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Tracey C. Dickson

Tracey C. Dickson

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Neuroscience

D-Index
36
Citations
4246
World Ranking
9074
National Ranking
272

Overview

Tracey C. Dickson is affiliated with the University of Tasmania in Australia, focusing primarily on medical research. Their expertise lies predominantly within the field of neurology, with significant contributions to genetics, molecular biology, physiology, and pharmacology as subfields of study.

Their research primarily addresses various aspects of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), neurogenetic and muscular disorders, Alzheimer's disease, RNA research and splicing, cancer treatment and pharmacology, cholinesterase and neurodegenerative diseases, and traumatic brain injury and neurovascular disturbances.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Tracey C. Dickson include:

  • Mislocalisation of TDP-43 to the cytoplasm causes cortical hyperexcitability and reduced excitatory neurotransmission in the motor cortex, 2020, Journal of Neurochemistry
  • Pathologically mislocalised TDP-43 in upper motor neurons causes a die-forward spread of ALS-like pathogenic changes throughout the mouse corticomotor system, 2023, Progress in Neurobiology
  • How do we get from hyperexcitability to excitotoxicity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis?, 2024, Brain
  • Epothilone D alters normal growth, viability and microtubule dependent intracellular functions of cortical neurons in vitro, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Pathogenic or protective? Neuropeptide Y in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 2020, Journal of Neurochemistry

Frequent co-authors working collaboratively with Dickson include:

  • Catherine A. Blizzard
  • Marcus S. Dyer
  • JA Chuckowree
  • Laura A. Reale
  • Adele Woodhouse

Their research has been published mainly in the following venues:

  • Journal of Neurochemistry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Progress in Neurobiology
  • Brain
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • The morphological phenotype of β-amyloid plaques and associated neuritic changes in Alzheimer’s disease

    T.C Dickson;J.C Vickers

  • The cause of neuronal degeneration in Alzheimer's disease.

    James C. Vickers;Tracey C. Dickson;Paul A. Adlard;Helen L. Saunders

  • Focal demyelination in Alzheimer’s disease and transgenic mouse models

    Stanislaw Mitew;Matthew T. K. Kirkcaldie;Glenda M. Halliday;Claire E. Shepherd

  • Neurochemical diversity of dystrophic neurites in the early and late stages of Alzheimer's disease.

    Tracey C. Dickson;Carolyn E. King;Graeme H. McCormack;James C. Vickers

  • Altered synapses and gliotransmission in Alzheimer's disease and AD model mice

    Stanislaw Mitew;Matthew T.K. Kirkcaldie;Tracey C. Dickson;James C. Vickers;James C. Vickers

  • Initial calcium release from intracellular stores followed by calcium dysregulation is linked to secondary axotomy following transient axonal stretch injury

    Jerome A. Staal;Tracey C. Dickson;Robert Gasperini;Yao Liu

  • Olfactory ensheathing cells promote neurite sprouting of injured axons in vitro by direct cellular contact and secretion of soluble factors.

    RS Chung;A Woodhouse;SJ Fung;TC Dickson

  • Mild axonal stretch injury in vitro induces a progressive series of neurofilament alterations ultimately leading to delayed axotomy.

    Roger S. Chung;Jerome A. Staal;Graeme H. McCormack;Tracey C. Dickson

  • Microfluidic primary culture model of the lower motor neuron-neuromuscular junction circuit.

    Katherine A. Southam;Anna E. King;Catherine A. Blizzard;Graeme H. McCormack

  • Alpha-synuclein is upregulated in neurones in response to chronic oxidative stress and is associated with neuroprotection

    Marian C Quilty;Anna E King;Wei Ping Gai;Dean L Pountney

  • Axonal degeneration, distal collateral branching and neuromuscular junction architecture alterations occur prior to symptom onset in the SOD1(G93A) mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    Jayden A. Clark;Katherine A. Southam;Catherine A. Blizzard;Anna E. King

  • Axonopathy and cytoskeletal disruption in degenerative diseases of the central nervous system.

    James C. Vickers;Anna E. King;Adele Woodhouse;Matthew T. Kirkcaldie

  • Neurofilament triplet proteins are restricted to a subset of neurons in the rat neocortex

    M.T.K Kirkcaldie;T.C Dickson;C.E King;D Grasby

  • Synapse Dysfunction of Layer V Pyramidal Neurons Precedes Neurodegeneration in a Mouse Model of TDP-43 Proteinopathies

    Emily E Handley;Kimberley A Pitman;Edgar Dawkins;Kaylene M Young

  • Rho kinase activates ezrin‐radixin‐moesin (ERM) proteins and mediates their function in cortical neuron growth, morphology and motility in vitro

    Matilda A. Haas;James C. Vickers;Tracey C. Dickson

  • α-Internexin immunoreactivity reflects variable neuronal vulnerability in Alzheimer's disease and supports the role of the β-amyloid plaques in inducing neuronal injury

    Tracey C. Dickson;Jyoti A. Chuckowree;Meng Inn Chuah;Adrian K. West

  • Localization of glutamate receptors in developing cortical neurons in culture and relationship to susceptibility to excitotoxicity.

    A. E. King;R. S. Chung;J. C. Vickers;Tracey C. Dickson

  • The degree of astrocyte activation in multiple system atrophy is inversely proportional to the distance to α-synuclein inclusions.

    Rowan Radford;Alex Rcom-H'cheo-Gauthier;Mathew B. Wong;Emma D. Eaton

  • A Case for Microtubule Vulnerability in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Altered Dynamics During Disease

    Jayden A. Clark;Elise J. Yeaman;Catherine A. Blizzard;Jyoti A. Chuckowree

  • Cyclosporin-A treatment attenuates delayed cytoskeletal alterations and secondary axotomy following mild axonal stretch injury.

    JA Staal;TC Dickson;RS Chung;JC Vickers

  • Sequence of cellular changes following localized axotomy to cortical neurons in glia-free culture.

    Tracey C. Dickson;Paul A. Adlard;James C. Vickers

  • Mislocalisation of TDP-43 to the cytoplasm causes cortical hyperexcitability and reduced excitatory neurotransmission in the motor cortex.

    Marcus S Dyer;Laura A Reale;Katherine E Lewis;Adam K Walker

Frequent Co-Authors

James C. Vickers
James C. Vickers University of Tasmania
Roger S. Chung
Roger S. Chung Macquarie University
Adrian K. West
Adrian K. West University of Tasmania
Paul A. Adlard
Paul A. Adlard Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Deanna L. Benson
Deanna L. Benson Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Glenda M. Halliday
Glenda M. Halliday University of Sydney
Stephen R.J. Salton
Stephen R.J. Salton Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Gilles J. Guillemin
Gilles J. Guillemin Bionyeri Pty Ltd
Ricardo Tapia
Ricardo Tapia National Autonomous University of Mexico
Jeffery J. Summers
Jeffery J. Summers Liverpool John Moores University

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