Dr Alison Blain
Research Associate
- Email: alison.blain@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 241 8671
- Address: Institute of Human Genetics
Newcastle University
International Centre for Life
Central Parkway
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 3BZ
- Blain AM, Straub VW. Delta-sarcoglycan-deficient muscular dystrophy: from discovery to therapeutic approaches.
Skeletal Muscle 2011, 1(1), 13.
- Jørgensen LH, Blain A, Greally E, Laval SH, Blamire AM, Davison BJ, Brinkmeier H, Macgowan GA, Schrøder HD, Bushby K, Straub V, Lochmüller H. Long-Term Blocking of Calcium Channels in mdx Mice Results in Differential Effects on Heart and Skeletal Muscle.
American Journal of Pathology 2011, 178(1), 273-283.
- Bauer R, Blain A, Greally E, Bushby K, Lochmuller H, Laval S, Straub V, MacGowan GA. Intolerance to beta-blockade in a mouse model of delta-sarcoglycan-deficient muscular dystrophy cardiomyopathy.
European Journal of Heart Failure 2010, 12(11), 1163-1170.
- Bauer R, Blain A, Greally E, Lochmuller H, Bushby K, MacGowan GA, Straub V. Attenuation of adverse cardiac effects in prednisolone-treated delta-sarcoglycan-deficient mice by mineralocorticoid-receptor-antagonism.
Neuromuscular Disorders 2010, 20(1), 21-28.
- Bauer R, Straub V, Blain A, Bushby K, MacGowan GA. Contrasting effects of steroids and angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors in a mouse model of dystrophin-deficient cardiomyopathy.
European Journal of Heart Failure 2009, 11(5), 463-471.
- Bauer R, MacGowan GA, Blain A, Bushby K, Straub V. Steroid treatment causes deterioration of myocardial function in the δ-sarcoglycan-deficient mouse model for dilated cardiomyopathy.
Cardiovascular Research 2008, 79(4), 652-661.
- Blain AM, Greally E, Laval SH, Blamire A, Lochmuller H, Bushby K, MacGowan G, Straub VW. Manganese enhanced MRI (MEMRI) as an outcome measure for cardiac function in the mdx mouse.
In: Neuromuscular Disorders: 16th International Congress of the World Muscle Society. 2011, Algarve, Portugal: Elsevier Ltd.
