Malcolm J. Avison, Ph.D.

Position: Professor (Assistant Professor of Neurology)

Department: Radiology and Radiological Sciences & Pharmacology

Lab Url: N/A

Email: calum.avison@vanderbilt.edu

Office Address: 1161 21st Avenue South
Office Address2: MCN AA-1105
Nashville , TN 37232-2310
Phone :(615) 343-0522
Fax: 615-322-3764

Lab Address: AAA-3101 Medical Center North/VUIIS


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  Malcolm J. Avison, Ph.D.
Publications
Fitsanakis, VA, Zhang, N, Anderson, JG, Erikson, KM, Avison, MJ, Gore, JC, Aschner, M. Measuring Brain Manganese and Iron Accumulation in Rats Following 14-weeks of Low-Dose Manganese Treatment Using Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Toxicol Sci, , , 2008

Tang, L, Avison, MJ, Gatenby, JC, Gore, JC. Failure to direct detect magnetic field dephasing corresponding to ERP generation. Magn Reson Imaging, , , 2008

Bottiggi, KA, Chang, JJ, Schmitt, FA, Avison, MJ, Mootoor, Y, Nath, A, Berger, JR. The HIV Dementia Scale: predictive power in mild dementia and HAART. J Neurol Sci, 260(1-2), 11-5, 2007

Chen, LM, Turner, GH, Friedman, RM, Zhang, N, Gore, JC, Roe, AW, Avison, MJ. High-resolution maps of real and illusory tactile activation in primary somatosensory cortex in individual monkeys with functional magnetic resonance imaging and optical imaging. J Neurosci, 27(34), 9181-91, 2007

Qin, Q, Gore, JC, Does, MD, Avison, MJ, de Graaf, RA. 2D arbitrary shape-selective excitation summed spectroscopy (ASSESS). Magn Reson Med, 58(1), 19-26, 2007

Waddell, KW, Avison, MJ, Joers, JM, Gore, JC. A practical guide to robust detection of GABA in human brain by J-difference spectroscopy at 3 T using a standard volume coil. Magn Reson Imaging, 25(7), 1032-8, 2007

Williams, JM, Owens, WA, Turner, GH, Saunders, C, Dipace, C, Blakely, RD, France, CP, Gore, JC, Daws, LC, Avison, MJ, Galli, A. Hypoinsulinemia regulates amphetamine-induced reverse transport of dopamine. PLoS Biol, 5(10), 2369-78, 2007

Zhang, N, Gore, JC, Chen, LM, Avison, MJ. Dependence of BOLD signal change on tactile stimulus intensity in SI of primates. Magn Reson Imaging, 25(6), 784-94, 2007

Fitsanakis, VA, Zhang, N, Avison, MJ, Gore, JC, Aschner, JL, Aschner, M. The use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the study of manganese neurotoxicity. Neurotoxicology, 27(5), 798-806, 2006

Hackler, EA, Turner, GH, Gresch, PJ, Sengupta, S, Deutch, AY, Avison, MJ, Gore, JC, Sanders-Bush, E. 5-HT 2C receptor contribution to m-chlorophenylpiperazine and N-methyl-{beta}-carboline-3-carboxamide -induced anxiety-like behavior and limbic brain activation. J Pharmacol Exp Ther, , , 2006

Avison, Malcolm J, Nath, Avindra, Greene-Avison, Robin, Schmitt, Frederick A, Bales, Rodney A, Ethisham, As''ad, Greenberg, Richard N, Berger, Joseph R. Inflammatory changes and breakdown of microvascular integrity in early human immunodeficiency virus dementia. J Neurovirol, 10(4), 223-32, 2004

Avison, Malcolm J, Nath, Avindra, Greene-Avison, Robin, Schmitt, Frederick A, Greenberg, Richard N, Berger, Joseph R. Neuroimaging correlates of HIV-associated BBB compromise. J Neuroimmunol, 157(1-2), 140-6, 2004

Blonder, Lee X, Smith, Charles D, Davis, C Ervin, Kesler-West, Marilyn L, Garrity, Thomas F, Avison, Malcolm J, Andersen, Anders H. Regional brain response to faces of humans and dogs. Brain Res Cogn Brain Res, 20(3), 384-94, 2004

Andersen, Anders H, Zhang, Zhiming, Avison, Malcolm J, Gash, Don M. Automated segmentation of multispectral brain MR images. J Neurosci Methods, 122(1), 13-23, 2002

Avison, Malcolm J, Nath, Avi, Berger, Joseph R. Understanding pathogenesis and treatment of HIV dementia: a role for magnetic resonance. Trends Neurosci, 25(9), 468-73, 2002

Smith, C D, Andersen, A H, Kryscio, R J, Schmitt, F A, Kindy, M S, Blonder, L X, Avison, M J. Women at risk for AD show increased parietal activation during a fluency task. Neurology, 58(8), 1197-202, 2002

Berger, J R, Avison, M J. Diffusion tensor imaging in HIV infection: what is it telling us. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 22(2), 237-8, 2001

Kesler-West, M L, Andersen, A H, Smith, C D, Avison, M J, Davis, C E, Kryscio, R J, Blonder, L X. Neural substrates of facial emotion processing using fMRI. Brain Res Cogn Brain Res, 11(2), 213-26, 2001

Nath, A, Maragos, W F, Avison, M J, Schmitt, F A, Berger, J R. Acceleration of HIV dementia with methamphetamine and cocaine. J Neurovirol, 7(1), 66-71, 2001

Smith, C D, Andersen, A H, Kryscio, R J, Schmitt, F A, Kindy, M S, Blonder, L X, Avison, M J. Differences in functional magnetic resonance imaging activation by category in a visual confrontation naming task. J Neuroimaging, 11(2), 165-70, 2001

Berger, J R, Nath, A, Greenberg, R N, Andersen, A H, Greene, R A, Bognar, A, Avison, M J. Cerebrovascular changes in the basal ganglia with HIV dementia. Neurology, 54(4), 921-6, 2000

Zhang, Z, Andersen, A H, Avison, M J, Gerhardt, G A, Gash, D M. Functional MRI of apomorphine activation of the basal ganglia in awake rhesus monkeys. Brain Res, 852(2), 290-6, 2000

Andersen, A H, Gash, D M, Avison, M J. Principal component analysis of the dynamic response measured by fMRI: a generalized linear systems framework. Magn Reson Imaging, 17(6), 795-815, 1999

Andersen, A H, Zhang, Z, Zhang, M, Gash, D M, Avison, M J. Age-associated changes in rhesus CNS composition identified by MRI. Brain Res, 829(1-2), 90-8, 1999

Chen, Q, Andersen, A H, Zhang, Z, Ovadia, A, Cass, W A, Gash, D M, Avison, M J. Functional MRI of basal ganglia responsiveness to levodopa in parkinsonian rhesus monkeys. Exp Neurol, 158(1), 63-75, 1999

Smith, C D, Andersen, A H, Kryscio, R J, Schmitt, F A, Kindy, M S, Blonder, L X, Avison, M J. Altered brain activation in cognitively intact individuals at high risk for Alzheimer''s disease. Neurology, 53(7), 1391-6, 1999

Smith, C D, Trevathan, E R, Zhang, M, Andersen, A H, Avison, M J. Functional magnetic resonance imaging evidence for task-specific activation of developmentally abnormal visual association cortex. Ann Neurol, 45(4), 515-8, 1999

Smith, C D, Landrum, W, Carney, J M, Landfield, P W, Avison, M J. Brain creatine kinase with aging in F-344 rats: analysis by saturation transfer magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Neurobiol Aging, 18(6), 617-22, 1998

Chen, Q, Andersen, A H, Zhang, Z, Ovadia, A, Gash, D M, Avison, M J. Mapping drug-induced changes in cerebral R2* by Multiple Gradient Recalled Echo functional MRI. Magn Reson Imaging, 14(5), 469-76, 1996

Smith, C D, Andersen, A H, Chen, Q, Blonder, L X, Kirsch, J E, Avison, M J. Cortical activation in confrontation naming. Neuroreport, 7(3), 781-5, 1996

Novotny, E J, Avison, M J, Herschkowitz, N, Petroff, O A, Prichard, J W, Seashore, M R, Rothman, D L. In vivo measurement of phenylalanine in human brain by proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Pediatr Res, 37(2), 244-9, 1995

Smith, C D, Pettigrew, L C, Avison, M J, Kirsch, J E, Tinkhtman, A J, Schmitt, F A, Wermeling, D P, Wekstein, D R, Markesberry, W R. Frontal lobe phosphorus metabolism and neuropsychological function in aging and in Alzheimer''s disease. Ann Neurol, 38(2), 194-201, 1995

Bloch, G, Chase, J R, Meyer, D B, Avison, M J, Shulman, G I, Shulman, R G. In vivo regulation of rat muscle glycogen resynthesis after intense exercise. Am J Physiol, 266(1 Pt 1), E85-91, 1994

Chen, W, Avison, M J, Bloch, G, Shulman, R G. Proton NMR observation of glycogen in vivo. Magn Reson Med, 31(5), 576-9, 1994

Gruetter, R, Magnusson, I, Rothman, D L, Avison, M J, Shulman, R G, Shulman, G I. Validation of 13C NMR measurements of liver glycogen in vivo. Magn Reson Med, 31(6), 583-8, 1994

Price, T B, Rothman, D L, Taylor, R, Avison, M J, Shulman, G I, Shulman, R G. Human muscle glycogen resynthesis after exercise: insulin-dependent and -independent phases. J Appl Physiol, 76(1), 104-11, 1994

Avison, M J, Van Why, S K, Siegel, N J. ddAVP does not stimulate acute changes in levels of medullary trimethylamines in humans. J Am Soc Nephrol, 4(6), 1379-84, 1993

Bloch, G, Chase, J R, Avison, M J, Shulman, R G. In vivo 31P NMR measurement of glucose-6-phosphate in the rat muscle after exercise. Magn Reson Med, 30(3), 347-50, 1993

Boydstun, I I, Thulin, G, Zhu, X H, Avison, M J, Gaudio, K M, Siegel, N J. Disassociation of postischemic recovery of renal adenosine triphosphate and cellular integrity. Pediatr Res, 33(6), 595-7, 1993

Chen, W, Avison, M J, Zhu, X H, Shulman, R G. NMR studies of 1H NOEs in glycogen. Biochemistry, 32(43), 11483-7, 1993

Chen, W, Zhu, X H, Avison, M J, Shulman, R G. Nuclear magnetic resonance relaxation of glycogen H1 in solution. Biochemistry, 32(36), 9417-22, 1993

Van Waarde, A, Avison, M J, Thulin, G, Gaudio, K M, Shulman, R G, Siegel, N J. Role of nucleoside uptake in renal postischemic ATP synthesis. Am J Physiol, 262(6 Pt 2), F1092-9, 1992

Avison, M J, Rothman, D L, Nixon, T W, Long, W S, Siegel, N J. 1H NMR study of renal trimethylamine responses to dehydration and acute volume loading in man. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 88(14), 6053-7, 1991

Price, T B, Rothman, D L, Avison, M J, Buonamico, P, Shulman, R G. 13C-NMR measurements of muscle glycogen during low-intensity exercise. J Appl Physiol, 70(4), 1836-44, 1991

Avison, M J, Herschkowitz, N, Novotny, E J, Petroff, O A, Rothman, D L, Colombo, J P, Bachmann, C, Shulman, R G, Prichard, J W. Proton NMR observation of phenylalanine and an aromatic metabolite in the rabbit brain in vivo. Pediatr Res, 27(6), 566-70, 1990

Avison, M J, van Waarde, A, Stromski, M E, Gaudio, K, Siegel, N J. Metabolic alterations in the kidney during ischemic acute renal failure. Semin Nephrol, 9(1), 98-101, 1989

Avison, M J, Gullans, S R, Ogino, T, Giebisch, G. Na+ and K+ fluxes stimulated by Na+-coupled glucose transport: evidence for a Ba2+-insensitive K+ efflux pathway in rabbit proximal tubules. J Membr Biol, 105(3), 197-205, 1988

Avison, M J, Rothman, D L, Nadel, E, Shulman, R G. Detection of human muscle glycogen by natural abundance 13C NMR. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 85(5), 1634-6, 1988

Gullans, S R, Kone, B C, Avison, M J, Giebisch, G. Succinate alters respiration, membrane potential, and intracellular K+ in proximal tubule. Am J Physiol, 255(6 Pt 2), F1170-7, 1988

Stromski, M E, van Waarde, A, Avison, M J, Thulin, G, Gaudio, K M, Kashgarian, M, Shulman, R G, Siegel, N J. Metabolic and functional consequences of inhibiting adenosine deaminase during renal ischemia in rats. J Clin Invest, 82(5), 1694-9, 1988

Avison, M J, Gullans, S R, Ogino, T, Giebisch, G, Shulman, R G. Measurement of Na+-K+ coupling ratio of Na+-K+-ATPase in rabbit proximal tubules. Am J Physiol, 253(1 Pt 1), C126-36, 1987

Avison, M J, Hetherington, H P, Shulman, R G. Applications of NMR to studies of tissue metabolism. Annu Rev Biophys Biophys Chem, 15, 377-402, 1986

Stromski, M E, Cooper, K, Thulin, G, Avison, M J, Gaudio, K M, Shulman, R G, Siegel, N J. Postischemic ATP-MgCl2 provides precursors for resynthesis of cellular ATP in rats. Am J Physiol, 250(5 Pt 2), F834-7, 1986

Gullans, S R, Avison, M J, Ogino, T, Giebisch, G, Shulman, R G. NMR measurements of intracellular sodium in the rabbit proximal tubule. Am J Physiol, 249(1 Pt 2), F160-8, 1985

Hetherington, H P, Avison, M J, Shulman, R G. 1H homonuclear editing of rat brain using semiselective pulses. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 82(10), 3115-8, 1985

Ogino, T, Shulman, G I, Avison, M J, Gullans, S R, den Hollander, J A, Shulman, R G. 23Na and 39K NMR studies of ion transport in human erythrocytes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 82(4), 1099-103, 1985

Siegel, N J, Avison, M J, Reilly, H F, Alger, J R, Shulman, R G. Enhanced recovery of renal ATP with postischemic infusion of ATP-MgCl2 determined by 31P-NMR. Am J Physiol, 245(4), F530-4, 1983

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