Donald Allen

Ashbel Smith Professor of Biology
Office 3146 Mesa Building
Phone (432) 552-2268
E-mail: allen_d@utpb.edu

Degree
Ph.D., University of Oregon, 1970

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Recent Teaching

• General Biology II, WebCT Enhanced
  Comparative Anatomy, WebCT Enhanced
  Human Physiology Lab
  Comparative Physiology, WebCT Enhanced
  Advanced Animal Physiology (graduate)
  Neuroscience (graduate)
  

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Research Interests

Retinal cell biology of albino and normal trout: mechanisms of resistance to severe and permanent light damage.

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Some Representative Publications

Allison, W. T., Hallows, T. E., Johnson T., Hawryshyn, C and D. M.
Allen. Photic history modifies susceptibility to retinal photo-damage in
albino trout. Submitted to Visual Neurosci. Accepted 29 Sept. 2005.

Allen, D. M., Hendricks, G. and T. Hallows. Peripheral rods evade
light damage in albino trout. In: "Retinal diseases and Experimental
therapy", Anderson et al., eds; Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New
York, 2001.

Allen, D. M., Deramus, K., Pipes, C. and Ted Hallows. (1999). A
comparison of light-induced rod degeneration in two albino teleost models.
In: "Retinal Degenerative Diseases and Experimental Therapy", Hollyfield,
J. G., Anderson, R. E. and LaVail, M. M. eds.) Plenum Press, New York, pp
337-350.

Allen, D. M. and Hallows, T. (1997). Solar pruning of retinal rods in
albino rainbow trout. Visual Neurosci 14:589-600.