Research Output per year
Personal profile
Academic Biography
Ahmad is a Senior Lecturer at Teesside University and Associate Lecturer at the Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University. He has a broad base of expertise in biomedical science and neuroscience and has published and presented extensively in neuropharmacology and neuropathology.
He currently leads the Clinical Pharmacology and Molecular and Cellular Pathology module on Biomedical Science degree and is a Fellow of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences.
Summary of Research Interests
Ahmad's research mainly involves investigating the molecular and pathological mechanisms behind depression, as well as neurodegerative illnesses, such as Alzheimer’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies, using post-mortem brain tissue.
Ahmad previously supervised a National Institute for Health Research-funded laboratory-based PhD project examining the role of the thalamus in visual hallucinations in dementia with Lewy bodies and is currently co-supervisor of a laboratory-based Alzheimer's Society-funded Doctoral Training Centre PhD project, examining the role of the anterior cingulate cortex in depression in dementia with Lewy bodies.
He also has expertise in neuropharmacology, with his PhD focusing on the mechanisms of action of antidepressant drugs in the hippocampus.
Research Projects & External Funding
Co-investigator. 2015–2019. ‘Understanding the basis and interaction of non-cognitive and cognitive symptoms in dementia with Lewy bodies’. Alzheimer’s Society Doctoral Training Centre Grant. £350,000. Applicants: Thomas AJ, Morris CM, Attems JA, Khundakar AA, Taylor JP, Rochester L, LeBeau F, Blamire A, Galna B, Gallacher P.
External Research Collaborations
Ahmad is part of the Neurodegenerative Pathology Research Group at Newcastle University, led by Professor Johannes Attems.
Learning and Teaching Interests and Activities
Ahmad currently leads two modules in Molecular and Cellular Pathology and Clinical Pharmacology on the Biomedical Science undergraduate degree, as well as lecturing on numerous modules within the School of Science, Engineering and Design, Teesside University.
Ahmad also teaches on the NHS Northern Deanery Regional MRCPsych Course for psychiatry trainees.
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Lewy Body Disease
Medicine & Life Sciences
Pathology
Medicine & Life Sciences
Dementia
Medicine & Life Sciences
Alzheimer Disease
Medicine & Life Sciences
Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
Medicine & Life Sciences
Prefrontal Cortex
Medicine & Life Sciences
Hallucinations
Medicine & Life Sciences
Neuroglia
Medicine & Life Sciences
Network
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Research Output 2006 2019
Pathological Changes to the Subcortical Visual System and its Relationship to Visual Hallucinations in Dementia with Lewy Bodies
Erskine, D., Taylor, J-P., Thomas, A., Collerton, D., McKeith, I., Khundakar, A., Attems, J. & Morris, C., 6 Feb 2019, In : Neuroscience Bulletin. 35, 2, p. 295-300 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Lewy Body Disease
Hallucinations
Caregivers
Anatomy
Trichloroethylene and its metabolite TaClo lead to degeneration of substantia nigra dopaminergic neurones: Effects in wild type and human A30P mutant α-synuclein mice
Keane, P. C., Hanson, P. S., Patterson, L., Blain, P. G., Khundakar, A. A., Judge, S. J., Kahle, P. J. & Morris, C. M., 15 Oct 2019, In : Neuroscience Letters. 711, 6 p., 134437.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
File
Synucleins
Trichloroethylene
Dopamine Agents
Dopaminergic Neurons
Substantia Nigra
3
Citations
(Scopus)
29
Downloads
(Pure)
Doublecortin expression in CD8+ T-cells and microglia at sites of amyloid-β plaques: A potential role in shaping plaque pathology?
Unger, M. S., Marschallinger, J., Kaindl, J., Klein, B., Johnson, M., Khundakar, A., Roßner, S., Heneka, M. T., Couillard-Despres, S., Rockenstein, E., Masliah, E., Attems, J. & Aigner, L., 31 Aug 2018, In : Alzheimer's and Dementia. 14, 8, p. 1022-1037 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
File
Amyloid Plaques
Microglia
Pathology
T-Lymphocytes
Calcium
Molecular changes in the absence of severe pathology in the pulvinar in dementia with Lewy bodies
Erskine, D., Ding, J., Thomas, A. J., Kaganovich, A., Khundakar, A., Hanson, P. S., Taylor, JP., McKeith, I. G., Attems, J., Cookson, M. R. & Morris, C., 23 Mar 2018, In : Movement Disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society. 33, 6, p. 982-991 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
File
Pulvinar
Lewy Body Disease
Pathology
Lewy Bodies
RNA Sequence Analysis
6
Citations
(Scopus)
46
Downloads
(Pure)
Neuronal Loss and Α-Synuclein Pathology in the Superior Colliculus and Its Relationship to Visual Hallucinations in Dementia with Lewy Bodies
Erskine, D., Thomas, A. J., Taylor, J. P., Savage, M. A., Attems, J., McKeith, I. G., Morris, C. M. & Khundakar, A., 1 Jun 2017, In : American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 25, 6, p. 595-604 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
File
Synucleins
Lewy Body Disease
Superior Colliculi
Hallucinations
Pathology
Press / Media
Dementia conference features Newcastle academics
20/03/14
1 item of Media coverage
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Undergraduate bursaries to encourage careers in dementia research
3/06/14
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Newcastle scientists to speak at UK’s largest dementia research conference
18/03/14
1 item of Media coverage
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Newcastle experts to address national dementia meeting
19/03/14
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