Andrew Allen

Optogenetics: application to central autonomic regulatory pathways

Andrew M Allen, Clément Menuet

Book Chapter  |  2023

Cover Image, Volume 530, Issue 17

Jaspreet K Bassi, Angela A Connelly, Andrew G Butler, Yehe Liu, Anahita Ghanbari, David GS Farmer, Michael W Jenkins, Mariana R Melo, Stuart J McDougall, Andrew M Allen

Journal article  |  2022  |  Journal of Comparative Neurology

Descending pathways from the superior colliculus mediating autonomic and respiratory effects associated with orienting behaviour

Erin Lynch, Bowen Dempsey, Christine Saleeba, Eloise Monteiro, Anita Turner, Peter GR Burke, Andrew M Allen, Roger AL Dampney, Cara M Hildreth, Jennifer L Cornish, Ann K Goodchild, Simon McMullan

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

The ability to discriminate competing external stimuli and initiate contextually appropriate behaviours is a key brain function. N..

Chemogenetic inhibition of Phox2-expressing neurons in the commissural NTS decreases blood pressure in anesthetized spontaneously hypertensive rats.

Mariana Rosso Melo, Joshua J Voger, Angela A Connelly, Jaspreet K Bassi, Eduardo Colombari, Andrew M Allen

Journal article  |  2022  |  Neurosci Lett

Interruption of the activity of neurons in the commissural portion of the nucleus of the solitary tract (cNTS) decreases blood pre..

Analysis of the distribution of vagal afferent projections from different peripheral organs to the nucleus of the solitary tract in rats

Jaspreet K Bassi, Angela A Connelly, Andrew G Butler, Yehe Liu, Anahita Ghanbari, David GS Farmer, Michael W Jenkins, Mariana R Melo, Stuart J McDougall, Andrew M Allen

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Anatomical tracing studies examining the vagal system can conflate details of sensory afferent and motor efferent neurons. Here, w..

Advancing respiratory-cardiovascular physiology with the working heart-brainstem preparation over 25 years

Julian FR Paton, Benedito H Machado, Davi JA Moraes, Daniel B Zoccal, Ana P Abdala, Jeffrey C Smith, Vagner R Antunes, David Murphy, Mathias Dutschmann, Rishi R Dhingra, Robin McAllen, Anthony E Pickering, Richard JA Wilson, Trevor A Day, Nicole O Barioni, Andrew M Allen, Clement Menuet, Joseph Donnelly, Igor Felippe, Walter M St-John

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Twenty-five years ago, a new physiological preparation called the working heart-brainstem preparation (WHBP) was introduced with t..

Optogenetics: Application to central autonomic regulatory pathways.

Andrew Allen, Clement MENUET

Book Chapter  |  2022

Selective Inhibition of Pre‐Bötzinger Neurons Projecting to the Facial Nucleus Decreases Nasofacial Activity Without Affecting Breathing

Mariana Del Rosso de Melo, Alexander Wykes, David Farmer, Angela Connelly, Jaspreet Bassi, Ross Bathgate, Andrew Allen

Journal article  |  2021  |  The FASEB Journal

Use of a physiological reflex to standardize vagal nerve stimulation intensity improves data reproducibility in a memory extinction assay

Andrew G Butler, Erin L O'Callaghan, Allen M Allen, Stuart J McDougall

Journal article  |  2021  |  BRAIN STIMULATION

BACKGROUND: Modulating brainstem activity, via electrical vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), influences cognitive functions, including..

Selective optogenetic stimulation of efferent fi bers in the vagus nerve of a large mammal

Lindsea C Booth, Song T Yao, Alla Korsak, David GS Farmer, Sally G Hood, Daniel McCormick, Quinn Boesley, Angela A Connelly, Stuart J McDougall, Willian S Korim, Sarah-Jane Guild, Svetlana Mastitskaya, Phuong Le, Anja G Teschemacher, Sergey Kasparov, Gareth L Ackland, Simon C Malpas, Robin M McAllen, Andrew M Allen, Clive N May, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  BRAIN STIMULATION

BACKGROUND: Electrical stimulation applied to individual organs, peripheral nerves, or specific brain regions has been used to tre..