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James P. McAllister is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research portfolio spans multiple publications primarily concentrated in the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a notable emphasis on specialized subfields such as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

Their work addresses a variety of topics centered largely on cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus, traumatic brain injury and neurovascular disturbances, as well as neonatal and fetal brain pathology. Additional focus areas include fetal and pediatric neurological disorders, parathyroid disorders and treatments, bone health, and vitamin D research studies.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with McAllister include:

  • Carolyn A. Harris
  • David D. Limbrick
  • Jacob Gluski
  • Prashant Hariharan
  • Andrew Jea

McAllister has published in several notable venues, with the most frequent publication outlets being:

  • Fluids and Barriers of the CNS
  • Postgraduate Medical Journal
  • Human Gene Therapy
  • Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England
  • Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics

Recent papers authored or co-authored by James P. McAllister include:

  • "Cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers of neuroinflammation in children with hydrocephalus and shunt malfunction," 2021, published in Fluids and Barriers of the CNS
  • "Characterization of a multicenter pediatric-hydrocephalus shunt biobank," 2020, published in Fluids and Barriers of the CNS
  • "A multicenter retrospective study of heterogeneous tissue aggregates obstructing ventricular catheters explanted from patients with hydrocephalus," 2021, published in Fluids and Barriers of the CNS
  • "Urinary calcium indices in primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) and familial hypocalciuric hypercalcaemia (FHH): which test performs best?," 2020, published in Postgraduate Medical Journal
  • "Improvement of Precision in Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus Infectious Titer Assay with Droplet Digital PCR as an Endpoint Measurement," 2023, published in Human Gene Therapy

Best Publications

  • Exercise preconditioning ameliorates inflammatory injury in ischemic rats during reperfusion

    Yun-Hong Ding;Chen N. Young;Xiaodong Luan;Jie Li

  • Pathophysiology of congenital and neonatal hydrocephalus.

    James P. McAllister

  • Increased astrocyte proliferation in rats after running exercise

    Jie Li;Yun Hong Ding;Josè A. Rafols;Qin Lai

  • Neonatal hydrocephalus: Mechanisms and consequences

    James P. McAllister;Peter Chovan

  • Priorities for hydrocephalus research: report from a National Institutes of Health-sponsored workshop.

    Michael A. Williams;James P. McAllister;James P. McAllister;Marion L. Walker;Dory A. Kranz

  • Local saline infusion into ischemic territory induces regional brain cooling and neuroprotection in rats with transient middle cerebral artery occlusion.

    Yuchuan Ding;Jie Li;Xiaodong Luan;Qin Lai

  • Neuronal effects of experimentally induced hydrocephalus in newborn rats.

    James P. McAllister;Todd A. Maugans;Mitseh V. Shah;Raymond C. Truex

  • Neurogenesis in the epithalamus, dorsal thalamus and ventral thalamus of the rat: an autoradiographic and cytological study.

    James P. McAllister;Gopal D. Das

  • Reduction of astrogliosis and microgliosis by cerebrospinal fluid shunting in experimental hydrocephalus

    Janet M Miller;Janet M Miller;James P McAllister

  • A cell junction pathology of neural stem cells leads to abnormal neurogenesis and hydrocephalus

    Esteban M Rodríguez;María M Guerra;Karin Vío;César González

  • Decorin prevents the development of juvenile communicating hydrocephalus.

    Hannah Botfield;Ana Maria Gonzalez;Osama Abdullah;Anders Dæhli Skjolding

  • Ventricular Zone Disruption in Human Neonates With Intraventricular Hemorrhage

    James P. McAllister;Maria Montserrat Guerra;Leandro Castaneyra Ruiz;Antonio J. Jimenez

  • What we should know about the cellular and tissue response causing catheter obstruction in the treatment of hydrocephalus.

    Carolyn A. Harris;James P. McAllister

  • Impaired motor learning and diffuse axonal damage in motor and visual systems of the rat following traumatic brain injury

    Yuchuan Ding;Bin Yao;Qin Lai;J. P. (Pat) McAllister

  • What we don't (but should) know about hydrocephalus

    Marvin Bergsneider;Michael R. Egnor;Miles Johnston;Dory Kranz

  • Cell Junction Pathology of Neural Stem Cells Is Associated With Ventricular Zone Disruption, Hydrocephalus, and Abnormal Neurogenesis

    Maria Montserrat Guerra;Roberto Henzi;Alexander Ortloff;Nicole Lichtin

  • Value of overnight monitoring of intracranial pressure in hydrocephalic children.

    Martin U. Schuhmann;Sandeep Sood;James P. McAllister;Matthias Jaeger

  • Contact guidance and migratory cells in the developing cerebellum.

    Gopal D. Das;Gary L. Lammert;James P. McAllister

  • Progression of experimental infantile hydrocephalus and effects of ventriculoperitoneal shunts: an analysis correlating magnetic resonance imaging with gross morphology.

    James P. McAllister;Mitchell I. Cohen;Kathleen A. O'Mara;Michele H. Johnson;Michele H. Johnson

  • Improvement of Cortical Morphology in Infantile Hydrocephalic Animals after Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Placement

    Pamela M. Hale;James P. McAllister;Steven D. Katz;Lyn Carey Wright

  • Chemokine and cytokine levels in the lumbar cerebrospinal fluid of preterm infants with post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus

    Gakwaya Habiyaremye;Diego M. Morales;Clinton D. Morgan;James P. McAllister

  • Regional brain cooling induced by vascular saline infusion into ischemic territory reduces brain inflammation in stroke

    Xiaodong Luan;Jie Li;James P. McAllister;Fernando G. Diaz

Frequent Co-Authors

Yuchuan Ding
Yuchuan Ding Wayne State University
Conrad E. Johanson
Conrad E. Johanson Brown University
Scott K. Holland
Scott K. Holland Medpace (United States)
Sandeep Sood
Sandeep Sood Wayne State University
Jaime R. Villablanca
Jaime R. Villablanca University of California, Los Angeles
Christopher D. Smyser
Christopher D. Smyser Washington University in St. Louis
David M. Holtzman
David M. Holtzman Washington University in St. Louis
Terrie E. Inder
Terrie E. Inder Brigham and Women's Hospital
Jeffrey J. Neil
Jeffrey J. Neil Washington University in St. Louis
Judy A. Daly
Judy A. Daly University of Utah

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