Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology and Therapeutics
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 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 and 3D open-field).
I am currently working on a project looking at clinical diagnostic methodology in neuropsychiatric disorders.
Teaching and supervision
Level 1:
Level 3:
- Brain structures and functions
Level 3:
- Neurodegenerative diseases
- Drug abuse and addictions
- Pain and analgesia
- Sleep and insomnia
- Anesthesia
Research interests for potential research students
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
- Neuroscience
- Neuropharmacology
- Psychopharmacology
- Neurophysiology
- Clinical psychology
See my recent publications and Google Scholar.