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Kevin D. Alloway is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States and focuses their research primarily within the broad field of Neuroscience. Their work spans various specialized subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and Dermatology.

The main topics that characterize Alloway's research include:

  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Dermatology and Skin Diseases
  • Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies

Alloway has contributed articles to a variety of scientific journals, representing both neuroscience and interdisciplinary domains. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Brain Structure and Function
  • Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their recent research works cover experiments and analyses related to sensory processing, brain circuitry, and sleep-wake dynamics. Notable papers by Alloway include:

  • "Responses of neurons in the primary somatosensory cortex to itch- and pain-producing stimuli in rats," 2020, Journal of Neurophysiology
  • "Convergence of forepaw somatosensory and motor cortical projections in the striatum, claustrum, thalamus, and pontine nuclei of cats," 2021, Brain Structure and Function
  • "Model-based analysis and forecast of sleep-wake regulatory dynamics: Tools and applications to data," 2021, Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science
  • "Functional architecture of the forebrain cholinergic system in rodents," 2024, Research Square
  • "Probing Causality of the Brainstem-Hypothalamic Murine Models of Sleep-Wake Regulation," 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Collaboration plays a role in Alloway's research, with several frequent coauthors contributing to scholarly efforts. These include Fatemeh Bahari, John Kimbugwe, Bruce J. Gluckman, László Záborszky, and Peter Varsanyi, all of whom have coauthored multiple publications with Alloway.

Best Publications

  • Cortical areas within the lateral sulcus connected to cutaneous representations in areas 3b and 1: a revised interpretation of the second somatosensory area in macaque monkeys.

    Harold Burton;Mara Fabri;Kevin Alloway

  • Quantitative measurements of receptive field changes during antagonism of GABAergic transmission in primary somatosensory cortex of cats.

    Kevin Alloway;P. Rosenthal;H. Burton

  • Resiniferatoxin Induces Paradoxical Changes in Thermal and Mechanical Sensitivities in Rats: Mechanism of Action

    Hui Lin Pan;Ghous M. Khan;Kevin D. Alloway;Shao Rui Chen

  • Information Processing Streams in Rodent Barrel Cortex: The Differential Functions of Barrel and Septal Circuits

    Kevin D. Alloway

  • Functional specificity of claustrum connections in the rat: interhemispheric communication between specific parts of motor cortex.

    Jared B. Smith;Kevin D. Alloway

  • Differential effects of GABA and bicuculline on rapidly- and slowly-adapting neurons in primary somatosensory cortex of primates

    K. D. Alloway;H. Burton

  • Coincidence Detection or Temporal Integration? What the Neurons in Somatosensory Cortex Are Doing

    Stephane A. Roy;Kevin D. Alloway

  • Differential origin of projections from SI barrel cortex to the whisker representations in SII and MI.

    Shubhodeep Chakrabarti;Kevin D. Alloway;Kevin D. Alloway

  • Functional circuits mediating sensorimotor integration: quantitative comparisons of projections from rodent barrel cortex to primary motor cortex, neostriatum, superior colliculus, and the pons.

    Zachary S. Hoffer;Henry B. Arantes;Richard L. Roth;Kevin D. Alloway;Kevin D. Alloway

  • Organization of corticostriatal projections from the vibrissal representations in the primary motor and somatosensory cortical areas of rodents

    Zachary S. Hoffer;Kevin D. Alloway;Kevin D. Alloway

  • Sensorimotor corticocortical projections from rat barrel cortex have an anisotropic organization that facilitates integration of inputs from whiskers in the same row.

    Zachary S. Hoffer;John E. Hoover;Kevin D. Alloway

  • Simultaneous electrochemical and unit recording measurements: characterization of the effects of D-amphetamine and ascorbic acid on neostriatal neurons

    Andrew G. Ewing;Kevin D. Alloway;Stephen D. Curtis;Mark A. Dayton

  • Corticostriatal Projections from Rat Barrel Cortex Have an Anisotropic Organization that Correlates with Vibrissal Whisking Behavior

    Kevin D. Alloway;Jennifer Crist;Joshua J. Mutic;Stephane A. Roy

  • Mapping the functional network of medial prefrontal cortex by combining optogenetics and fMRI in awake rats

    Zhifeng Liang;Glenn D.R. Watson;Kevin D. Alloway;Gangchea Lee

  • The relationship between the claustrum and endopiriform nucleus: a perspective towards consensus on cross-species homology

    Jared B. Smith;Kevin D. Alloway;Patrick R. Hof;Rena Orman

  • Three-dimensional topography of corticopontine projections from rat sensorimotor cortex: comparisons with corticostriatal projections reveal diverse integrative organization.

    Trygve B. Leergaard;Kevin D. Alloway;Tuyet A.T. Pham;Ingeborg Bolstad

  • Projections From Primary Somatosensory Cortex to the Neostriatum: The Role of Somatotopic Continuity in Corticostriatal Convergence

    John E. Hoover;John E. Hoover;Zachary S. Hoffer;Kevin D. Alloway

  • A Role for the Claustrum in Salience Processing

    Jared B. Smith;Glenn D. R. Watson;Zhifeng Liang;Yikang Liu

  • Ascorbic acid and the behavioral response to haloperidol: implications for the action of antipsychotic drugs.

    George V. Rebec;Josephine M. Centore;Laura K. White;Kevin D. Alloway

  • Septal columns in rodent barrel cortex: functional circuits for modulating whisking behavior.

    Kevin D. Alloway;Kevin D. Alloway;Mengliang Zhang;Shubhodeep Chakrabarti

  • Quantitative comparisons of corticothalamic topography within the ventrobasal complex and the posterior nucleus of the rodent thalamus.

    Kevin D. Alloway;Zachary S. Hoffer;John E. Hoover

Frequent Co-Authors

George V. Rebec
George V. Rebec Indiana University
Harold Burton
Harold Burton Washington University in St. Louis
Nanyin Zhang
Nanyin Zhang Pennsylvania State University
Jan G. Bjaalie
Jan G. Bjaalie University of Oslo
Ehud Ahissar
Ehud Ahissar Weizmann Institute of Science
László Acsády
László Acsády Institute of Experimental Medicine
Mara Fabri
Mara Fabri Marche Polytechnic University
Ilan Lampl
Ilan Lampl Weizmann Institute of Science
Asaf Keller
Asaf Keller University of Maryland, Baltimore
Cornelius Schwarz
Cornelius Schwarz University of Tübingen

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