Collaborations
In collaboration with Dr. John Downie, Pharmacology, Dalhousie University, we have investigated brain stem control of the micturition reflex in the rat (Downie et al., 1997; Matsuura et al.,1998, 2000; Handa et al., 1999).
Recently, I have formed collaborations with Dr. David Cechetto, University of Western Ontario on stroke and inflammation of nervous tissue and Drs. Tarek Saleh and Andrew Tasker, Atlantic veterinary College, UPEI. These collaborations have resulted in publications on autonomic responses to chronic vagus nerve stimulation (Saleh et al., 1999) and the effects of excitatory amino acids on learning and memory (Doucette et al., 2000).
Recent Papers
G.V. Allen, D. Gerami and M.J. Esser. Conditioning effects of repetitive mild neurotrauma on motor function in an animal model of focal brain injury. Neuroscience, 2000, 99:93-105.
S. Matsuura, J. W. Downie and G.V. Allen. Micturition evoked by glutamate microinjection in the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray is mediated through Barrington’s nucleus in the rat. Neuroscience, 2000, 101:1053-1061.
G.V. Allen and T. Chase. Induction of heat shock proteins and motor function deficits after focal cerebellar injury. Neuroscience, 2001, 102:603-614.
Esser, M.J., Chase, T.D., Allen, G.V. and Sawynok, J. Chronic administration of amytriptyline and caffeine in a rat model of neuropathic pain: multiple interactions. European J. Pharmacology, 2001, 430:211-218.
Heughan, C.E., Allen, G.V., Chase T. and Sawynok J. Peripheral amitriptyline formalin-induced Fos expression in the rat spinal cord. Anesthesia & Analgesia, 2002, 94:427-431.
Whitehead, S.N., Bayona, N.A., Cheng, G., Allen, G.V., Hachinski, V., and Cechetto, D.F. Effects of triflusal and aspirin in a rat model of cerebral ischemia. Stroke, 2006.
Liu, Y., Allen, G.V. and Downie, J.W. Parabrachial nucleus influences the control of normal urinary bladder function and the response to bladder irritation in rats. Neuroscience, 2007, 144:731-742.