Neurophysiology Laboratory

Laboratory Head

Robin M. McAllen BSc PhD MB ChB

NHMRC Principal Research Fellow
Honorary Associate Professor, Dept. of Anatomy and Cell Biology,
University of Melbourne

Contact Details

Email:

robin.mcallen@florey.edu.au

Phone:

+61 (0)3 8344 7303

Fax:

+61 (0)3 9348 1707

Staff

Dr Mutsumi Tanaka
Dr Bradford O Bratton
David Trevaks

Research Interests

Current Projects and Funding

Current Major External Collaborations

Prof. RAL Dampney (University of Sydney)
Prof. W. Jänig (University of Kiel)
Dr. L. Quintin (University of Lyon)
Dr. CR Anderson (University of Melbourne)
Dr. G Lambert (Baker Institute)
Prof. J Paton & Dr. A Pickering (University of Bristol)

Recent publications

Pubmed link: McAllen RM

  1. Toader E, Cividjian A, Rentero N, McAllen RM, Quintin L. Cardioinhibitory actions of clonidine assessed by cardiac vagal motoneuron recordings. J Hypertens 2008;26(6):1169-80.
  2. Tanaka M, McAllen RM. Functional topography of the dorsomedial hypothalamus. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2008;294(2):R477-86.
  3. McKinley MJ, McAllen RM, Whyte D, Mathai ML. Central osmoregulatory influences on thermoregulation. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2008;35(5-6):701-5.
  4. Watson AM, Hood SG, Ramchandra R, McAllen RM, May CN. Increased cardiac sympathetic nerve activity in heart failure is not due to desensitization of the arterial baroreflex. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2007;293(1):H798-804.
  5. Toader E, McAllen RM, Cividjian A, Woods RL, Quintin L. Effect of systemic B-type natriuretic peptide on cardiac vagal motoneuron activity. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2007;293(6):H3465-70.
  6. Tanaka M, Ootsuka Y, McKinley MJ, McAllen RM. Independent vasomotor control of rat tail and proximal hairy skin. J Physiol 2007;582(Pt 1):421-33.
  7. Salo LM, Woods RL, Anderson CR, McAllen RM. Nonuniformity in the von Bezold-Jarisch reflex. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2007;293(2):R714-20.
  8. McKinley MJ, McAllen RM. Neuroendocrine self-control: dendritic release of vasopressin. Endocrinology 2007;148(2):477-8.
  9. McAllen RM. The cold path to BAT. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2007;292(1):R124-6.
  10. Salo LM, Campos RR, McAllen RM. Differential control of cardiac functions by the brain. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2006;33(12):1255-8.
  11. Ootsuka Y, McAllen RM. Comparison between two rat sympathetic pathways activated in cold defense. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2006;291(3):R589-95.
  12. McAllen RM, Farrell M, Johnson JM, Trevaks D, Cole L, McKinley MJ, et al. Human medullary responses to cooling and rewarming the skin: a functional MRI study. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006;103(3):809-13.
  13. Tanaka M, McAllen RM. A subsidiary fever center in the medullary raphe? Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2005;289(6):R1592-8.
  14. Ootsuka Y, McAllen RM. Interactive drives from two brain stem premotor nuclei are essential to support rat tail sympathetic activity. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2005;289(4):R1107-15.
  15. McAllen RM, Allen AM, Bratton BO. A neglected 'accessory' vasomotor pathway: implications for blood pressure control. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2005;32(5-6):473-7.
  16. McAllen RM, McKinley MJ. Personal body maps. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2005;289(2):R317-R318.
  17. Grkovic I, Fernandez K, McAllen RM, Anderson CR. Misidentification of cardiac vagal pre-ganglionic neurons after injections of retrograde tracer into the pericardial space in the rat. Cell Tissue Res 2005;321(3):335-40.
  18. Egan GF, Johnson J, Farrell M, McAllen R, Zamarripa F, McKinley MJ, et al. Cortical, thalamic, and hypothalamic responses to cooling and warming the skin in awake humans: a positron-emission tomography study. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005;102(14):5262-7.
  19. Watson AM, Mogulkoc R, McAllen RM, May CN. Stimulation of cardiac sympathetic nerve activity by central angiotensinergic mechanisms in conscious sheep. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2004;286(6):R1051-6.
  20. Ootsuka Y, Blessing WW, McAllen RM. Inhibition of rostral medullary raphe neurons prevents cold-induced activity in sympathetic nerves to rat tail and rabbit ear arteries. Neurosci Lett 2004;357(1):58-62.
  21. McKinley MJ, Mathai ML, McAllen RM, McClear RC, Miselis RR, Pennington GL, et al. Vasopressin secretion: osmotic and hormonal regulation by the lamina terminalis. J Neuroendocrinol 2004;16(4):340-7.
  22. McAllen RM. Preoptic thermoregulatory mechanisms in detail. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2004;287(2):R272-3.
  23. Horiuchi J, McAllen RM, Allen AM, Killinger S, Fontes MA, Dampney RA. Descending vasomotor pathways from the dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus: role of medullary raphe and RVLM. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2004;287(4):R824-32.
  24. Murphy SM, McAllen R, Campbell GD, Howe PR, Anderson CR. Re-establishment of neurochemical coding of preganglionic neurons innervating transplanted targets. Neuroscience 2003;117(2):347-60.
  25. McKinley MJ, Albiston AL, Allen AM, Mathai ML, May CN, McAllen RM, et al. The brain renin-angiotensin system: location and physiological roles. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2003;35(6):901-18.
  26. McKinley MJ, McAllen RM, Davern P, Giles ME, Penschow J, Sunn N, et al. The sensory circumventricular organs of the mammalian brain. Adv Anat Embryol Cell Biol 2003;172:III-XII, 1-122, back cover.
  27. McAllen RM, Trevaks D. Are pre-ganglionic neurones recruited in a set order? Acta Physiol Scand 2003;177(3):219-25.
  28. Thomas CJ, Allen AM, McAllen RM, Woods RL. ANP potentiates nonarterial baroreflex bradycardia: evidence from sinoaortic denervation in rats. Auton Neurosci 2002;97(2):89-98.
  29. Tanaka M, Nagashima K, McAllen RM, Kanosue K. Role of the medullary raphe in thermoregulatory vasomotor control in rats. J Physiol 2002;540(Pt 2):657-64.
  30. Rentero N, Cividjian A, Trevaks D, Pequignot JM, Quintin L, McAllen RM. Activity patterns of cardiac vagal motoneurons in rat nucleus ambiguus. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2002;283(6):R1327-34.
  31. Owens NC, Ootsuka Y, Kanosue K, McAllen RM. Thermoregulatory control of sympathetic fibres supplying the rat's tail. J Physiol 2002;543(Pt 3):849-58.
  32. McAllen R, Allen A, Malpas S. Sympathetic vasomotor tone--time to move beyond the Network Oscillator Hypothesis? Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2002;283(5):R1285-6; author reply R1286-7.
  33. Leon LA, McKinley MJ, McAllen RM, May CN. Aldosterone acts on the kidney, not the brain, to cause mineralocorticoid hypertension in sheep. J Hypertens 2002;20(6):1203-8.
  34. Cividjian A, Rentero N, McAllen R, Quintin L. A simple method for generating a blood pressure-unit activity relationship for central cardiovascular neurons in the rat. Exp Physiol 2002;87(5):535-8.
  35. Anderson CR, Penkethman SL, Bergner AJ, McAllen RM, Murphy SM. Control of postganglionic neurone phenotype by the rat pineal gland. Neuroscience 2002;109(2):329-37.
  36. Rathner JA, Owens NC, McAllen RM. Cold-activated raphe-spinal neurons in rats. J Physiol 2001;535(Pt 3):841-54.
  37. McKinley MJ, Allen AM, May CN, McAllen RM, Oldfield BJ, Sly D, et al. Neural pathways from the lamina terminalis influencing cardiovascular and body fluid homeostasis. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2001;28(12):990-2.
  38. May CN, McAllen RM, McKinley MJ. Renal nerve inhibition by central NaCl and ANG II is abolished by lesions of the lamina terminalis. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2000;279(5):R1827-33.
  39. Malpas S, McAllen R. Electrical stimulation of the renal nerve neither replicates its natural burst pattern nor proves the importance of that pattern for renal function. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2000;279(1):R355-6.
  40. Kerman IA, Yates BJ, McAllen RM. Anatomic patterning in the expression of vestibulosympathetic reflexes. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2000;279(1):R109-17.
  41. Kerman IA, McAllen RM, Yates BJ. Patterning of sympathetic nerve activity in response to vestibular stimulation. Brain Res Bull 2000;53(1):11-6.

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