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
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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.
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Cifu, D. X. and Dixon, K. J. (2016). Chronic effects of neurotrauma consortium. Brain Inj 30(12): 1397-1398.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.