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DR ANDREW MARK ALLEN



Contact Details

Organization: Physiology
Position: SENIOR LECTURER
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Homepage: http://www.physiology.unimelb.edu.au/lab-cardioreg/cardioreg.asp
Work: 83445838
Fax: 83445818
Room: N502
Level: 05
Building: Medical Centre
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Central regulation of cardiovascular function sympathetic nervous system, blood pressure, brainstem Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
United States Duke University Research
United Kingdom University of Bristol Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1985
Master of Science University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1986
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1990

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Society for Neuroscience 01-Jan-1995 31-Dec-2006
Member Australian Neuroscience Society 01-Jan-1991 31-Dec-2006
Member High Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia 01-Jan-1991 31-Dec-2006
Member Australian Physiological Society 01-Jan-1998 31-Dec-2006
Council International Society for Autonomic Neuroscience 01-Sep-2005 31-Oct-2007

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Understanding the role of supracollicular nuclei in teh generation of basal sympathetic vasomotor tone Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2004
Brain angiotensin: generation, localisation and physiological function Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2004
Research Fellowship Chief Investigator NHMRC Research Fellowship 01/01/2004
Does Modulation of the activity of neurons in the RVLM alter long-term control of blood pressure Chief Investigator ANZ EXECUTORS AND TRUSTEE COMPANY LTD Medical Research and Technology Grants (ANZ CHARITABLE TRUSTS) 01/01/2005
Can modulation of RVLM sympathetic premotor neuron function via adenoviral-induced alterations in angiotensin AT1 receptor density or activity affect Chief Investigator NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION Grants-in-Aid 01/01/2005
UNDERSTANDING LONG-TERM REGULATION OF BLOOD PRESSURE: INVESTIGATION OF BRAIN FUNCTION IN RATS AND MICE Chief Investigator ANZ CHARITABLE TRUSTS Medical Research and Technology Grants 22/11/2006
Interactions between the respiratory and sympathetic nervous systems in high blood pressure. Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2007
DIFFERENTIAL TRANSPORT OF NEUROTRANSMITTERS BY C1 ADRENERGIC NEURONS OF THE RAT RVLM Principal Supervisor NHMRC Dora Lush Biomedical Postgraduate Scholarship 01/01/2007
MODULATION OF SYMPATHETIC VASOMOTOR TONE IN PRE-HYPERTENSIVE RATS: UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF LOCALLY-FORMED ANGIOTENSIN II IN THE BRAIN Chief Investigator NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION Grants-in-Aid 01/01/2008
Viral transduction of genetically-modified angiotensin receptors in knockout mice Chief Investigator REBECCA L COOPER MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION LTD Research Grants 01/01/2008
Glial cells and retinal disease Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2009
Blood pressure control by angiotensin in the brain. Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2009

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Lateral hypothalamic 'command neurons' with axonal projections to regions involved in both feeding and thermogenesis
    Year: 2007
    Journal: European Journal of Neuroscience
    Volume: 25
    Page numbers: 2404-2412
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Baroreceptor reflex stimulation does not induce cytomegalovirus promoter-driven transgene expression in the ventrolateral medulla in vivo
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Autonomic Neuroscience - Basic & Clinical
    Volume: 126-127
    Page numbers: 150-155
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  • Ciliary neurotrophic factor suppresses hypothalamic AMP-kinase signaling in leptin-resistant obese mice
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Endocrinology
    Volume: 147
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 3906-14
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  • Expression of constitutively active angiotensin receptors in the rostral ventrolateral medulla increases blood pressure
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Hypertension
    Volume: 47
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 1054-1061
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  • Separate neurochemical classes of sympathetic postganglionic neurons project to the left ventricle of the rat heart
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Cell and Tissue Research
    Volume: 324
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 9-16
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • A neglected 'accessory' vasomotor pathway: implications for blood pressure control
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology
    Volume: 32
    Issue: 5-6
    Page numbers: 473-477
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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  • Structural and functional evidence supporting a role for leptin in central neural pathways influencing blood pressure in rats
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Experimental Physiology
    Volume: 90
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 689-696
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Descending vasomotor pathways from the dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus: role of medullary raphe and RVLM
    Year: 2004
    Journal: American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative Comparative Physiology
    Volume: 287
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: R824-R832
    Publisher: American Physiological Society(Maryland)
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  • Effect of I.C.V. injection of AT4 receptor ligands, NLE1-angiotensin IV and LVV-hemorphin 7, on spatial learning in rats
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Neuroscience
    Volume: 124
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 341-349
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Effect of fimbria-fornix lesion on 125l-angiotensin IV (AngIV) bidning in the guinea pig hippocampus
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Brain Research
    Volume: 979
    Page numbers: 7-14
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  • Hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus inhibition decreases renal sympathetic nerve activity in hypertensive and normotensive rats
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Autonomic Neuroscience - Basic & Clinical
    Volume: 108
    Page numbers: 17-21
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  • Lesions of the diagonal band of broca enhance drinking in the rat
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Neuroendocrinology
    Volume: 15
    Page numbers: 907-915
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  • Physiological impact of increased expression of the AT1 angiotensin receptor
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Hypertension
    Volume: 42
    Page numbers: 507-514
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  • The brain renin-angiotensin system: location and physiological roles
    Year: 2003
    Journal: International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
    Volume: 35
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 901-918
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • ANP potentiates nonarterial baroreflex bradycardia: evidence from sinoaortic denervation in rats
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Autonomic Neuroscience - Basic & Clinical
    Volume: 97
    Page numbers: 89-98
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  • Inhibition of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus in spontaneously hypertensive rats dramatically reduces sympathetic vasomotor tone
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Hypertension
    Volume: 39
    Page numbers: 275-280
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Analysis of firing correlations between sympathetic premotor neuron pairs in anesthetized cats
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Neurophysiology
    Volume: 85
    Page numbers: 1697-1708
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  • Baroreflex inhibition of cardiac sympathetic outflow is attenuated by angiotensin II in the nucleus of the solitary tract
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Neuroscience
    Volume: 103
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 153-160
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  • Blockage of angiotensin AT1-receptors in the rostral ventrolateral medulla of spontaneously hypertensive rats reduces blood pressure and sympathetic nerve discharge
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System
    Volume: 2
    Page numbers: S120-S124
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