David W. Allison

David W. Allison, PhD

Instructor in Neurology, Academic Institute
Instructor, Research Institute
Houston Methodist


Publications

Transabdominal motor evoked potential neuromonitoring of lumbosacral spine surgery
Allison, DW, Verma, A, Holman, PJ, Huang, M, Trask, TW, Barber, SM, Cockrell, AR, Weber, MR, Brooks, DW, Delgado, L, Steele, WJ, Sellin, JN, Gressot, LV, Lambert, B, Ma, BB, Faraji, AH & Saifi, C 2024, , Spine Journal. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spinee.2024.04.029

Intraoperative transabdominal MEPs: four case reports
Allison, DW, Hayworth, MK, Nader, R, Ballman, M, Sun, D, Ninan, R & Southern, E 2023, , Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 689-698. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10877-022-00903-4

Misconceptions in IONM Part III: Stimulation Repetition Rate Effects on Intraoperative Somatosensory Evoked Potential Amplitude and Latency
Allison, DW, Silverstein, JW, Thirumalai, SS & D’Amico, RS 2022, , Neurodiagnostic Journal, vol. 62, no. 4, pp. 239-250. https://doi.org/10.1080/21646821.2022.2141553

Misconceptions in IONM Part I: Interleaved Intraoperative Somatosensory Evoked Potential Stimulation
Allison, DW & Balzer, JR 2022, , Neurodiagnostic Journal, vol. 62, no. 1, pp. 6-25. https://doi.org/10.1080/21646821.2022.2010471

Misconceptions in IONM Part II: Does Anodal Blocking Occur and Is Bipolar Stimulation Necessary with Intraoperative Somatosensory Evoked Potentials?
Allison, DW, D’Amico, RS & Silverstein, JW 2022, , Neurodiagnostic Journal, vol. 62, no. 3, pp. 164-177. https://doi.org/10.1080/21646821.2022.2107862

Lateral mass screw stimulation thresholds in posterior cervical instrumentation surgery: A predictor of medial deviation
Wilson, B, Curtis, E, Hirshman, B, Oygar, A, Chen, K, Gabel, BC, Vaida, F, Allison, DW & Ciacci, JD 2017, , Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 346-352. https://doi.org/10.3171/2016.8.SPINE16580

Use of Posterior Root-Muscle Reflexes in Peripheral Nerve Surgery: A Case Report
Mandeville, RM, Brown, JM, Gertsch, JH & Allison, DW 2016, , Neurodiagnostic Journal, vol. 56, no. 3, pp. 178-185. https://doi.org/10.1080/21646821.2016.1202723

Vasculopathy, Ischemia, and the Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion Surgery: Report of Three Cases
Allison, DW, Allen, RT, Kohanchi, DD, Skousen, CB, Lee, YP & Gertsch, JH 2015, , Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, vol. 32, no. 6, pp. e41-e45. https://doi.org/10.1097/WNP.0000000000000136

Anesthesia considerations for monitoring TCMEPs in adults diagnosed with poliomyelitis as children: A case report
Allison, DW, Gertsch, JH, Mahan, MA, Sheean, GL & Brown, JM 2014, , Neurodiagnostic Journal, vol. 54, no. 1, pp. 28-35.

Mefloquine effects on ventral tegmental area dopamine and GABA neuron inhibition: A physiologic role for connexin-36 GAP junctions
Allison, DW, Wilcox, RS, Ellefsen, KL, Askew, CE, Hansen, DM, Wilcox, JD, Sandoval, SS, Eggett, DL, Yanagawa, Y & Steffensen, SC 2011, , Synapse, vol. 65, no. 8, pp. 804-813. https://doi.org/10.1002/syn.20907

The role of connexin-36 gap junctions in alcohol intoxication and consumption
Steffensen, SC, Bradley, KD, Hansen, DM, Wilcox, JD, Wilcox, RS, Allison, DW, Merrill, CB & Edwards, JG 2011, , Synapse, vol. 65, no. 8, pp. 695-707. https://doi.org/10.1002/syn.20885

Ventral tegmental area BDNF induces an opiate-dependent-like reward state in naïve rats
Vargas-Perez, H, Kee, RTA, Walton, CH, Micah Hansen, D, Razavi, R, Clarke, L, Bufalino, MR, Allison, DW, Steffensen, SC & Van Kooy, DD 2009, , Science, vol. 324, no. 5935, pp. 1732-1734. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1168501

Acute and chronic ethanol modulate dopamine d2-subtype receptor responses in ventral tegmental area GABA neurons
Ludlow, KH, Bradley, KD, Allison, DW, Taylor, SR, Yorgason, JT, Hansen, DM, Walton, CH, Sudweeks, SN & Steffensen, SC 2009, , Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 804-811. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.00899.x

Cocaine disinhibits dopamine neurons in the ventral tegmental area via use-dependent blockade of GABA neuron voltage-sensitive sodium channels
Steffensen, SC, Taylor, SR, Horton, ML, Barber, EN, Lyle, LT, Stobbs, SH & Allison, DW 2008, , European Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 28, no. 10, pp. 2028-2040. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06479.x

Connexin-36 gap junctions mediate electrical coupling between ventral tegmental area GABA neurons
Allison, DW, Ohran, AJ, Stobbs, SH, Mameli, M, Valenzuela, CF, Sudweeks, SN, Ray, AP, Henriksen, SJ & Steffensen, SC 2006, , Synapse, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 20-31. https://doi.org/10.1002/syn.20272

Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate and estrone sulfate reduce GABA-recurrent inhibition in the hippocampus via muscarinic acetylcholine receptors
Steffensen, SC, Jones, MD, Hales, K & Allison, DW 2006, , Hippocampus, vol. 16, no. 12, pp. 1080-1090. https://doi.org/10.1002/hipo.20232

Ethanol suppression of ventral tegmental area GABA neuron electrical transmission involves N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors
Stobbs, SH, Ohran, AJ, Lassen, MB, Allison, DW, Brown, JE & Steffensen, SC 2004, , Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, vol. 311, no. 1, pp. 282-289. https://doi.org/10.1124/jpet.104.071860

Targeted disruption of RC3 reveals a calmodulin-based mechanism for regulating metaplasticity in the hippocampus
Krucker, T, Siggins, GR, McNamara, RK, Lindsley, KA, Dao, A, Allison, DW, De Lecea, L, Lovenberg, TW, Sutcliffe, JG & Gerendasy, DD 2002, , Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 22, no. 13, pp. 5525-5535. https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.22-13-05525.2002

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