Md. Mahiuddin Ahmed, PhD

Assistant Research Professor, Neurology


Publications

  • Ahmed MM, Wang AC, Elos M, Chial HJ, Sillau S, Solano DA, Coughlan C, Aghili L, Anton P, Markham N, Adame V, Gardiner KJ, Boyd TD, Potter H. The innate immune system stimulating cytokine GM-CSF improves learning/memory and interneuron and astrocyte brain pathology in Dp16 Down syndrome mice and improves learning/memory in wild-type mice. Neurobiol Dis. 2022 Jun 15;168:105694. PubMed PMID: 35307513
  • Ahmed MM, Johnson NR, Boyd TD, Coughlan C, Chial HJ, Potter H. Innate Immune System Activation and Neuroinflammation in Down Syndrome and Neurodegeneration: Therapeutic Targets or Partners?. Front Aging Neurosci. 2021;13:718426. PubMed PMID: 34603007
  • Lucero EM, Freund RK, Smith A, Johnson NR, Dooling B, Sullivan E, Prikhodko O, Ahmed MM, Bennett DA, Hohman TJ, Dell'Acqua ML, Chial HJ, Potter H. Increased KIF11 / kinesin-5 expression offsets Alzheimer Aß-mediated toxicity and cognitive dysfunction. iScience. 2022 Nov 18;25(11):105288. PubMed PMID: 36304124
  • Ahmed MM, Block A, Busquet N, Gardiner KJ. Context Fear Conditioning in Down Syndrome Mouse Models: Effects of Trisomic Gene Content, Age, Sex and Genetic Background. Genes (Basel). 2021 Sep 28;12(10). PubMed PMID: 34680922
  • Ahmed MM, Carrel AJ, Cruz Del Angel Y, Carlsen J, Thomas AX, González MI, Gardiner KJ, Brooks-Kayal A. Altered Protein Profiles During Epileptogenesis in the Pilocarpine Mouse Model of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Front Neurol. 2021;12:654606. PubMed PMID: 34122302
  • 1. Stefan H. Sillau*, Christina Coughlan*, Md. Mahiuddin Ahmed*, Paula Araya, Matthew D. Galbraith, Kavita Nair, Joaquin M. Espinosa, Brianne M. Bettcher, Heidi J. Chial, Neill Epperson, Timothy D. Boyd, Huntington Potter. “GM-CSF Alzheimer’s treatment reverses age-, sex-induced neurodegeneration”-in preparation