Charles L. Rice

  • Review: Ototoxic Characteristics of Platinum Antitumor Drugs

    Dalian Ding;Brian L. Allman;Richard Salvi

  • Adult deafness induces somatosensory conversion of ferret auditory cortex

    Brian L. Allman;Leslie P. Keniston;M. Alex Meredith

  • The gap-startle paradigm for tinnitus screening in animal models: limitations and optimization.

    Edward Lobarinas;Sarah H. Hayes;Brian L. Allman

  • Cisplatin ototoxicity in rat cochlear organotypic cultures.

    Dalian Ding;Jingchun He;Brian L. Allman;Dongzhen Yu

  • Multisensory Processing in “Unimodal” Neurons: Cross-Modal Subthreshold Auditory Effects in Cat Extrastriate Visual Cortex

    Brian L. Allman;M. Alex Meredith

  • Incomplete recovery of voluntary isometric force after fatigue is not affected by old age.

    Brian L. Allman;Charles L. Rice

  • Salicylate toxicity model of tinnitus

    Daniel J. Stolzberg;Richard J. Salvi;Brian L. Allman

  • Salicylate-induced peripheral auditory changes and tonotopic reorganization of auditory cortex.

    Daniel Stolzberg;Guang-Di Chen;Brian L. Allman;Richard J. Salvi

  • Not Just for Bimodal Neurons Anymore: The Contribution of Unimodal Neurons to Cortical Multisensory Processing

    Brian L. Allman;Leslie P. Keniston;M. Alex Meredith

  • Differential age‐related changes in motor unit properties between elbow flexors and extensors

    B. H. Dalton;J. M. Jakobi;B. L. Allman;C. L. Rice

  • Multisensory dysfunction accompanies crossmodal plasticity following adult hearing impairment.

    M.A. Meredith;L.P. Keniston;B.L. Allman

  • Do Cross-Modal Projections Always Result in Multisensory Integration?

    Brian L. Allman;Ruben E. Bittencourt-Navarrete;Leslie P. Keniston;Alexandre E. Medina

  • Subthreshold multisensory processing in cat auditory cortex.

    M. Alex Meredith;Brian L. Allman

  • Perceived exertion is elevated in old age during an isometric fatigue task

    Brian L. Allman;Charles L. Rice

  • Altered Auditory Processing, Filtering, and Reactivity in the Cntnap2 Knock-Out Rat Model for Neurodevelopmental Disorders

    Kaela E. Scott;Ashley L. Schormans;Katharine Y. Pacoli;Cleusa De Oliveira

  • Δ-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol and Cannabidiol produce dissociable effects on prefrontal cortical executive function and regulation of affective behaviors.

    Hanna Szkudlarek;Sagar Jayawantrao Desai;Justine Renard;Brian J Pereira

  • What we can learn from a genetic rodent model about autism.

    Dorit Möhrle;Marta Fernández;Olga Peñagarikano;Andreas Frick

  • Loss of Cntnap2 in the Rat Causes Autism-Related Alterations in Social Interactions, Stereotypic Behavior, and Sensory Processing.

    Kaela E Scott;Karnig Kazazian;Rajkamalpreet S Mann;Dorit Möhrle

  • Single-unit analysis of somatosensory processing in the core auditory cortex of hearing ferrets.

    M. Alex Meredith;Brian L. Allman

  • Early hearing-impairment results in crossmodal reorganization of ferret core auditory cortex.

    M. Alex Meredith;Brian L. Allman

Frequent Co-Authors

M. Alex Meredith
M. Alex Meredith Virginia Commonwealth University
Richard Salvi
Richard Salvi University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Nagalingam Rajakumar
Nagalingam Rajakumar University of Western Ontario
Ryan A. Stevenson
Ryan A. Stevenson University of Western Ontario
Guang-Di Chen
Guang-Di Chen University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Berthold Langguth
Berthold Langguth University of Regensburg
Steven R. Laviolette
Steven R. Laviolette University of Western Ontario
Eric J. Perreault
Eric J. Perreault Northwestern University

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