Publications

Sell GS, Barrow SL, McAllister AK. (2024). Glutamate signaling and neuroligin/neurexin adhesion play opposing roles that are mediated by major histocompatibility complex I molecules in cortical synapse formation. bioRxiv 2024.03.05.583626; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.03.05.583626

Mikhailova A, McAllister AK. (2022). Synapse Formation. In: Pfaff, D.W., Volkow, N.D., Rubenstein, J. (eds) Neuroscience in the 21st Century. Springer, New York, NY. doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6434-1_190-1

Jami SA, Cameron S, Wong JM, Daly ER, McAllister AK, Gray JA. Increased excitation-inhibition balance and loss of GABAergic synapses in the serine racemase knockout model of NMDA receptor hypofunction. J Neurophysiol. 2021 Jul 1;126(1):11-27. doi: 10.1152/jn.00661.2020. Epub 2021 May 26. PMID: 34038186; PMCID: PMC8325603.

Sell GL, McAllister AK. Protecting Connections from Synapse Elimination. Trends Neurosci. 2020 Nov;43(11):841-842. doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2020.08.005. Epub 2020 Sep 1. PMID: 32888717.

Jami SA, Cameron S, Wong JM, Daly ER, McAllister AK, Gray JA. Increased excitation-inhibition balance and loss of GABAergic synapses in the serine racemase knockout model of NMDA receptor hypofunction. bioRxiv 2020.09.18.304170; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.18.304170

Sell GL, Barrow SL, McAllister AK. (2020) Molecular Composition of Glutamatergic Synapses. In: Synapse Development and Maturation. Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-823672-7.00001-6

Ly C, Greb AC, Cameron LP, Wong JM, Barragan EV, Wilson PC, Burbach KF, Soltanzadeh Zarandi S, Sood A, Paddy MR, Duim WC, Dennis MY, McAllister AK, Ori-McKenney KM, Gray JA, Olson DE. Psychedelics Promote Structural and Functional Neural Plasticity. Cell Rep. 2018 Jun 12;23(11):3170-3182. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.05.022. PMID: 29898390; PMCID: PMC6082376.

Barrow SL, McAllister AK. (2013) Molecular Composition of Glutamatergic Synapses. In: Synapse Development and Maturation. Academic Press.

Barrow SL, McAllister AK. Neuroligins help dendrites keep up with the Joneses. Nat Neurosci. 2012 Dec;15(12):1609-11. doi: 10.1038/nn.3271. PMID: 23187691; PMCID: PMC4365937.

Barrow SL, Constable JR, Clark E, El-Sabeawy F, McAllister AK, Washbourne P. Neuroligin1: a cell adhesion molecule that recruits PSD-95 and NMDA receptors by distinct mechanisms during synaptogenesis. Neural Dev. 2009 May 18;4:17. doi: 10.1186/1749-8104-4-17. PMID: 19450252; PMCID: PMC2694798.

McAllister AK. Dynamic aspects of CNS synapse formation. Annu Rev Neurosci. 2007;30:425-50. doi: 10.1146/annurev.neuro.29.051605.112830. PMID: 17417940; PMCID: PMC3251656.

Jelks KB, Wylie R, Floyd CL, McAllister AK, Wise P. Estradiol targets synaptic proteins to induce glutamatergic synapse formation in cultured hippocampal neurons: critical role of estrogen receptor-alpha. J Neurosci. 2007 Jun 27;27(26):6903-13. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0909-07.2007. PMID: 17596438; PMCID: PMC6672227.

Glynn MW, McAllister AK. Immunocytochemistry and quantification of protein colocalization in cultured neurons. Nat Protoc. 2006;1(3):1287-96. doi: 10.1038/nprot.2006.220. PMID: 17406413.

Gomes RA, Hampton C, El-Sabeawy F, Sabo SL, McAllister AK. The dynamic distribution of TrkB receptors before, during, and after synapse formation between cortical neurons. J Neurosci. 2006 Nov 1;26(44):11487-500. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2364-06.2006. PMID: 17079678; PMCID: PMC6674530.

Sabo SL, Gomes RA, McAllister AK. Formation of presynaptic terminals at predefined sites along axons. J Neurosci. 2006 Oct 18;26(42):10813-25. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2052-06.2006. PMID: 17050720; PMCID: PMC6674732.

Washbourne P, Liu XB, Jones EG, McAllister AK. Cycling of NMDA receptors during trafficking in neurons before synapse formation. J Neurosci. 2004 Sep 22;24(38):8253-64. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2555-04.2004. Erratum in: J Neurosci. 2004 Oct 13;24(41):1p following 91266. PMID: 15385609; PMCID: PMC6729693.

Sabo SL, McAllister AK. Mobility and cycling of synaptic protein-containing vesicles in axonal growth cone filopodia. Nat Neurosci. 2003 Dec;6(12):1264-9. doi: 10.1038/nn1149. Epub 2003 Nov 9. PMID: 14608359.

Washbourne P, Bennett JE, McAllister AK. Rapid recruitment of NMDA receptor transport packets to nascent synapses. Nat Neurosci. 2002 Aug;5(8):751-9. doi: 10.1038/nn883. PMID: 12089529.

Cameron S, McAllister AK. Immunoglobulin-Like Receptors and Their Impact on Wiring of Brain Synapses. Annu Rev Genet. 2018 Nov 23;52:567-590. doi: 10.1146/annurev-genet-120417-031513. Epub 2018 Sep 13. PMID: 30212237.

Lesh TA, Careaga M, Rose DR, McAllister AK, Van de Water J, Carter CS, Ashwood P. Cytokine alterations in first-episode schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: relationships to brain structure and symptoms. J Neuroinflammation. 2018 May 26;15(1):165. doi: 10.1186/s12974-018-1197-2. PMID: 29803226; PMCID: PMC5970482.

McAllister AK. Immune Contributions to Cause and Effect in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Biol Psychiatry. 2017 Mar 1;81(5):380-382. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2016.12.024. PMID: 28137373; PMCID: PMC5650493.

Estes ML, Elmer BM, Carter CC, McAllister AK. Maternal immune activation causes age-specific changes in cytokine receptor expression in offspring throughout development. bioRxiv 490466; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/490466

Estes ML, McAllister AK. Brain, Immunity, Gut: "BIG" Links between Pregnancy and Autism. Immunity. 2017 Nov 21;47(5):816-819. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2017.10.019. PMID: 29166585.

McAllister AK. Immune Contributions to Cause and Effect in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Biol Psychiatry. 2017 Mar 1;81(5):380-382. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2016.12.024. PMID: 28137373; PMCID: PMC5650493.

Estes ML, McAllister AK. Immune mediators in the brain and peripheral tissues in autism spectrum disorder. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2015 Aug;16(8):469-86. doi: 10.1038/nrn3978. PMID: 26189694; PMCID: PMC5650494.

McAllister AK. Major histocompatibility complex I in brain development and schizophrenia. Biol Psychiatry. 2014 Feb 15;75(4):262-8. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.10.003. Epub 2013 Oct 10. PMID: 24199663; PMCID: PMC4354937.

Elmer BM, Estes ML, Barrow SL, McAllister AK. MHCI requires MEF2 transcription factors to negatively regulate synapse density during development and in disease. J Neurosci. 2013 Aug 21;33(34):13791-804. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2366-13.2013. PMID: 23966700; PMCID: PMC3755720.

Elmer BM, McAllister AK. Major histocompatibility complex class I proteins in brain development and plasticity. Trends Neurosci. 2012 Nov;35(11):660-70. doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2012.08.001. Epub 2012 Aug 30. PMID: 22939644; PMCID: PMC3493469.

McAllister AK, Patterson PH. Introduction to special issue on neuroimmunology in brain development and disease. Dev Neurobiol. 2012 Oct;72(10):1269-71. doi: 10.1002/dneu.22054. Epub 2012 Sep 4. PMID: 22927111; PMCID: PMC4357356.

Needleman LA, McAllister AK. The major histocompatibility complex and autism spectrum disorder. Dev Neurobiol. 2012 Oct;72(10):1288-301. doi: 10.1002/dneu.22046. Epub 2012 Aug 23. PMID: 22760919; PMCID: PMC4365477.

Glynn MW, Elmer BM, Garay PA, Liu XB, Needleman LA, El-Sabeawy F, McAllister AK. MHCI negatively regulates synapse density during the establishment of cortical connections. Nat Neurosci. 2011 Apr;14(4):442-51. doi: 10.1038/nn.2764. Epub 2011 Feb 27. PMID: 21358642; PMCID: PMC3251641.

Needleman LA, Liu XB, El-Sabeawy F, Jones EG, McAllister AK. MHC class I molecules are present both pre- and postsynaptically in the visual cortex during postnatal development and in adulthood. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Sep 28;107(39):16999-7004. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1006087107. Epub 2010 Sep 13. PMID: 20837535; PMCID: PMC2947898.

Garay PA, McAllister AK. Novel roles for immune molecules in neural development: implications for neurodevelopmental disorders. Front Synaptic Neurosci. 2010 Sep 8;2:136. doi: 10.3389/fnsyn.2010.00136. PMID: 21423522; PMCID: PMC3059681.

McAllister AK, van de Water J. Breaking boundaries in neural-immune interactions. Neuron. 2009 Oct 15;64(1):9-12. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2009.09.038. PMID: 19840540; PMCID: PMC4365501.

Carter CS, Lesh TA, Iosif AM, Vlasova RM, Ryan AM, Bennett J, Hogrefe CE, Maddock RJ, Geschwind DH, Van de Water J, McAllister AK, Styner MA, Bauman MD. Extracellular Free Water Elevations are Associated with Maternal Cytokine Response in a Nonhuman Primate Maternal Immune Activation Model. ResearchSquare. 2022 Sep 6; doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2019576/v1

Prendergast K, McAllister AK. Generating a Reproducible Model of Mid-Gestational Maternal Immune Activation using Poly(I:C) to Study Susceptibility and Resilience in Offspring. J Vis Exp. 2022 Aug 17;(186). doi: 10.3791/64095. PMID: 36063000.

Vlasova RM, Iosif AM, Ryan AM, Funk LH, Murai T, Chen S, Lesh TA, Rowland DJ, Bennett J, Hogrefe CE, Maddock RJ, Gandal MJ, Geschwind DH, Schumann CM, Van de Water J, McAllister AK, Carter CS, Styner MA, Amaral DG, Bauman MD. Maternal Immune Activation during Pregnancy Alters Postnatal Brain Growth and Cognitive Development in Nonhuman Primate Offspring. J Neurosci. 2021 Dec 1;41(48):9971-9987. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0378-21.2021. Epub 2021 Oct 4. PMID: 34607967; PMCID: PMC8638691.

Page NF, Gandal MJ, Estes ML, Cameron S, Buth J, Parhami S, Ramaswami G, Murray K, Amaral DG, Van de Water JA, Schumann CM, Carter CS, Bauman MD, McAllister AK, Geschwind DH. Alterations in Retrotransposition, Synaptic Connectivity, and Myelination Implicated by Transcriptomic Changes Following Maternal Immune Activation in Nonhuman Primates. Biol Psychiatry. 2021 May 1;89(9):896-910. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2020.10.016. Epub 2020 Nov 2. PMID: 33386132; PMCID: PMC8052273.

Canales CP, Estes ML, Cichewicz K, Angara K, Aboubechara JP, Cameron S, Prendergast K, Su-Feher L, Zdilar I, Kreun EJ, Connolly EC, Seo JM, Goon JB, Farrelly K, Stradleigh TW, van der List D, Haapanen L, Van de Water J, Vogt D, McAllister AK, Nord AS. Sequential perturbations to mouse corticogenesis following in utero maternal immune activation. Elife. 2021 Mar 5;10:e60100. doi: 10.7554/eLife.60100. PMID: 33666173; PMCID: PMC7979158.

Ryan AM, Murai T, Lau AR, Hogrefe CE, McAllister AK, Carter CS, Bauman MD. New approaches to quantify social development in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta): Integrating eye tracking with traditional assessments of social behavior. Dev Psychobiol. 2020 Nov;62(7):950-962. doi: 10.1002/dev.22003. Epub 2020 Jul 14. PMID: 32666534; PMCID: PMC8754470.

Estes ML, Prendergast K, MacMahon JA, Cameron S, Aboubechara JP, Farrelly K, Sell GL, Haapanen L, Schauer JD, Horta A, Shaffer IC, Le CT, Kincheloe GN, Tan DJ, van der List D, Bauman MD, Carter CS, Van de Water J, McAllister AK. Baseline immunoreactivity before pregnancy and poly(I:C) dose combine to dictate susceptibility and resilience of offspring to maternal immune activation. Brain Behav Immun. 2020 Aug;88:619-630. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2020.04.061. Epub 2020 Apr 23. PMID: 32335198; PMCID: PMC7415552.

Vlasova RM, Iosif AM, Ryan AM, Murai T, Lesh TA, Rowland DJ, Bennett J, Hogrefe CE, Maddock RJ, Gandal MJ, Geschwind DH, Schumann CM, Van de Water J, McAllister AK, Carter CS, Styner MA, Amaral DG, Bauman MD. Maternal Immune Activation during Pregnancy Alters Postnatal Brain Growth and Cognitive Development in Nonhuman Primate Offspring. bioRxiv 2020.07.02.185363; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.02.185363

Canales CP, Estes ML, Cichewicz K, Angara K, Aboubechara JP, Cameron S, Prendergast K, Su-Feher L, Zdilar I, Kreun EJ, Connolly EC, Seo JM, Goon JB, Farrelly K, Stradleigh TW, van der List D, Haapanen L, Van de Water J, Vogt D, McAllister AK, Nord AS. A temporal map of maternal immune activation-induced changes reveals a shift in neurodevelopmental timing and perturbed cortical development in mice. bioRxiv 2020.06.13.150359; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.13.150359

Bauman M, Iosif AM, Carter C, McAllister AK,  Van de Water J, Ryan A, Murai T, Phi C, Lesh T, Vlasova R, Styner. Alternated Neurodevelopment and Immune Function a Nonhuman Primate Model of Maternal Immune Activation. Biol Psychiatry. 2020 May 1;87(9):S251. doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2020.02.649

Bauman MD, Lesh TA, Rowland DJ, Schumann CM, Smucny J, Kukis DL, Cherry SR, McAllister AK, Carter CS. Preliminary evidence of increased striatal dopamine in a nonhuman primate model of maternal immune activation. Transl Psychiatry. 2019 Apr 12;9(1):135. doi: 10.1038/s41398-019-0449-y. PMID: 30979867; PMCID: PMC6461624.

Estes ML, Farrelly K, Cameron S, Aboubechara JP, Sell GL, Haapanen L, Schauer JD, Horta A,  Prendergast K, MacMahon JA, Shaffer IC, Le CT, Kincheloe GN, Tan DJ, van der List D, Bauman MD, Carter CS, Van de Water J, McAllister AK. Enhancing rigor and reproducibility in maternal immune activation models: practical considerations and predicting resilience and susceptibility using baseline immune responsiveness before pregnancy. bioRxiv 699983; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/699983

Estes ML, Elmer BM, Carter CC, McAllister AK. Maternal immune activation causes age-specific changes in cytokine receptor expression in offspring throughout development. bioRxiv 490466; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/490466 

Kentner AC, Bilbo SD, Brown AS, Hsiao EY, McAllister AK, Meyer U, Pearce BD, Pletnikov MV, Yolken RH, Bauman MD. Maternal immune activation: reporting guidelines to improve the rigor, reproducibility, and transparency of the model. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2019 Jan;44(2):245-258. doi: 10.1038/s41386-018-0185-7. Epub 2018 Aug 21. PMID: 30188509; PMCID: PMC6300528.

Estes ML, McAllister AK. IMMUNOLOGY. Maternal TH17 cells take a toll on baby's brain. Science. 2016 Feb 26;351(6276):919-20. doi: 10.1126/science.aaf2850. PMID: 26917755; PMCID: PMC5650492.

Estes ML, McAllister AK. Maternal immune activation: Implications for neuropsychiatric disorders. Science. 2016 Aug 19;353(6301):772-7. doi: 10.1126/science.aag3194. PMID: 27540164; PMCID: PMC5650490.

Weir RK, Forghany R, Smith SE, Patterson PH, McAllister AK, Schumann CM, Bauman MD. Preliminary evidence of neuropathology in nonhuman primates prenatally exposed to maternal immune activation. Brain Behav Immun. 2015 Aug;48:139-46. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2015.03.009. Epub 2015 Mar 24. PMID: 25816799; PMCID: PMC5671487.

Estes ML, McAllister AK. Alterations in immune cells and mediators in the brain: it's not always neuroinflammation! Brain Pathol. 2014 Nov;24(6):623-30. doi: 10.1111/bpa.12198. PMID: 25345893; PMCID: PMC4365495.

Garay PA, Hsiao EY, Patterson PH, McAllister AK. Maternal immune activation causes age- and region-specific changes in brain cytokines in offspring throughout development. Brain Behav Immun. 2013 Jul;31:54-68. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2012.07.008. Epub 2012 Jul 25. PMID: 22841693; PMCID: PMC3529133.

Needleman LA, McAllister AK. Seeing the light: insulin receptors and the CNS. Neuron. 2008 Jun 12;58(5):653-5. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2008.06.001. PMID: 18549776.

Gage FH, McAllister AK. Neuronal and glial cell biology. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2005 Oct;15(5):497-9. doi: 10.1016/j.conb.2005.08.010. PMID: 16143511.

McAllister AK. Biolistic transfection of cultured organotypic brain slices. Methods Mol Biol. 2004;245:197-206. doi: 10.1385/1-59259-649-5:197. PMID: 14707380.

McAllister AK, Usrey WM. Depressed from deprivation? Look to the molecules. Nat Neurosci. 2003 Aug;6(8):787-8. doi: 10.1038/nn0803-787. PMID: 12886221.

Washbourne P, McAllister AK. Techniques for gene transfer into neurons. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2002 Oct;12(5):566-73. doi: 10.1016/s0959-4388(02)00365-3. PMID: 12367637.

McAllister AK. Spatially restricted actions of BDNF. Neuron. 2002 Nov 14;36(4):549-50. doi: 10.1016/s0896-6273(02)01063-2. PMID: 12441043.

McAllister AK. BDNF. Curr Biol. 2002 Apr 30;12(9):R310. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(02)00825-4. PMID: 12007428.

McAllister AK. Conserved cues for axon and dendrite growth in the developing cortex. Neuron. 2002 Jan 3;33(1):2-4. doi: 10.1016/s0896-6273(01)00577-3. PMID: 11779471.

Huberman AD, McAllister AK. Neurotrophins and visual cortical plasticity. Prog Brain Res. 2002;138:39-51. doi: 10.1016/S0079-6123(02)38069-5. PMID: 12432761.

McAllister AK. Neurotrophins and cortical development. Results Probl Cell Differ. 2002;39:89-112. doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-46006-0_5. PMID: 12353470.

McAllister AK. Neurotrophins and neuronal differentiation in the central nervous system. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2001 Jul;58(8):1054-60. doi: 10.1007/PL00000920. PMID: 11529498.

McAllister AK. Cellular and molecular mechanisms of dendrite growth. Cereb Cortex. 2000 Oct;10(10):963-73. doi: 10.1093/cercor/10.10.963. PMID: 11007547.