Prof. Zuheir Ahmed Khalil Hasan

Professor
Department of Physiology
Arabian Gulf University
Bahrain

Professor Neurology
Biography

Professor of Physiology and Vice dean, 2009-2010 Faculty of Medicine Jordan University of Science and Technology Irbid Jordan Professor of Physiology 2005-2009 College of Medicine and Medical Sciences Arabian Gulf University Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain Professor of Physiology (1998-2005) Department of Physiology Faculty of Medicine University of Science and Technology Irbid - Jordan Associate Professor of Physiology, 1992-1998 Department of Physiology Faculty of Medicine University of Science & Technology Irbid - Jordan Assistant Professor of Physiology (1983-1992) Department of Physiology Faculty of Medicine University of Science & Technology Irbid - Jordan Visiting Assistant Professor, (June-August, 1984; 1985) Department of Physiology Tulane University School of Medicine New Orleans, LA, U.S.A. Visiting Assistant Professor, June-August, ( 1988; 1989; 1991.) Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior University of California Davis, CA USA. Visiting Associate Professor, June-August, 1994, 1996. Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior University of California. Davis, CA, U.S.A Visiting Professor, June-August, 1998, 1999 Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior University of California. Davis, CA, USA. Administration Vice Dean, 2009-2010 Faculty of Medicine Jordan University of Science and technology Irbid Jordan Chairman, 2000-2004 Deportment of physiology Faculty of Medicine Jordan University of Science and technology Irbid Jordan Associate dean ,1985-1987 Faculty of Medicine Jordan University of Science and technology Irbid Jordan

Research Intrest

Neurophysiology of epilepsy: investigation of neural basis of epileptogenesis in vivo and in vitro using electrophysiological techniques. 2. Antiepileptic drugs and their mechanism of action. 3. Neurotoxicology with special emphasis on neurotoxins acting on the limbic system. 5. Learning and memory

List of Publications
Zuheir Hasan and Karem Alzoubi. Effects of high-fat high-carbohydrate diet on pentylenetetrazole seizure threshold in rat. he FASEB Journal ;vol. 28 no. 1 Supplement 1042.6():
Ebrahim Rajaba, Zahra Abdeenb, Zuhair Hassanb, Yousif Alsaffarb, Mohammad Mandeelb,Fatima Al Shawaafb, Sali Al-Ansari. Cognitive performance and convulsion risk afterexperimentally-induced febrile-seizures in ratEbrahim. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience;34():19-23
Zuheir A. Hasan , Rima L. Abdel Razzak, Karem H. Alzoubi . Comparison between the effect of propofol and midazolam on picrotoxin-induced convulsions in rat. Physiology & Behavior;128():114 - 118