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Overview

Robin M. McAllen is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia and has contributed significantly to the fields of neuroscience and medicine. Their research spans several subfields, including neurology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, endocrine and autonomic systems, molecular biology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

Their scholarly work addresses a variety of topics, with a notable focus on vagus nerve stimulation research, heart rate variability and autonomic control, and the neuroscience of respiration and sleep. Other areas of study include nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, neuropeptides and animal physiology, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, and circadian rhythm and melatonin.

Recent publications by McAllen and their collaborators include:

  • "Advancing respiratory-cardiovascular physiology with the working heart-brainstem preparation over 25 years" (2022, The Journal of Physiology)
  • "Reflex regulation of systemic inflammation by the autonomic nervous system" (2021, Autonomic Neuroscience)
  • "Sympathetic nerves control bacterial clearance" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "Divergent splanchnic sympathetic efferent nerve pathways regulate interleukin-10 and tumour necrosis factor-α responses to endotoxaemia" (2022, The Journal of Physiology)
  • "Selective optogenetic stimulation of efferent fibers in the vagus nerve of a large mammal" (2020, Brain Stimulation)

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as The Journal of Physiology, Scientific Reports, Brain Behavior and Immunity, The FASEB Journal, and Nature Reviews Cardiology.

Collaborations are a significant aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors including Michael J. McKinley, Davide Martelli, Clive N. May, David Farmer, and Yugeesh R. Lankadeva.

Best Publications

  • The brain renin-angiotensin system: location and physiological roles

    Michael J McKinley;Anthony L Albiston;Andrew M Allen;M L Mathai

  • The cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway: A critical review

    D. Martelli;M.J. McKinley;R.M. McAllen;R.M. McAllen

  • The sensory circumventricular organs of the mammalian brain.

    Michael J. McKinley;Robin M. McAllen;Pamela Davern;Michelle E. Giles

  • The Sensory Circumventricular Organs of the Mammalian Brain: Subfornical Organ, OVLT and Area Postrema

    Michael J. J. McKinley;Robin M. McAllen;Pamela Davern;Michelle E. Giles

  • The location of cardiac vagal preganglionic motoneurones in the medulla of the cat.

    R M McAllen;K M Spyer

  • Reflex control of inflammation by sympathetic nerves, not the vagus

    D. Martelli;D. Martelli;S. T. Yao;M. J. McKinley;M. J. McKinley;R. M. McAllen;R. M. McAllen

  • Vasopressin Secretion: Osmotic and Hormonal Regulation by the Lamina Terminalis

    Michael J McKinley;M L Mathai;Robin M McAllen;R C McClear

  • Two types of vagal preganglionic motoneurones projecting to the heart and lungs.

    R. M. McAllen;K. M. Spyer

  • CIRCUMVENTRICULAR ORGANS - NEUROENDOCRINE INTERFACES BETWEEN THE BRAIN AND THE HEMAL MILIEU

    M. J. McKinley;R. M. McAllen;Frederick A O Mendelsohn;A. M. Allen

  • Neural regulation of inflammation: no neural connection from the vagus to splenic sympathetic neurons

    B. O. Bratton;D. Martelli;M. J. McKinley;D. Trevaks

  • The baroreceptor input to cardiac vagal motoneurones

    R. M. McAllen;K. M. Spyer

  • Differential control of sympathetic fibres supplying hindlimb skin and muscle by subretrofacial neurones in the cat.

    R A Dampney;R M McAllen

  • The median preoptic nucleus: front and centre for the regulation of body fluid, sodium, temperature, sleep and cardiovascular homeostasis.

    M. J. McKinley;S. T. Yao;A. Uschakov;R. M. McAllen;R. M. McAllen

  • Effects of kainic acid applied to the ventral surface of the medulla oblongata on vasomotor tone, the baroreceptor reflex and hypothalamic autonomic responses

    R. M. McAllen;Jeffrey Neil;A. D. Loewy

  • Intravenous hypertonic saline induces Fos immunoreactivity in neurons throughout the lamina terminalis.

    B.J. Oldfield;R.J. Bicknell;R.M. McAllen;R.S. Weisinger

  • The sinus nerve and baroreceptor input to the medulla of the cat.

    J Lipski;R M McAllen;K M Spyer

  • Identification and properties of sub-retrofacial bulbospinal neurones: a descending cardiovascular pathway in the cat.

    R.M. McAllen

  • A comparison of hypotensive and non-hypotensive hemorrhage on Fos expression in spinally projecting neurons of the paraventricular nucleus and rostral ventrolateral medulla

    Emilio Badoer;Michael J. McKinley;Brian J. Oldfield;Robin M. McAllen

  • Differential control of sympathetic drive to the rat tail artery and kidney by medullary premotor cell groups

    Joseph A. Rathner;Robin M. McAllen

  • Physiological actions of angiotensin II mediated by AT1 AND AT2 receptors in the brain.

    MJ McKinley;RM McAllen;GL Pennington;A. Smardencas

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian J. Oldfield
Brian J. Oldfield Monash University
Andrew M. Allen
Andrew M. Allen University of Melbourne
Anthony E. Pickering
Anthony E. Pickering University of Bristol
Derek A. Denton
Derek A. Denton University of Melbourne
Gary F. Egan
Gary F. Egan Monash University
Janusz Lipski
Janusz Lipski University of Auckland
Mathias Dutschmann
Mathias Dutschmann Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
William W. Blessing
William W. Blessing Flinders University
Wilfrid Jänig
Wilfrid Jänig Kiel University
Frederick A.O. Mendelsohn
Frederick A.O. Mendelsohn University of Melbourne

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