Faculty Biosketch

Department of Neural & Behavioral Sciences

Office Information

Phone: 717-531-6413
Mail Code: H109

1. Alloway KD, Baird SM, Coulson R, Gustafson A, Murray RB, Pritchard T, Rufo M, Vogel, W. (1998) USMLE Step 1 Review Series, Organ Systems: Nervous and Musculoskeletal Systems, Connective Tissue, & Integument. Kaplan Education Center, Inc., 528 pages.
2. Pritchard TC, Alloway KD (1999) Integrated Medical Sciences: Medical Neuroscience, Fence Creek Publishing, Madison, Connecticut, 448 pages, (ISBN 1-889325-29-5).
3. Alloway KD, Pritchard TC, Medical Neuroscience. 2nd Edition. Under contract for publication by Vital Source Technologies, Inc. Planned release: Spring 2006.

RESEARCH ARTICLES:

1. Alloway KD, Wallace MB, Johnson MJ (1994) Cross-correlation analysis of cuneothalamic interactions in the rat somatosensory system: Influence of receptive field topography and comparisons with thalamocortical interactions.  Journal of Neurophysiology 72:1949-1972.
2. Johnson MJ, Alloway KD (1994) Sensory modulation of synchronous thalamocortical interactions in the somatosensory system of the cat.  Experimental Brain Research 202:181-197.
3. Burton H, Fabri M, Alloway KD. (1995) Cortical areas within the lateral sulcus connected to cutaneous representations in areas 3b and 1:  A revised interpretation of the second somatosensory area in macaque monkeys.  Journal of Comparative Neurology 355:539-562.
4. Alloway KD, Johnson MJ, Aaron GB (1995) A comparative analysis of coordinated neuronal activity in the thalamic ventrobasal complex of rats and cats.  Brain Research 691:46-56.
5. Johnson MJ, Alloway KD (1995) Evidence for synchronous activation of neurons located in different layers of primary somatosensory cortex.  Somatosensory and Motor Research 12:235-247.
6. Alloway KD, Aaron GB (1996) Adaptive changes in the somatotopic properties of individual thalamic neurons immediately following microlesions in connected regions of the nucleus cuneatus. Synapse 22:1-14.
7. Johnson MJ, Alloway KD (1996) Cross-correlation analysis reveals laminar differences in thalamocortical interactions in the somatosensory system.  Journal of Neurophysiology, 75:1444-1457.
8. Alloway KD, Mutic JJ, Hoover JE (1998) Divergent corticostriatal projections from a single cortical column in the somatosensory cortex of rats.  Brain Research 785:341-346.
9. Roy SA, Alloway KD (1999) Synchronization of local neural networks in the somatosensory cortex: A comparison of stationary and moving stimuli.  Journal of Neurophysiology 81:999-1013.
10. Alloway KD, Crist J, Mutic JJ, Roy SA (1999) Corticostriatal projections from rat barrel cortex have an anisotropic organization that correlates with vibrissal whisking movements.  The Journal of Neuroscience 19:10908-10922.
11. Alloway KD, Mutic JJ, Hoffer Z, Hoover JE (2000) Overlapping corticostriatal projections from the rodent vibrissal representations in primary and secondary somatosensory cortex.  Journal of Comparative Neurology 426:51-67.
12. Leergaard TB, Alloway KD, Mutic JJ, Bjaalie JG (2000) THree-dimensional topography of corticopontine projections from rat barrel cortex: Correlations with corticostriatal organization.  The Journal of Neuroscience 20:8474-8484.
13. Roy SA, Dear SP, Alloway KD (2001) Long-range cortical synchronization without concomitant oscillations in the somatosensory system of anesthetized cats.  The Journal of Neuroscience 21:1795-1808.
14. Roy SA, Alloway KD (2001) Coincidence detection or temporal integration? What the neurons in somatosensory cortex are doing.  The Journal of Neuroscience, 21:246202473.
15. Hoffer ZS, Alloway KD (2001) Organization of corticostriatal projections from the vibrissal representations in the primray motor and somatosensory cortical areas of rodents. Journal of Comparative Neurology 439:87-103.
16. Alloway KD, Roy SA (2002) Conditional cross-correlation analysis of thalamocortical neurotransmission.  Behavioural Brain Research, 135:191-196.
17. Alloway KD, Zhang M, Dick SH, Roy SA (2002) Pervasive synchronization of local neural networks in the secondary somatosensory cortex of cats during focal cutaneous stimulation. Experimental Brain Research, 147:227-242.
18. Hoover JE, Hoffer ZS, Alloway KD (2003) Projections from primary somatosensory cortex to the neostriatum: The role of somatotopic continuity Journal of Neurophysiology, 89:1576-1587.
19. Alloway KD, Hoffer ZS, Hoover JE (2003) Quantitative comparisons of the topographic organization in the ventrobasal complex and posterior nucleus of the rodent thalamus. Brain Research, 968:54-68.
20. Hoffer ZS, Hoover JE, Alloway KD (2003) Sensorimotor corticocortical projections from rat barrel cortex have an anisotropic organization that facilitates integration of inputs from whiskers in the same row.  Journal of Comparative Neurology 466:525-544.
21. Zhang M, Alloway KD (2004) Stimulus-induced intercolumnar synchronization of neuronal activity in rat barrel cortex: A laminar analysis. Journal of Neurophysiology 92:1464-1478.
22. Leergaard TB, Alloway KD, Pham TA, Bolstad I, Hoffer Z, Pettersen C, Bjaalie JG (2004) Three-dimensional topography of corticopontine projections from rat sensorimotor cortex: Comparisons with corticostriatal projections reveal diverse integrative organization. Journal of Comparative Neurology 478:306-322.
23. Alloway KD, Zhang M. Chakrabarti S (2004) Septal columns in rodent barrel cortex: Functional circuits for regulating whisking behavior. Journal of Comparative Neurology 480:299-309.
24. Hoffer ZS, Arantes H, Roth R, Alloway KD (2005) Functional circuits mediating sensorimotor integration: Quantitative comparisons of projections from rodent barrel cortex to MI cortex, neostriatum, superior colliculus, and pons. Journal of Comparative Neurology, In Press.