Staff Profile
Dr Kamar Ameen-Ali
Research Associate
- Email: kamar.ameen-ali1@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 1218
- Address: Translational and Clinical Research Institute,
Faculty of Medical Sciences,
Edwardson Building,
Newcastle University,
Campus for Ageing and Vitality,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE4 5PL,
United Kingdom
Background
Qualifications
PhD behavioural neuroscience and neurobiology, Durham University
MSc cognitive neuroscience, Durham University
BSc applied psychology, Durham University
Research
My current research is focused on characterising microglial activation in dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, using immunohistochemistry and molecular biology techniques in human post-mortem brain tissue.
Publications
- Ameen-Ali KE, Simpson JE, Wharton SB, Heath PR, Sharp PS, Brezzo G, Berwick J. The time course of recognition memory impairment and glial pathology in the hAPP-J20 mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 2019, 68(2), 609-624.
- Brezzo G, Simpson JE, Ameen-Ali KE, Berwick J, Martin C. Acute effects of systemic inflammation upon neurovascular unit and neurovascular function. bioRxiv 2018.
- Sharp P, Ameen-Ali KE, Boorman L, Harris S, Wharton SB, Heath PR, Simpson JE, Howarth C, Redgrave P, Berwick J. Neurovascular coupling preserved in a chronic mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease: Methodology is critical. bioRxiv 2018.
- Ameen-Ali KE, Norman LJ, Eacott MJ, Easton A. Incidental context information increases recollection. Learning and Memory 2017, 24(3), 136-139.
- Ameen-Ali KE, Wharton SB, Simpson JE, Heath PR, Sharp P, Berwick J. Neuropathology and behavioural features of transgenic murine models of Alzheimer’s disease. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology 2017, 43(7), 553-570.
- Ameen-Ali KE, Easton A, Eacott MJ. Moving beyond standard procedures to assess spontaneous recognition memory. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 2015, 53, 37-51.
- Ameen-Ali KE, Eacott MJ, Easton A. A new behavioural apparatus to reduce animal numbers in multiple types of spontaneous object recognition paradigms in rats. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 2012, 211, 66-76.