Dr Ibrahim Jalloh![]() University positionClinical Research Associate DepartmentsDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences InstitutesNeurosurgery Unit and Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre Research ThemesInterestsWhich fuels are best for the injured brain? Ibrahim is a consultant adult and paediatric neurosurgeon who was awarded a World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies Young Neurosurgeon of the Year award in 2017. His research, supported by the MRC, aims to explore several aspects of energy metabolism in the normal and injured human brain. Research Focus
EquipmentMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) Collaborators
Associated News ItemsPublications2018Jalloh I, Cho N, Nga VDW, Whitney R, Jain P, Al-Mehmadi S, Yau I, Okura H, Widjaja E, Otsubo H, Ochi A, Donner E, McCoy B, Drake J, Go C, Rutka JT. (2018), “The role of surgery in refractory epilepsy secondary to polymicrogyria in the pediatric population.” Epilepsia. Jalloh I, Helmy A, Howe DJ, Shannon RJ, Grice P, Mason A, Gallagher CN, Murphy MP, Pickard JD, Menon DK, Carpenter TA, Hutchinson PJ, Carpenter KLH. (2018), “A Comparison of Oxidative Lactate Metabolism in Traumatically Injured Brain and Control Brain.” J Neurotrauma. Stovell MG, Mada MO, Carpenter TA, Yan JL, Guilfoyle MR, Jalloh I, Welsh KE, Helmy A, Howe DJ, Grice P, Mason A, Giorgi-Coll S, Gallagher CN, Murphy MP, Menon DK, Hutchinson PJ, Carpenter KL. (2018), “Phosphorus spectroscopy in acute TBI demonstrates metabolic changes that relate to outcome in the presence of normal structural MRI.” J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. Stovell MG, Mada MO, Helmy A, Carpenter TA, Thelin EP, Yan JL, Guilfoyle MR, Jalloh I, Howe DJ, Grice P, Mason A, Giorgi-Coll S, Gallagher CN, Murphy MP, Menon DK, Hutchinson PJ, Carpenter KLH. (2018), “The effect of succinate on brain NADH/NAD+ redox state and high energy phosphate metabolism in acute traumatic brain injury.” Sci Rep. 2017Hart MG, Housden CR, Suckling J, Tait R, Young A, Müller U, Newcombe VFJ, Jalloh I, Pearson B, Cross J, Trivedi RA, Pickard JD, Sahakian BJ, Hutchinson PJ. (2017), “Advanced magnetic resonance imaging and neuropsychological assessment for detecting brain injury in a prospective cohort of university amateur boxers.” Neuroimage Clin. Jalloh I, Helmy A, Howe DJ, Shannon RJ, Grice P, Mason A, Gallagher CN, Stovell MG, van der Heide S, Murphy MP, Pickard JD, Menon DK, Carpenter TA, Hutchinson PJ, Carpenter KL. (2017), “Focally perfused succinate potentiates brain metabolism in head injury patients.” J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. McGuinness RB, Jalloh I, Macarthur DC. (2017), “A cracking shot! depressed skull fracture sustained from a golf ball in a 16-year old.” Br J Neurosurg. 2016Shannon RJ, van der Heide S, Carter EL, Jalloh I, Menon DK, Hutchinson PJ, Carpenter KL. (2016), “Extracellular N-Acetylaspartate in Human Traumatic Brain Injury.” J Neurotrauma. Young AM, Donnelly J, Czosnyka M, Jalloh I, Liu X, Aries MJ, Fernandes HM, Garnett MR, Smielewski P, Hutchinson PJ, Agrawal S. (2016), “Continuous Multimodality Monitoring in Children after Traumatic Brain Injury-Preliminary Experience.” PLoS One 2015Carpenter KL, Czosnyka M, Jalloh I, Newcombe VF, Helmy A, Shannon RJ, Budohoski KP, Kolias AG, Kirkpatrick PJ, Carpenter TA, Menon DK, Hutchinson PJ (2015), “Systemic, local, and imaging biomarkers of brain injury: more needed, and better use of those already established?” Front Neurol 6:26 Details Carpenter KL, Jalloh I, Hutchinson PJ (2015), “Glycolysis and the significance of lactate in traumatic brain injury.” Front Neurosci 9:112 Details Hutchinson PJ, Jalloh I, Helmy A, Carpenter KL, Rostami E, Bellander BM, Boutelle MG, Chen JW, Claassen J, Dahyot-Fizelier C, Enblad P, Gallagher CN, Helbok R, Hillered L, Le Roux PD, Magnoni S, Mangat HS, Menon DK, Nordström CH, O'Phelan KH, Oddo M, Perez Barcena J, Robertson C, Ronne-Engström E, Sahuquillo J, Smith M, Stocchetti N, Belli A, Carpenter TA, Coles JP, Czosnyka M, Dizdar N, Goodman JC, Gupta AK, Nielsen TH, Marklund N, Montcriol A, O'Connell MT, Poca MA, Sarrafzadeh A, Shannon RJ, Skjøth-Rasmussen J, Smielewski P, Stover JF, Timofeev I, Vespa P, Zavala E, Ungerstedt U (2015), “Consensus statement from the 2014 International Microdialysis Forum.” Intensive Care Med Details 2014Donnelly J, Czosnyka M, Sudhan N, Varsos GV, Nasr N, Jalloh I, Liu X, Dias C, Sekhon MS, Carpenter KL, Menon DK, Hutchinson PJ, Smielewski P (2014), “Increased Blood Glucose is Related to Disturbed Cerebrovascular Pressure Reactivity After Traumatic Brain Injury.” Neurocrit Care Details Jalloh I, Carpenter KL, Grice P, Howe DJ, Mason A, Gallagher CN, Helmy A, Murphy MP, Menon DK, Carpenter TA, Pickard JD, Hutchinson PJ (2014), “Glycolysis and the pentose phosphate pathway after human traumatic brain injury: microdialysis studies using 1,2-13C2 glucose.” J Cereb Blood Flow Metab Details Jalloh I, Carpenter KL, Helmy A, Carpenter TA, Menon DK, Hutchinson PJ (2014), “Glucose metabolism following human traumatic brain injury: methods of assessment and pathophysiological findings.” Metab Brain Dis Details Jalloh I, Dean AF, O'Donovan DG, Cross J, Garnett MR, Santarius T (2014), “Giant intracranial hemangioma in a neonate.” Acta Neurochir (Wien) 156(6):1151-4 Details Jalloh I, Helmy A, Shannon RJ, Gallagher CN, Menon DK, Carpenter KL, Hutchinson PJ (2014), “Response to Letter Lactate Uptake Against a Concentration Gradient: Misinterpretation of Analytical Imprecision.” J Neurotrauma Details 2013Carpenter KL, Jalloh I, Gallagher CN, Grice P, Howe DJ, Mason A, Timofeev I, Helmy A, Murphy MP, Menon DK, Kirkpatrick PJ, Carpenter TA, Sutherland GR, Pickard JD, Hutchinson PJ (2013), “13C-labelled microdialysis studies of cerebral metabolism in TBI patients.” Eur J Pharm Sci Details Jalloh I, Helmy A, Shannon RJ, Gallagher CN, Menon DK, Carpenter KL, Hutchinson PJ (2013), “Lactate uptake by the injured human brain: evidence from an arteriovenous gradient and cerebral microdialysis study.” J Neurotrauma 30(24):2031-7 Details 2010Guilfoyle MR, Khan S, Helmy A, Jalloh I, Trivedi S, Trivedi R, Kirkpatrick PJ (2010), “Spinal intradural haemorrhage in a patient with Wegener's Granulomatosis.” Clin Neurol Neurosurg 112(4):341-3 Details Muirhead W, Jalloh I, Vloeberghs M (2010), “Status dystonicus resembling the intrathecal baclofen withdrawal syndrome: a case report and review of the literature.” J Med Case Rep 4:294 Details 2009Jalloh I, Guilfoyle MR, Lloyd SK, Macfarlane R, Smith C (2009), “Reactivation and centripetal spread of herpes simplex virus complicating acoustic neuroma resection.” Surg Neurol 72(5):502-4 Details Marcus H, Jalloh I, Roberts R, Martin P (2009), “An unusual case of haemorrhagic stroke.” BMJ 339:b3204 Details Santarius T, Kirkpatrick PJ, Ganesan D, Chia HL, Jalloh I, Smielewski P, Richards HK, Marcus H, Parker RA, Price SJ, Kirollos RW, Pickard JD, Hutchinson PJ (2009), “Use of drains versus no drains after burr-hole evacuation of chronic subdural haematoma: a randomised controlled trial.” Lancet 374(9695):1067-73 Details 2007Jalloh I, Minhas P (2007), “Delays in the treatment of cauda equina syndrome due to its variable clinical features in patients presenting to the emergency department.” Emerg Med J 24(1):33-4 Details Owen D, Bicknell C, Hilton C, Lind J, Jalloh I, Owen M, Harrison R (2007), “Preoperative smoking cessation: a questionnaire study.” Int J Clin Pract 61(12):2002-4 Details |