About Dr Abdel Ennaceur
I have been Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology and Therapeutics in the School of Pharmacy since 2002. Prior to that, I was at the University of Bordeaux (CNRS, France, 2001–2002), GSK (Harlow, UK, 2000–2001) and Durham University (1992–2000) as a Senior Neuroscience research fellow.
I have been involved in neuroscience research using rats and mice, looking at a number of brain structures (basal forebrain and medial temporal lobe) and neurochemical systems, and their roles in learning, memory, attention and anxiety.
I am the author of the object novelty recognition test(opens in new tab) that is widely used in academia and in the industry. I also developed other behavioural tests that can be used for measuring visual discrimination and delayed non-match-to-sample, spatial navigation (3D maze) and anxiety response (3D maze(opens in new tab) and 3D open-field(opens in new tab)).
I am currently working on a project looking at clinical diagnostic methodology in neuropsychiatric disorders.
Teaching and supervision
Level 1:
- Brain structures and functions
Level 3:
- Neurodegenerative diseases
- Drug abuse and addictions
- Pain and analgesia
- Sleep and insomnia
- Anesthesia
Interests
I am happy to consider applications from prospective postgraduate research students with a background in any field of biomedical sciences or psychology, and particularly those with experience in engineering and computer programming, who are interested in psychiatric and neurological disorders. Short-term projects are also available for undergraduate students.
Research
- Research methodologies in basic and clinical studies of neurological and psychiatric disorders
- The hippocampus and substructures in 3 dimensional spatial navigation environment
- Brain structures and functions in anxiety and its disorders
- Ageing and neurodegeneration, haemorrhage, cerebrovascular diseases, vascular dementia
Publications
See all of Dr Abdel Ennaceur's publicationsAreas of expertise
- Neuroscience
- Neuropharmacology
- Psychopharmacology
- Neurophysiology
- Clinical psychology
Further information
See my recent publications(opens in new tab) and Google Scholar(opens in new tab).