Staff Profile - Aman Asif-Malik

Forensic Psychology, Biological Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Cross-Cultural Psychology, Research Methods

Animal models of schizophrenia, Addiction, Dopamine Neurotransmission, Neurodegeneration

• Impaired striatal glutathione metabolism induces transient dopamine increase and motor dysfunction. Mohamed Yaseen Malik, Fei Guo, Aman-Asif Malik, Vasileios Eftychidis, Nikolaos Barkas, Elena Eliseeva, Kirsten Timm, David Bergin, Barbara Zonta, Peter Magill, Claus Nerlov, and Liliana Minichiello submitted to: Nature Metabolism (2024)
• How Neurodiversity Interacts with the Criminal Justice System: A Literature Review. DeBlasio, Shannon, Anacleto, Lucy, Asif-Malik, Aman, Pearson, Gemma, Hunkins-Beckford, Fawn, Eggleton, Claire, and Tiffin, Sarah submitted to: Neurodiversity (2024)
• Immature dentate granule cells require Ntrk2/TrkB for the formation of functional hippocampal circuitry. Sylvia Badurek*, Marilena Griguoli*, Aman-Asif Malik*, Barbara Zonta*, Guo Fei, Silvia Middei, Laura Lagostena, Mara Teresa Jurado-Parras, Thomas H Gillingwater, Agnès Gruart, José María Delgado-García, Enrico Cherubini, and Liliana Minichiello iScience (2020), 23; 101078. DOI: 10.1016/j.isci. 2020.101078
• Interaction between the Trace Amine-Associated Receptor 1 and the D2 Receptor Controls Cocaine’s Neurochemical Actions. Aman Asif-Malik, Marius Hoener and Juan J Canales Scientific Reports (2017), 7, 13901. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-14472-z
• Relapse to cocaine seeking in an invertebrate.Akua O. Amaning, Aman Asif-Malik, Yue Pei, and Juan J Canales Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behaviour (2017), 157, 41-46. DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2017.04.008
• Altered cortico-striatal crosstalk underlies attentional deficits in a rat model of schizophrenia. Aman Asif-Malik, Danial Dautan, Andrew MJ Young and Todor Gerdjikov Brain Structure & Function (2017), 222, 3179-3190. DOI: 10.1007/s00429-017-1393-3
• A partial trace amine-associated receptor 1 agonist exhibits properties consistent with a methamphetamine substitution treatment. Yue Pei, Aman Asif-Malik, Marius Hoener and Juan J Canales Addiction Biology (2016), 22, 1246-1256. DOI: 10.1111/adb.12410
• Trace Amines and the Trace Amine-Associated Receptor 1: Pharmacology, Neurochemistry and Clinical Implications. Yue Pei, Aman Asif-Malik and Juan J Canales Frontiers in Neuroscience (2016), 10 (148), 1-17. DOI:10.3389/fnins.2016.00148
• Elevation of mitochondrial Ca2+ by ryanodine-sensitive calcium-induced calcium release. Aman Nassar and Alec W.M. Simpson Journal of Biological Chemistry (1999), 275 (31) 23661-23665. DOI:10.1074/jbc.M000457200
• Conference Articles:
• Dopamine D4 mediated attenuation of nucleus accumbens dopamine release in rat brain slices in vitro: abolition by phencyclidine pre-treatment. Asmaa M. Al Ali, Aman Asif-Malik, Juan Canales & Andrew M.J. Young 17th International Conference Monitoring Molecules in Neuroscience, University of Oxford, UK (25-28 Mar 2018)
• Phencyclidine pre-treatment abolishes the dopamine D4 mediated attenuation of nucleus accumbens dopamine release: Fast cyclic voltammetry studies in rat brain slices in vitro. Asmaa M. Al Ali, Aman Asif-Malik, Juan Canales & Andrew M.J. Young Annual Pharmacology Meeting: The British Pharmacological Society, London, UK (11-13 Dec 2017)
• Novel Pharmacotherapeutics Based on the Trace Amine-Associated Receptor 1. Aman Asif-Malik and Juan J Canales ACNP 55th Annual Meeting: Panels, Mini-Panels and Study Groups, Hollywood, Florida (4-8 Dec 2016), 41, S1-S115. DOI: 10.1038/npp.2016.239
• Elevation of mitochondrial Ca2+ concentration by calcium-induced calcium release in A10 rat aortic smooth muscle cell line. Aman Nassar and Alec W.M. Simpson Proceedings of the Journal of Physiology London (2000), 525, 84P-85P
• Word Alzheimer’s Day: Interview with Dr Aman Asif-Malik. (21st Sep 2023) Arden Universe Intranet, Arden University 
• Leicester Neuroscience. Aman Asif-Malik and Jonathan Smith BNA Bulletin (2016), 76 (Spring 2016), 12-13