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Jacob Ellegood

Jacob Ellegood

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Neuroscience

D-Index
43
Citations
7593
World Ranking
7382
National Ranking
435

Overview

Jacob Ellegood is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant focus also on Neuroscience. Subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Genetics, Social Psychology, and Behavioral Neuroscience.

The main topics covered by their research involve Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies. Other notable areas include Congenital Heart Defects Research, Stress Responses and Cortisol, Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior, and RNA Research and Splicing.

Ellegood has contributed numerous publications across several venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • NeuroImage
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Cell Reports

They have authored several recent papers such as:

  • "Regulation of autism-relevant behaviors by cerebellar-prefrontal cortical circuits" (2020, Nature Neuroscience)
  • "Placental endocrine function shapes cerebellar development and social behavior" (2021, Nature Neuroscience)
  • "Brain mapping across 16 autism mouse models reveals a spectrum of functional connectivity subtypes" (2021, Molecular Psychiatry)
  • "Translational outcomes in a full gene deletion of ubiquitin protein ligase E3A rat model of Angelman syndrome" (2020, Translational Psychiatry)
  • "Autism-linked Cullin3 germline haploinsufficiency impacts cytoskeletal dynamics and cortical neurogenesis through RhoA signaling" (2021, Molecular Psychiatry)

Throughout their career, Jacob Ellegood has worked frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Jason P. Lerch
  • Lily R. Qiu
  • M. Albert Basson
  • Jill L. Silverman

Best Publications

  • Dosage-dependent phenotypes in models of 16p11.2 lesions found in autism

    Guy Horev;Jacob Ellegood;Jason P. Lerch;Young-Eun E. Son

  • Altered cerebellar connectivity in autism and cerebellar-mediated rescue of autism-related behaviors in mice

    Catherine J. Stoodley;Anila M. D'Mello;Jacob Ellegood;Vikram Jakkamsetti

  • Clustering autism: using neuroanatomical differences in 26 mouse models to gain insight into the heterogeneity

    J Ellegood;E Anagnostou;B A Babineau;J N Crawley;J N Crawley

  • Behavioral Abnormalities and Circuit Defects in the Basal Ganglia of a Mouse Model of 16p11.2 Deletion Syndrome

    Thomas Portmann;Mu Yang;Rong Mao;Georgia Panagiotakos

  • Regulation of autism-relevant behaviors by cerebellar–prefrontal cortical circuits

    Elyza Kelly;Fantao Meng;Hirofumi Fujita;Felipe Morgado

  • Germline Chd8 haploinsufficiency alters brain development in mouse.

    Andrea L Gompers;Linda Su-Feher;Jacob Ellegood;Nycole A Copping

  • Genetic Effects on Cerebellar Structure Across Mouse Models of Autism Using a Magnetic Resonance Imaging Atlas

    Patrick E. Steadman;Jacob Ellegood;Kamila U. Szulc;Daniel H. Turnbull

  • Altered TAOK2 activity causes autism-related neurodevelopmental and cognitive abnormalities through RhoA signaling

    Melanie Richter;Nadeem Murtaza;Robin Scharrenberg;Sean H. White

  • Kctd13 deletion reduces synaptic transmission via increased RhoA

    Christine Ochoa Escamilla;Irina Filonova;Angela K. Walker;Zhong X. Xuan

  • Preparation of fixed mouse brains for MRI.

    Lindsay S. Cahill;Christine L. Laliberté;Jacob Ellegood;Shoshana Spring

  • Neuroanatomical analysis of the BTBR mouse model of autism using magnetic resonance imaging and diffusion tensor imaging

    Jacob Ellegood;Brooke A. Babineau;R. Mark Henkelman;Jason P. Lerch

  • Sexually dimorphic behavior, neuronal activity, and gene expression in Chd8-mutant mice

    Hwajin Jung;Haram Park;Yeonsoo Choi;Hyojin Kang

  • Behavioral and Neuroanatomical Phenotypes in Mouse Models of Autism

    Jacob Ellegood;Jacqueline N. Crawley

  • Altered Neocortical Gene Expression, Brain Overgrowth and Functional Over-Connectivity in Chd8 Haploinsufficient Mice.

    Philipp Suetterlin;Shaun Hurley;Conor Mohan;Kimberley L H Riegman

  • Anatomical phenotyping in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome with magnetic resonance imaging.

    Jacob Ellegood;Laura K. Pacey;David R. Hampson;Jason P. Lerch

  • Diffusion tensor spectroscopy (DTS) of human brain.

    Jacob Ellegood;Chris C. Hanstock;Christian Beaulieu

  • Sensitive Periods for Cerebellar-Mediated Autistic-like Behaviors.

    Peter T. Tsai;Peter T. Tsai;Stephanie Rudolph;Chong Guo;Jacob Ellegood

  • Placental endocrine function shapes cerebellar development and social behavior

    Claire Marie Vacher;Helene Lacaille;Jiaqi J. O’Reilly;Jacquelyn Salzbank

  • Brain mapping across 16 autism mouse models reveals a spectrum of functional connectivity subtypes.

    V Zerbi;M Pagani;M Markicevic;M Matteoli

  • Species-conserved SYNGAP1 phenotypes associated with neurodevelopmental disorders

    Murat Kilinc;Thomas Creson;Camilo Rojas;Massimiliano Aceti

  • Prenatal β-catenin/Brn2/Tbr2 transcriptional cascade regulates adult social and stereotypic behaviors

    H. Belinson;J. Nakatani;B. A. Babineau;R. Y. Birnbaum

  • Neuroanatomical phenotypes in a mouse model of the 22q11.2 microdeletion

    J. Ellegood;S. Markx;Jason Lerch;P.E. Steadman

Frequent Co-Authors

Jason P. Lerch
Jason P. Lerch Hospital for Sick Children
Jacqueline N. Crawley
Jacqueline N. Crawley University of California, Davis
John G. Sled
John G. Sled University of Toronto
Evdokia Anagnostou
Evdokia Anagnostou Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
Maria Luisa Scattoni
Maria Luisa Scattoni Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Markus Wöhr
Markus Wöhr Philipp University of Marburg
Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele
Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele Columbia University
Armin Raznahan
Armin Raznahan National Institutes of Health
Alessandro Gozzi
Alessandro Gozzi Italian Institute of Technology
Toru Takumi
Toru Takumi Kobe University

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