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Justin R. Fallon

Justin R. Fallon

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Neuroscience

D-Index
46
Citations
9329
World Ranking
6648
National Ranking
2887

Overview

Justin R. Fallon is affiliated with Brown University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with notable contributions across related subfields such as molecular biology, genetics, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and developmental neuroscience.

Their scholarly output spans several main research topics, including muscle physiology and disorders, neurogenetic and muscular disorders research, cardiomyopathy and myosin studies, genetic neurodegenerative diseases, ion channel regulation and function, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments.

Justin R. Fallon's recent publications include:

  • "Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease" (2021) published in Stem Cell Reports
  • "Multiple MuSK signaling pathways and the aging neuromuscular junction" (2020) published in Neuroscience Letters
  • "The MuSK-BMP pathway maintains myofiber size in slow muscle through regulation of Akt-mTOR signaling" (2024) published in Skeletal Muscle
  • "Up-regulation of cholesterol synthesis pathways and limited neurodegeneration in a knock-in Sod1 mutant mouse model of ALS" (2023) published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "MuSK-BMP signaling in adult muscle stem cells maintains quiescence and regulates myofiber size" (2023) published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their frequent coauthors include Lauren A. Fish, Diego Jaime, Laura A. Madigan, M. D. Ewing, and Madison D. Ewing.

Publication venues where Justin R. Fallon has contributed multiple works are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Stem Cell Reports
  • Neuroscience Letters
  • Skeletal Muscle
  • Journal of Neuroscience

Best Publications

  • Identification of agrin, a synaptic organizing protein from Torpedo electric organ.

    Ralph M. Nitkin;Martin A. Smith;Catherine Magill;Justin R. Fallon

  • Internalization of ionotropic glutamate receptors in response to mGluR activation.

    Eric M. Snyder;Benjamin D. Philpot;Kimberly M. Huber;Xin Dong

  • CPEB-mediated cytoplasmic polyadenylation and the regulation of experience-dependent translation of alpha-CaMKII mRNA at synapses

    Lin Wu;David G. Wells;Joyce Tay;Duane Mendis

  • Identification and purification of an agrin receptor from torpedo postsynaptic membranes: A heteromeric complex related to the dystroglycans

    Mark A. Bowe;Katherine A. Deyst;John D. Leszyk;Justin R. Fallon

  • The Insulin Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Substrate p58/53 and the Insulin Receptor Are Components of CNS Synapses

    Mary-Alice Abbott;David G. Wells;Justin R. Fallon

  • SAP90 Binds and Clusters Kainate Receptors Causing Incomplete Desensitization

    Elizabeth P Garcia;Sunil Mehta;Leslie A.C Blair;David G Wells

  • Preferential outgrowth of central nervous system neurites on astrocytes and Schwann cells as compared with nonglial cells in vitro.

    J R Fallon

  • TDP-43 gains function due to perturbed autoregulation in a Tardbp knock-in mouse model of ALS-FTD.

    Matthew A. White;Matthew A. White;Eosu Kim;Eosu Kim;Amanda Duffy;Robert Adalbert

  • Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease.

    Kelsey R. Babcock;John S. Page;Justin R. Fallon;Ashley E. Webb

  • The FXG: A Presynaptic Fragile X Granule Expressed in a Subset of Developing Brain Circuits

    Sean B. Christie;Michael R. Akins;James E. Schwob;Justin R. Fallon

  • The Role of Agrin in Synapse Formation

    M A Bowe;J R Fallon

  • The Small Leucine-Rich Repeat Proteoglycan Biglycan Binds to α-Dystroglycan and Is Upregulated in Dystrophic Muscle

    Mark A. Bowe;Duane B. Mendis;Justin R. Fallon

  • Agrin and microvascular damage in Alzheimer's disease.

    Tyler M. Berzin;Brian D. Zipser;Michael S. Rafii;Victoria Kuo-Leblanc

  • A Role for the Cytoplasmic Polyadenylation Element in NMDA Receptor-Regulated mRNA Translation in Neurons

    David G. Wells;Xin Dong;Elizabeth M. Quinlan;Yi-Shuian Huang

  • Biglycan recruits utrophin to the sarcolemma and counters dystrophic pathology in mdx mice.

    Alison R. Amenta;Atilgan Yilmaz;Sasha Bogdanovich;Beth A. McKechnie

  • Acetylcholine receptor-aggregating factor is similar to molecules concentrated at neuromuscular junctions

    Justin R. Fallon;Ralph M. Nitkin;Noreen E. Reist;Bruce G. Wallace

  • Molecular mechanisms for activity-regulated protein synthesis in the synapto-dendritic compartment.

    David G Wells;Joel D Richter;Justin R Fallon

  • Agrin-related molecules are concentrated at acetylcholine receptor clusters in normal and aneural developing muscle.

    J R Fallon;C E Gelfman

  • Building synapses: agrin and dystroglycan stick together

    Justin R. Fallon;Zach W. Hall

  • Visual Experience Regulates Transient Expression and Dendritic Localization of Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein

    Lisa A. Gabel;Sandra Won;Hideki Kawai;Margaret McKinney

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward G. Stopa
Edward G. Stopa Brown University
Lisa M. Saksida
Lisa M. Saksida University of Western Ontario
Michael P. Coleman
Michael P. Coleman University of Cambridge
Timothy J. Bussey
Timothy J. Bussey University of Western Ontario
Jozef Gecz
Jozef Gecz University of Adelaide
James E. Schwob
James E. Schwob Tufts University
Thomas D. Sargent
Thomas D. Sargent National Institutes of Health
Simon Andrews
Simon Andrews Babraham Institute
Richard R. Ribchester
Richard R. Ribchester University of Edinburgh

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