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James H. Fallon is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. The research focus centers primarily on the fields of Neuroscience and Psychology, with subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Molecular Biology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics such as:

  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Reading and Literacy Development
  • Multisensory perception and integration
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills

Recent publications highlight a diverse scope of study. These include:

  • "Genetic modulation of the HTR2A gene reduces anxiety-related behavior in mice", 2023, published in PNAS Nexus
  • "Language at a glance: How our brains grasp linguistic structure from parallel visual input", 2024, published in Science Advances
  • "Dealing with measures: Archaeology, cognitive neuroscience and the evolutionary origin of numerical thinking", 2025, published in L Anthropologie

Frequent collaborators in the scientist's work include:

  • Liina Pylkkänen
  • Troy T. Rohn
  • Dean Radin
  • Tracy Brandmeyer
  • B Linder

Publication venues frequently include:

  • Science Advances
  • PNAS Nexus
  • L Anthropologie

Best Publications

  • Reproducibility of Quantitative Tractography Methods Applied to Cerebral White Matter

    Setsu Wakana;Arvind Caprihan;Martina M. Panzenboeck;James H. Fallon

  • Catecholamine innervation of the basal forebrain. IV. Topography of the dopamine projection to the basal forebrain and neostriatum.

    James H. Fallon;Robert Y. Moore

  • Amygdala activity at encoding correlated with long-term, free recall of emotional information.

    Larry Cahill;Richard J. Haier;James Fallon;Michael T. Alkire

  • Fluoro-gold: a new fluorescent retrograde axonal tracer with numerous unique properties

    Laurence C. Schmued;James H. Fallon

  • A phase 1 clinical trial of nerve growth factor gene therapy for Alzheimer disease

    Mark H Tuszynski;Mark H Tuszynski;Leon Thal;Leon Thal;Mary Pay;David P Salmon

  • Catecholamine innervation of the basal forebrain II. Amygdala, suprarhinal cortex and entorhinal cortex

    James H. Fallon;David A. Koziell;Robert Y. Moore

  • The ascending projections of the superior colliculus in the rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta).

    L. A. Benevento;James H. Fallon

  • Distribution of dynorphin and enkephalin peptides in the rat brain.

    James H. Fallon;Frances M. Leslie

  • In vivo induction of massive proliferation, directed migration, and differentiation of neural cells in the adult mammalian brain.

    James Fallon;Steve Reid;Richard Kinyamu;Isaac Opole

  • Sex-related difference in amygdala activity during emotionally influenced memory storage.

    Larry Cahill;Richard J. Haier;T. Nathan S. White;James Fallon

  • Toward a unified theory of narcosis: brain imaging evidence for a thalamocortical switch as the neurophysiologic basis of anesthetic-induced unconsciousness.

    M.T. Alkire;R.J. Haier;J.H. Fallon

  • MRI white matter diffusion anisotropy and PET metabolic rate in schizophrenia.

    Monte S. Buchsbaum;Cheuk Y. Tang;Sharon Peled;Hakon Gudbjartsson

  • Hippocampal atrophy as a quantitative trait in a genome-wide association study identifying novel susceptibility genes for Alzheimer's disease.

    Steven G Potkin;Guia Guffanti;Guia Guffanti;Anita Lakatos;Jessica A. Turner

  • Prediction of Antidepressant Effects of Sleep Deprivation by Metabolic Rates in the Ventral Anterior Cingulate and Medial Prefrontal Cortex

    Wu J;Buchsbaum Ms;Gillin Jc;Tang C

  • Epidermal growth factor immunoreactive material in the central nervous system: location and development

    James H. Fallon;Kim B. Seroogy;Sandra E. Loughlin;Richard S. Morrison

  • Catecholamine innervation of the basal forebrain. III. Olfactory bulb, anterior olfactory nuclei, olfactory tubercle and piriform cortex.

    James H. Fallon;Robert Y. Moore

  • Increased dopamine activity associated with stuttering.

    Joseph C. Wu;Gerald Maguire;Glyndon Riley;Angie Lee

  • Locus coeruleus projections to cortex: topography, morphology and collateralization.

    Sandra E. Loughlin;Sandra E. Loughlin;Stephen L. Foote;Stephen L. Foote;James H. Fallon;James H. Fallon

  • A PET Study of the Pathophysiology of Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia

    Steven G. Potkin;Gustavo Alva;Kirsten Fleming;Ravi Anand

  • A Genome-Wide Association Study of Schizophrenia Using Brain Activation as a Quantitative Phenotype

    Steven G. Potkin;Jessica A. Turner;Guia Guffanti;Guia Guffanti;Anita Lakatos

  • Feed-forward hierarchical model of the ventral visual stream applied to functional brain image classification

    David B. Keator;James H. Fallon;Anita Lakatos;Charless C. Fowlkes

Frequent Co-Authors

Sandra E. Loughlin
Sandra E. Loughlin University of California, Irvine
Fabio Macciardi
Fabio Macciardi University of California, Irvine
Kim B. Seroogy
Kim B. Seroogy University of Cincinnati
Monte S. Buchsbaum
Monte S. Buchsbaum University of California, San Diego
Jessica A. Turner
Jessica A. Turner The Ohio State University
Richard J. Haier
Richard J. Haier University of California, Irvine
Michael T. Alkire
Michael T. Alkire University of California, Irvine
Charles E. Ribak
Charles E. Ribak University of California, Irvine
Vince D. Calhoun
Vince D. Calhoun Georgia State University
Frances M. Leslie
Frances M. Leslie University of California, Irvine

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