Dr Matthew PG Allin  BA BMBCh MRCP MRCPsych DM
Clinical Lecturer
Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist

biography

After graduating from medical school, Matt worked in General Medicine in the East End of London, and then went on to specialise in Neurology for a while. He came to the Institute of Psychiatry in 1998 to work on a study of the long-term outcomes of premature birth. While there he saw the light and trained in psychiatry at the Maudsley and associated hospitals.

He is currently a clinical lecturer and honorary consultant psychiatrist.

Interests: Adolescent and adult brain development; premature birth; psychosis

teaching activities

Maudsley Forum

Organising Committee

publications

Peer-reviewed publications
Allin M, Matsumoto H, Santhouse AM, Nosarti C, Al-Asady MHS, Stewart AL, Rifkin L, Murray RM. 2001. Cognitive and motor function and the size of the cerebellum in adolescents born very preterm. Brain 124:60-66

Abel KM, Allin M, Hemsley DH, Geyer MA. 2003. Ketamine enhances prepulse inhibition in healthy males: a double blind, placebo-controlled study. Neuropharmacology 44: 729-737

Abel KM, Allin M, Williams S, Andrew C, Phillips ML. 2003. Ketamine alters neural processing of the facial emotion recognition in healthy men: an FMRI study Neuroreport 14 (3): 387-391

Abel KM, Allin M, Kucharska-Pietura K, Andrew C, Williams S, David AS, Phillips ML. 2003. Ketamine and fMRI BOLD signal: Distinguishing between effects mediated by change in blood flow versus change in cognitive state. Hum Brain Mapp 18: 135-145

Allin M, Henderson M, Suckling J, Nosarti C, Rushe T, Fearon P, Stewart AL, Bullmore ET, Rifkin L, Murray RM. 2004 The effects of very low birth weight on brain structure in adulthood. Dev Med Child Neurol 46:46-53

Fearon P, O’Connell P, Frangou S, Aquino S, Taylor M, Allin M, Stewart A, Rifkin L, Murray RM. 2004. Brain volumes in adult survivors of very low birthweight: a sibling controlled study. Pediatrics 114:367-371

Allin M, Salaria S, Nosarti C, Wyatt J, Rifkin L, Murray RM. 2005. Vermis and lateral lobes of the cerebellum in adolescents born very preterm. NeuroReport 16:1821-1824

Nosarti C, Allin M, Frangou S, Stewart AL, Rifkin L, Murray RM. 2005. Decreased caudate volume is associated with hyperactivity in adolescents born very preterm. Biological Psychiatry 6: 661-666

Fu CHY , Abel KM, Allin MPG, Gasston D, Costafreda SG, Suckling J, Williams SCR, McGuire PK. 2005 Effects of ketamine on prefrontal and striatal regions in an overt verbal fluency task: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Psychopharmacology 183:92-102

Allin M, Rooney M, Cuddy M, Wyatt J, Walshe M, Rifkin L, Murray RM. 2006. Personality in young adults who are born preterm. Pediatrics. 117:309-316

Allin M, Rooney M, Griffiths T, Cuddy M, Wyatt J, Rifkin L, Murray RM. 2006. Neurological abnormalities in young adults born preterm. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 77:495-499

Lancefield K, Nosarti C, Rifkin L, Allin M, Sham P, Murray R. 2006. Cerebral asymmetry in 14 year olds born very preterm. Brain Res 1093:33–40

Abel KM, Allin M, van Amelsvoort T, Hemsley D, Geyer MA. 2007. The indirect serotonergic agonist d-fenfluramine and prepulse inhibition in healthy men. Neuropharmacology 52:1088-1094

Catani M, Allin M, Husain M, Pugliese L, Murray RM, Jones DK. 2007. Symmetries in human brain language pathways correlate with verbal recall. PNAS 104:17163-17168

Allin M, Walshe M, Fern A, Nosarti C, Rushe T, Cuddy M, Wyatt J, Rifkin L, Murray R. 2007. Cognitive maturation in preterm and term born adolescents. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.110858
(published online 6 Aug 2007)

Allin M, Nosarti C, Narberhaus A, Walshe M, Frearson S, Wyatt J, Rifkin L, Murray R. 2007. Growth of the corpus callosum in adolescents born preterm. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 161(12):1183-1189

Haidemenos A, Kontis D, Gazi A, Kallai E, Allin M, Lucia B. 2007. Plasma homocysteine, folate and B12 in chronic schizophrenia. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry 31:1289–1296

Parker J, Mitchell A, Kalpakidou A, Walshe M, Yeon-Jung H, Nosarti C, Santosh P, Rifkin L, Wyatt J, Murray RM, Allin M. 2008. Cerebellar Growth and Behavioural & Neuropsychological Outcome in Preterm Adolescents. Brain. In press


Chapters and review articles
Allin M & Murray RM. 2002. Schizophrenia: a neurodevelopmental or neurodegenerative disorder? Current Opinion in Psychiatry. 15:9-15

Allin M, Streeruwitz A, Curtis V. 2005. Progress in understanding conversion disorder. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment 3:205-209

Allin M, Nosarti C, Rifkin R, Murray RM. Brain Plasticity and Long Term Function after Early Cerebral Insult: the Example of Very Preterm Birth. In: Neurodevelopment and Schizophrenia. Eds: Keshavan, Kennedy, Murray. 2005

Allin M. 2006. Brain growth in preterm babies. Lancet Neurology 5:812-813

Allin M, Fleminger S. Acquired brain injury. In: Textbook of Psychiatric Rehabilitation. Ed: Roberts G, Davenport S, Holloway F, Tattan T. 2006. In Press

Abel KM and Allin M. 2006. Placental programming leading to mental ill health: Fetal growth and schizophrenia. In: Clinics in Developmental Medicine No 169: The placenta and neurodisability. Eds Baker P, Sibley C. pp 118-136

Abel KM, Allin M, Jirtle RL. 2006. Schizophrenia, cancer and imprinting: early nutritional influences. B J Psychiatry 180:396

Allin M and Nosarti C. 2006. Preterm Birth and the adult brain. Italian Journal of Pediatrics. Ital J Pediatr 31:38-43

Allin M. 2008. Diffusion tensor imaging findings in preterm and low birth weight populations. In: Pre-term Birth: Long-term Effects on Brain & Behavior. Eds Nosarti C, Hack M, Murray RM. In press

last updated: Wednesday, March 26, 2008