Education

Ph.D. in Anatomy, School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, James Cook University, 2007

Current position

Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA

Publications

1. Dixon, K. J., Mier, J., Gajavelli, S., Turbic, A., Bullock, R., Turnley, A. M. and Liebl, D. J. (2016). EphrinB3 inhibits neural stem cell migration after traumatic brain injury. Stem Cell Research 17(3): 504-513.
2. Cifu, D. X. and Dixon, K. J. (2016). Chronic effects of neurotrauma consortium. Brain Inj 30(12): 1397-1398.
3. Dixon, K. J., Theus, M. H., Nelersa, C. M., Mier, J., Travieso, L. G., Yu, T. S., Kernie, S. G. and Liebl, D. J. (2015). Endogenous neural stem/progenitor cells stabilize the cortical microenvironment after traumatic brain injury. J Neurotrauma 32(11): 753-764.
4. Cifu, D. X., Diaz-Arrastia, R., Williams, R. L., Carne, W., West, S. L., McDougal, M. and Dixon, K. (2015). The VA/DoD chronic effects of neurotrauma consortium:  an overview at year 1. Federal Practitioner 70-74.
5. Dixon, K. J., Theus, M. H., Nelersa, C. M., Mier, J., Travieso, L. G., Yu, T. S., Kernie, S. G. and Liebl, D. J. (2015). Endogenous neural stem/progenitor cells stabilize the cortical microenvironment after traumatic brain injury. J Neurotrauma 32(11): 753-764.
6. Munro, K. M., Dixon, K. J., Gresle, M. M., Jonas, A., Kemper, D., Doherty, W., Fabri, L. J., Owczarek, C. M., Pearse, M., Boyd, A. W., Kilpatrick, T. J., Butzkueven, H. and Turnley, A. M. (2013). EphA4 receptor tyrosine kinase is a modulator of onset and disease severity of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). PLoS One 8(2): e55948.
7. Dixon, K. J., Munro, K. M., Boyd, A. W., Bartlett, P. F. and Turnley, A. M. (2012). Partial change in EphA4 knockout mouse phenotype: loss of diminished GFAP upregulation following spinal cord injury. Neurosci Lett 525(1): 66-71.
8. Leong, S. Y., Faux, C. H., Turbic, A., Dixon, K. J. and Turnley, A. M. (2011). The Rho kinase pathway regulates mouse adult neural precursor cell migration. Stem Cells 29(2): 332-343.
9. Puschmann, T. B., Dixon, K. J. and Turnley, A. M. (2010). Species differences in reactivity of mouse and rat astrocytes in vitro. Neurosignals 18(3): 152-163.
10. Sherrard, R. M., Dixon, K. J., Bakouche, J., Rodger, J., Lemaigre-Dubreuil, Y. and Mariani, J. (2009). Differential expression of TrkB isoforms switches climbing fiber-Purkinje cell synaptogenesis to selective synapse elimination. Dev Neurobiol 69(10): 647-662.
11. Dixon, K. J. and Sherrard, R. M. (2006). Brain-derived neurotrophic factor induces post-lesion transcommissural growth of olivary axons that develop normal climbing fibers on mature Purkinje cells. Exp Neurol 202(1): 44-56.
12. Dixon, K. J., Hilber, W., Speare, S., Willson, M. L., Bower, A. J. and Sherrard, R. M. (2005). Post-lesion transcommissural olivocerebellar reinnervation improves motor function following unilateral pedunculotomy in the neonatal rat. Exp Neurol 196(2): 254-265.