尼古拉·艾伦,博士

教授

分子神经生物学实验室

Roger Guillemin Chair

索尔克生物研究所 出版物

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Sancho, L., Boisvert, M.M., Eddy, T., Burgado, J., Contreras, M., Labarta-Bajo, L., Wang, E., Tatsumi, L., Allen, N.J. Astrocyte CCN1 stabilizes neural circuits in the adult brain. (2025) 自然. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09770-w

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Labarta-Bajo, L., Thanawalla, A.R., Gutierrez, I.L., Lei Soe, S.M., Chick, B.Y., Andritsogianni, I., Metanat, S., Hargreaves, D.C., Kaech, S.M., Azim, E., Allen, N.J. The antiviral Interferon pathway drives astrocyte aging and motor decline. (2025) bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2025.11.12.688147

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Lyon, K.A., Paumier, A., Kandikonda, A., Melendez, A., Allen, N.J. Astrocyte SEMA3C reduction improves Rett Syndrome phenotypes. (2025) bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2025.10.10.681027

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Brandebura, A.N., Paumier, A., Asbell, Q.N., Tao, T., Micael, M.K.B., Sanchez, S., Allen, N.J. Dysregulation of astrocyte-secreted pleiotrophin contributes to neuronal structural and functional deficits in Down syndrome. (2025) 细胞报告. 44(10):116300. DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2025.116300

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Da Silva, I.I.N., Ramirez, D., Parylak, S.L., Wallace, L.A., Tucker, J.K., Erberich, J.M., Katariya, R., McDonald, A.H., Gallina, I.S., Tucker, A.L., Burgado, J., Jaeger, B.N., Barron, J.J., Pratt, J.M., Pena, M., Racha, V., Lim, C.K., Fernandes, S., Benassi, S., Randolph-Moore, L., Vadodaria, K.C., Marchetto, M.C., Allen, N.J., Gage, F.H. CK2 inhibition suppresses glial inflammation in the brain. (2025) bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2025.08.05.668554

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Bosworth, A.P., Contreras, M., Sancho, L., Salas, I.H., Paumier, A., Novak, S.W., Manor, U., Allen, N.J. Astrocyte glypican 5 regulates synapse maturation and stabilization. (2025) 细胞报告. 44(3):115374. DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115374

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Labarta-Bajo, L., Allen, N.J. Astrocytes in aging. (2025) 神经元. 113(1):109-126. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2024.12.010

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Derevyanko, A., Tao, T., Allen, N.J. Common alterations to astrocytes across neurodegenerative disorders. (2025) 当前神经生物学评论. 90:102970. DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2025.102970

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Salas, I.H., Paumier, A., Tao, T., Derevyanko, A., Switzler, C., Burgado, J., Movsesian, M., Metanat, S., Dawoodtabar, T., Asbell, Q., Fassihi, A., Allen, N.J. Astrocyte transcriptomic analysis identifies glypican 5 downregulation as a contributor to synaptic dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease models. (2024) bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2024.10.30.621182

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Deng, J., Labarta-Bajo, L., Brandebura, A.N., Kahn, S.B., Pinto, A.F.M., Diedrich, J.K., Allen, N.J. Suppression of astrocyte BMP signaling improves fragile X syndrome molecular signatures and functional deficits. (2024) bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2024.06.19.599752

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Sancho, L., Boisvert, M.M., Dawoodtabar, T., Burgado, J., Wang, E., Allen, N.J. Astrocyte CCN1 stabilizes neural circuits in the adult brain. (2024) bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2024.03.14.585077

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Chung, W.S., Baldwin, K.T., Allen, N.J. Astrocyte Regulation of Synapse Formation, Maturation, and Elimination. (2024) 冷泉港生物学述评. DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a041352

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Labarta-Bajo, L., Deng, J., Contreras, M., Allen, N.J. Protocol for the purification and transcriptomic analysis of mouse astrocytes using GFAT. (2023) STAR Protoc. 4(4):102599. DOI: 10.1016/j.xpro.2023.102599

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Brandebura, A.N., Asbell, Q.N., Micael, M.K.B., Allen, N.J. Dysregulation of astrocyte-secreted pleiotrophin contributes to neuronal structural and functional phenotypes in Down Syndrome. (2023) bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2023.09.26.559633

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Tan, D., Konduri, S., Erikci Ertunc, M., Zhang, P., Wang, J., Chang, T., Pinto, A.F.M., Rocha, A., Donaldson, C.J., Vaughan, J.M., Ludwig, R.G., Willey, E., Iyer, M., Gray, P.C., Maher, P., Allen, N.J., Zuchero, J.B., Dillin, A., Mori, M.A., Kohama, S.G., Siegel, D., Saghatelian, A. A class of anti-inflammatory lipids decrease with aging in the central nervous system. (2022) Nature Chemical Biology. DOI: 10.1038/s41589-022-01165-6

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Brandebura, A.N., Paumier, A., Onur, T.S., Allen, N.J. Astrocyte contribution to dysfunction, risk and progression in neurodegenerative disorders. (2022) Nature Reviews Neuroscience. DOI: 10.1038/s41583-022-00641-1

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Caldwell, A.L.M., Sancho, L., Deng, J., Bosworth, A., Miglietta, A., Diedrich, J.K., Shokhirev, M.N., Allen, N.J. Aberrant astrocyte protein secretion contributes to altered neuronal development in multiple models of neurodevelopmental disorders. (2022) 自然神经科学. DOI: 10.1038/s41593-022-01150-1

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Blanco-Suarez, E., Allen, N.J. Astrocyte-secreted chordin-like 1 regulates spine density after ischemic injury. (2022) 科学报告. 12(1):4176. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-08031-4

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Lyon, K.A., Allen, N.J. From Synapses to Circuits, Astrocytes Regulate Behavior. (2022) Front Neural Circuits. 15:786293. DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2021.786293

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Farhy-Tselnicker, I., Boisvert, M.M., Liu, H., Dowling, C., Erikson, G.A., Blanco-Suarez, E., Farhy, C., Shokhirev, M.N., Ecker, J.R., Allen, N.J. Activity-dependent modulation of synapse-regulating genes in astrocytes. (2021) Elife. 10. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.70514

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Escartin, C., Galea, E., Lakatos, A., O'Callaghan, J.P., Petzold, G.C., Serrano-Pozo, A., Steinhäuser, C., Volterra, A., Carmignoto, G., Agarwal, A., Allen, N.J., Araque, A., Barbeito, L., Barzilai, A., Bergles, D.E., Bonvento, G., Butt, A.M., Chen, W.T., Cohen-Salmon, M., Cunningham, C., Deneen, B., De Strooper, B., Díaz-Castro, B., Farina, C., Freeman, M., Gallo, V., Goldman, J.E., Goldman, S.A., Götz, M., Gutiérrez, A., Haydon, P.G., Heiland, D.H., Hol, E.M., Holt, M.G., Iino, M., Kastanenka, K.V., Kettenmann, H., Khakh, B.S., Koizumi, S., Lee, C.J., Liddelow, S.A., MacVicar, B.A., Magistretti, P., Messing, A., Mishra, A., Molofsky, A.V., Murai, K.K., Norris, C.M., Okada, S., Oliet, S.H.R., Oliveira, J.F., Panatier, A., Parpura, V., Pekna, M., Pekny, M., Pellerin, L., Perea, G., Pérez-Nievas, B.G., Pfrieger, F.W., Poskanzer, K.E., Quintana, F.J., Ransohoff, R.M., Riquelme-Perez, M., Robel, S., Rose, C.R., Rothstein, J.D., Rouach, N., Rowitch, D.H., Semyanov, A., Sirko, S., Sontheimer, H., Swanson, R.A., Vitorica, J., Wanner, I.B., Wood, L.B., Wu, J., Zheng, B., Zimmer, E.R., Zorec, R., Sofroniew, M.V., Verkhratsky, A. Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions. (2021) 自然神经科学. DOI: 10.1038/s41593-020-00783-4

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Sancho, L., Contreras, M., Allen, N.J. Glia as sculptors of synaptic plasticity. (2020) Neurosci Res. DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2020.11.005

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Salas, I.H., Burgado, J., Allen, N.J. Glia: victims or villains of the aging brain? (2020) Neurobiology of Disease.:105008 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2020.105008

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Allen, N.J. Brain tumours manipulate neighbouring synapses. (2020) 自然. 578(7793):46-47. DOI: 10.1038/d41586-020-00137-x


Allen, N.J. Star Power: Astrocytes Regulate Behavior. (2019) 牢房. 177(5):1091-1093. DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.04.042

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Amor, D.J., Stephenson, S.E.M., Mustapha, M., Mensah, M.A., Ockeloen, C.W., Lee, W.S., Tankard, R.M., Phelan, D.G., Shinawi, M., de Brouwer, A.P.M., Pfundt, R., Dowling, C., Toler, T.L., Sutton, V.R., Agolini, E., Rinelli, M., Capolino, R., Martinelli, D., Zampino, G., Dumić, M., Reardon, W., Shaw-Smith, C., Leventer, R.J., Delatycki, M.B., Kleefstra, T., Mundlos, S., Mortier, G., Bahlo, M., Allen, N.J., Lockhart, P.J. Pathogenic Variants in GPC4 Cause Keipert Syndrome. (2019) American Journal of Human Genetics. 104(5):914-924. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2019.02.026

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Dowling, C., Allen, N.J. Mice Lacking Glypican 4 Display Juvenile Hyperactivity and Adult Social Interaction Deficits. (2018) Brain Plasticity. 4(2):197-209. DOI: 10.3233/BPL-180079

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Allen, N.J., Lyons, D.A. Glia as architects of central nervous system formation and function. (2018) 科学. 362(6411):181-185. DOI: 10.1126/science.aat0473

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Blanco-Suarez, E., Liu, T.F., Kopelevich, A., Allen, N.J. Astrocyte-Secreted Chordin-like 1 Drives Synapse Maturation and Limits Plasticity by Increasing Synaptic GluA2 AMPA Receptors. (2018) 神经元. 100(5):1116-1132. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.09.043

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Farhy-Tselnicker, I., Allen, N.J. Astrocytes, neurons, synapses: a tripartite view on cortical circuit development. (2018) Neural Development. 13(1):7. DOI: 10.1186/s13064-018-0104-y

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Allen, N.J., Daneman, R. In Memoriam: Ben Barres. (2018) Journal of Cell Biology. 217(2):435-438. DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201801019

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Boisvert, M.M., Erikson, G.A., Shokhirev, M.N., Allen, N.J. The Aging Astrocyte Transcriptome from Multiple Regions of the Mouse Brain. (2018) 细胞报告. 22(1):269-285. DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.12.039

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Zuidema, J.M., Kumeria, T., Kim, D., Kang, J., Wang, J., Hollett, G., Zhang, X., Roberts, D.S., Chan, N., Dowling, C., Blanco-Suarez, E., Allen, N.J., Tuszynski, M.H., Sailor, M.J. Oriented Nanofibrous Polymer Scaffolds Containing Protein-Loaded Porous Silicon Generated by Spray Nebulization. (2018) Advanced Materials. 20(12). DOI: 10.1002/adma.201706785

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Allen, N.J., Eroglu, C. Cell Biology of Astrocyte-Synapse Interactions. (2017) 神经元. 96(3):697-708. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.09.056

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Farhy-Tselnicker, I., van Casteren, A.C.M., Lee, A., Chang, V.T., Aricescu, A.R., Allen, N.J. Astrocyte-Secreted Glypican 4 Regulates Release of Neuronal Pentraxin 1 from Axons to Induce Functional Synapse Formation. (2017) 神经元. 96(2):428-445.e13. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.09.053

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Bosworth, A.P., Allen, N.J. The diverse actions of astrocytes during synaptic development. (2017) 当前神经生物学评论. 47:38-43. DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2017.08.017

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Allen, N.J. Making Human Stars: A New Method to Generate Human Astrocytes. (2017) 神经元. 95(4):725-727. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.08.006

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Dwyer, C.A., Scudder, S.L., Lin, Y., Dozier, L.E., Phan, D., Allen, N.J., Patrick, G.N., Esko, J.D. Neurodevelopmental Changes in Excitatory Synaptic Structure and Function in the Cerebral Cortex of Sanfilippo Syndrome IIIA Mice. (2017) 科学报告. 7:46576. DOI: 10.1038/srep46576

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Blanco-Suárez, E., Caldwell, A.L., Allen, N.J. Role of astrocyte-synapse interactions in CNS disorders. (2017) Journal of Physiology. 595(6):1903-1916. DOI: 10.1113/JP270988

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Chung, W.S., Allen, N.J., Eroglu, C. Astrocytes Control Synapse Formation, Function, and Elimination. (2015) 冷泉港生物学述评. 7(9):a020370. DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a020370

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Farhy Tselnicker, I., Boisvert, M.M., Allen, N.J. The role of neuronal versus astrocyte-derived heparan sulfate proteoglycans in brain development and injury. (2014) Biochemical Society Transactions. 42(5):1263-9. DOI: 10.1042/BST20140166

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Allen, N.J. Synaptic plasticity: Astrocytes wrap it up. (2014) 当前生物学。. 24(15):R697-9. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.06.030

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Allen, N.J. Astrocyte regulation of synaptic behavior. (2014) Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology. 30:439-63. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-cellbio-100913-013053

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Allen, N.J. Role of glia in developmental synapse formation. (2013) 当前神经生物学评论. 23(6):1027-33. DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2013.06.004

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Allen, N.J., Bennett, M.L., Foo, L.C., Wang, G.X., Chakraborty, C., Smith, S.J., Barres, B.A. Astrocyte glypicans 4 and 6 promote formation of excitatory synapses via GluA1 AMPA receptors. (2012) 自然. 486(7403):410-4. DOI: 10.1038/nature11059

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Foo, L.C., Allen, N.J., Bushong, E.A., Ventura, P.B., Chung, W.S., Zhou, L., Cahoy, J.D., Daneman, R., Zong, H., Ellisman, M.H., Barres, B.A. Development of a method for the purification and culture of rodent astrocytes. (2011) 神经元. 71(5):799-811. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2011.07.022

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Kucukdereli, H., Allen, N.J., Lee, A.T., Feng, A., Ozlu, M.I., Conatser, L.M., Chakraborty, C., Workman, G., Weaver, M., Sage, E.H., Barres, B.A., Eroglu, C. Control of excitatory CNS synaptogenesis by astrocyte-secreted proteins Hevin and SPARC. (2011) 美国国家科学院院刊. 108(32):E440-9. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1104977108

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Eroglu, C., Allen, N.J., Susman, M.W., O'Rourke, N.A., Park, C.Y., Ozkan, E., Chakraborty, C., Mulinyawe, S.B., Annis, D.S., Huberman, A.D., Green, E.M., Lawler, J., Dolmetsch, R., Garcia, K.C., Smith, S.J., Luo, Z.D., Rosenthal, A., Mosher, D.F., Barres, B.A. Gabapentin receptor alpha2delta-1 is a neuronal thrombospondin receptor responsible for excitatory CNS synaptogenesis. (2009) 牢房. 139(2):380-92. DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2009.09.025

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Allen, N.J., Barres, B.A. Neuroscience: Glia - more than just brain glue. (2009) 自然. 457(7230):675-7. DOI: 10.1038/457675a


De Simoni, A., Allen, N.J., Attwell, D. Charge compensation for NADPH oxidase activity in microglia in rat brain slices does not involve a proton current. (2008) European Journal of Neuroscience. 28(6):1146-56. DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06417.x

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Stevens, B., Allen, N.J., Vazquez, L.E., Howell, G.R., Christopherson, K.S., Nouri, N., Micheva, K.D., Mehalow, A.K., Huberman, A.D., Stafford, B., Sher, A., Litke, A.M., Lambris, J.D., Smith, S.J., John, S.W., Barres, B.A. The classical complement cascade mediates CNS synapse elimination. (2007) 牢房. 131(6):1164-78. DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2007.10.036

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Allen, N.J., Barres, B.A. Signaling between glia and neurons: focus on synaptic plasticity. (2005) 当前神经生物学评论. 15(5):542-8. DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2005.08.006

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Allen, N.J., Káradóttir, R., Attwell, D. A preferential role for glycolysis in preventing the anoxic depolarization of rat hippocampal area CA1 pyramidal cells. (2005) 神经科学杂志. 25(4):848-59. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4157-04.2005

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Allen, N.J., Attwell, D. The effect of simulated ischaemia on spontaneous GABA release in area CA1 of the juvenile rat hippocampus. (2004) Journal of Physiology. 561(Pt 2):485-98. DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.070490

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Allen, N.J., Káradóttir, R., Attwell, D. Reversal or reduction of glutamate and GABA transport in CNS pathology and therapy. (2004) Pflugers Arch. 449(2):132-42. DOI: 10.1007/s00424-004-1318-x

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Allen, N.J., Rossi, D.J., Attwell, D. Sequential release of GABA by exocytosis and reversed uptake leads to neuronal swelling in simulated ischemia of hippocampal slices. (2004) 神经科学杂志. 24(15):3837-49. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5539-03.2004

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Allen, N.J., Attwell, D. Modulation of ASIC channels in rat cerebellar Purkinje neurons by ischaemia-related signals. (2002) Journal of Physiology. 543(Pt 2):521-9. DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.020297

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教育

BSc, Anatomical Sciences, University of Manchester, England
PhD, Neuroscience, University College London
斯坦福大学博士后研究员


隶属关系


奖项与荣誉

  • National Institutes of Health Director’s Pioneer Award, 2024
  • Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Career Accelerator Award, 2018
  • Coins For Alzheimer’s Research Trust (CART) Award, 2018
  • World Economic Forum Young Scientist, 2017
  • Dana Foundation Neuroimaging Award, 2016
  • Pew Biomedical Scholar Award, 2015
  • Whitehall Foundation Award, 2014
  • Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholar in Aging Award, 2013
  • Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Fellowship
  • European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Fellowship