Abid Hussaini

Assistant Professor
Pathology and Cell Biology
Columbia University
United States of America

Professor Neurology
Biography

Abid Hussaini, is a Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, areas of interest understand the neural correlates of cognitive dysfunction by studying regions of the brain that are most vulnerable to the disease. He was awarded MD degree from Taub Institute.

Research Intrest

Neurodegeneration, Alzheimer’s disease, Aging, Electrophysiology, Optogenetics, Hippocampus, Entorhinal cortex, Place cells, Grid cells, Spatial navigation, Learning and memory

List of Publications
Hussaini SA, Menzel R(2013) Mushroom Body Extrinsic Neurons in the Honeybee Brain Encode Cues and Contexts Differently. J Neurosci 33:7154-7164.
Giocomo LM, Hussaini SA, Zheng F, Kandel ER, Moser MB, et al.(2011)Grid Cells Use HCN1 Channels for Spatial Scaling. Cell. 147:1159-1170.
Hussaini SA, Kempadoo AK, Thuault SJ, Siegelbaum SA and Kandel ER(2011) Increased Size and Stability of CA1 and CA3 Place Fields in HCN1 Knockout Mice. Neuron 72:643-653