47460-Al-Amin, Md Mamun

Md Mamun Al-Amin, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow in Medical & Molecular Genetics

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Bio

I am a Postdoctoral fellow at the Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine. My research focuses on understanding the cellular, molecular and genetic mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative diseases, particularly Alzheimer’s disease. I integrate advanced neuroimaging techniques, with behavioral and histological analyses to investigate how white matter integrity, myelination, and neuronal connectivity contribute to cognitive resilience and decline. I am currently working on the regulatory role of microRNA in oligodendrocyte function and axonal health in amyloidosis models. Originally from Bangladesh, I am deeply committed to advance diversity and inclusion in neuroscience while fostering innovative, translational research that bridges molecular pathology and brain network organization.

Key Publications

 

1)    Al-Amin MM, Kim B, Karahan H, Tate MD, Walsh SP, Puntambekar SS, et al. Apolipoprotein ε4 exacerbates white matter impairment in a mouse model of Aβ amyloidosis by decreasing actively myelinating oligodendrocytes. Alzheimers Dement. 2025;21:e70791.

2)    Kim, B., Dabin, L. C., Tate, M. D., Karahan, H., Sharify, A. D., Acri, D. J., Al-Amin, M. M., Philtjens, S., Smith, D. C., Wijeratne, H. R. S., Park, J. H., Jucker, M., & Kim, J. (2024). Effects of SPI1-mediated transcriptome remodeling on Alzheimer's disease-related phenotypes in mouse models of Aβ amyloidosis. Nat Commun, 15(1), 3996. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48484-x

3)    Quddus, A.H.M.R., Pervin M.S., Zinchenko A., Al-Amin, M. M., (2024). Investigating the role of structural connectivity in the individuals with moderate hearing loss. Brain disorders. 16, 100165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dscb.2024.100165

4)    Cadiz, M. P., Gibson, K. A., Todd, K. T., Nascari, D. G., Massa, N., Lilley, M. T., Olney, K. C., Al-Amin, M. M., Jiang, H., Holtzman, D. M., & Fryer, J. D. (2024). Aducanumab anti-amyloid immunotherapy induces sustained microglial and immune alterations. J Exp Med, 221(2). https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20231363

5)    Li, W., Al-Amin, M. M., & Nair, A. (2023). Editorial: New insights into the disorder of brain connectivity in schizophrenia. Front Neuroimaging, 2, 1266695. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnimg.2023.1266695

6)    Karahan, H., Smith, D. C., Kim, B., McCord, B., Mantor, J., John, S. K., Al-Amin, M. M., Dabin, L. C., & Kim, J. (2023). The effect of Abi3 locus deletion on the progression of Alzheimer's disease-related pathologies. Front Immunol, 14, 1102530. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1102530

7)    Smith, D. C., Karahan, H., Wijeratne, H. R. S., Al-Amin, M., McCord, B., Moon, Y., & Kim, J. (2022). Deletion of the Alzheimer's disease risk gene Abi3 locus results in obesity and systemic metabolic disruption in mice. Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 14, 1035572. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2022.1035572

8)    Karahan, H., Smith, D. C., Kim, B., Dabin, L. C., Al-Amin, M. M., Wijeratne, H. R. S., Pennington, T., Viana di Prisco, G., McCord, B., Lin, P. B., Li, Y., Peng, J., Oblak, A. L., Chu, S., Atwood, B. K., & Kim, J. (2021). Deletion of Abi3 gene locus exacerbates neuropathological features of Alzheimer's disease in a mouse model of Aβ amyloidosis. Sci Adv, 7(45), eabe3954. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abe3954

 

 

PhD study in Australia

1)    Al-Amin, M. M., Sullivan, R. K. P., Alexander, S., Carter, D. A., Bradford, D., & Burne, T. H. J. (2022). Impaired spatial memory in adult vitamin D deficient BALB/c mice is associated with reductions in spine density, nitric oxide, and neural nitric oxide synthase in the hippocampus. AIMS Neurosci, 9(1), 31-56. https://doi.org/10.3934/Neuroscience.2022004

2)    Al-Amin, M.M., Bradford, D., Sullivan, R. K. P., Kurniawan, N. D., Moon, Y., Han, S. H., Zalesky, A., & Burne, T. H. J. (2019). Vitamin D deficiency is associated with reduced hippocampal volume and disrupted structural connectivity in patients with mild cognitive impairment. Hum Brain Mapp, 40(2), 394-406. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.24380

3)    Al-Amin, M. M., Sullivan, R. K. P., Kurniawan, N. D., & Burne, T. H. J. (2019). Adult vitamin D deficiency disrupts hippocampal-dependent learning and structural brain connectivity in BALB/c mice. Brain Struct Funct, 224(3), 1315-1329. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-019-01840-w

4)    Jaeschke, K. N., Blackmore, D. G., Groves, N. J., Al-Amin, M. M., Alexander, S., & Burne, T. H. J. (2019). Vitamin D Levels Are Not Associated with Hippocampal-Dependent Learning in Young Adult Male C57BL/6J Mice: A Negative Report. Journal of Psychiatry and Brain Science, 4(2), e190008, Article e190008. https://doi.org/10.20900/jpbs.20190008

5)    Al-Amin, M.M., Sullivan, R., Jaeschke, K., & Burne, T. (2017). Impact of combined adult vitamin D deficiency and second-hit exposures on brain function. CABI Reviews, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1079/pavsnnr201712040

6)    Zinchenko, A., Al-Amin, M. M., Alam, M. M., Mahmud, W., Kabir, N., Reza, H. M., & Burne

T. H. J. (2017). Content specificity of attentional bias to threat in post-traumatic stress disorder. J Anxiety Disord, 50, 33-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2017.05.006

7)    Zinchenko, A., Mahmud, W., Alam, M. M., Kabir, N., & Al-Amin, M. M. (2016). Picture Novelty Influences Response Selection and Inhibition: The Role of the In-Group Bias and Task-Difficulty. PLoS One, 11(10), e0165470. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165470

 

Teaching at North South University, Bangladesh

1)    Al-Amin, M. M., Mahmud, W., Pervin, M. S., Ridwanul Islam, S. M., Ashikur Rahman, M., & Zinchenko, A. (2019). Astaxanthin ameliorates scopolamine-induced spatial memory deficit via reduced cortical-striato-hippocampal oxidative stress. Brain Res, 1710, 74-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2018.12.014

2)    Al-Amin, M. M., Chowdury, M. I. A., Saifullah, A. R. M., Alam, M. N., Jain, P., Hossain, M., Alam, M. A., Kazi, M., Ahmad, A., Raish, M., Alqahtani, A., & Reza, H. M. (2019). Levocarnitine Improves AlCl(3)-Induced Spatial Working Memory Impairment in Swiss albino Mice. Front Neurosci, 13, 278. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2019.00278

3)    Al-Amin, M. M., Choudhury, M. F. R., Chowdhury, A. S., Chowdhury, T. R., Jain, P., Kazi, M., Alkholief, M., Alshehri, S. M., & Reza, H. M. (2018). Pretreatment With Risperidone Ameliorates Systemic LPS-Induced Oxidative Stress in the Cortex and Hippocampus. Front Neurosci, 12, 384. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2018.00384

4)    Rizwan, A., Zinchenko, A., Özdem, C., Rana, M. S., & Al-Amin, M. M. (2017). The effect of black tea on human cognitive performance in a cognitive test battery. Clinical Phytoscience, 3(1), 13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40816-017-0049-4

5)    Al-Amin, M.M., Alam, T., Hasan, S. M., Hasan, A. T., & Quddus, A. H. (2016). Prenatal maternal lipopolysaccharide administration leads to age- and region-specific oxidative stress in the early developmental stage in offspring. Neuroscience, 318, 84-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.01.002

6)    Al-Amin, M. M., Sultana, R., Sultana, S., Rahman, M. M., & Reza, H. M. (2016). Astaxanthin ameliorates prenatal LPS-exposed behavioral deficits and oxidative stress in adult offspring. BMC Neurosci, 17, 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12868-016-0245-z

7)    Al-Amin, M. M., Reza, H. M., Saadi, H. M., Mahmud, W., Ibrahim, A. A., Alam, M. M., Kabir, N., Saifullah, A. R., Tropa, S. T., & Quddus, A. H. (2016). Astaxanthin ameliorates aluminum chloride-induced spatial memory impairment and neuronal oxidative stress in mice. Eur J Pharmacol, 777, 60-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejphar.2016.02.062

8)    Zannat, R., Nasir, U. M. M., Atiar, R. M., Jannatul, A., & and Al Amin, M. M. (2016). Antihistamines considerably modulate the cognitive and psychomotor performance of human volunteers. Cogent Psychology, 3(1), 1216242. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2016.1216242

9)    Al-Amin, M.M., Akhter, S., Hasan, A. T., Alam, T., Nageeb Hasan, S. M., Saifullah, A. R., & Shohel, M. (2015). The antioxidant effect of astaxanthin is higher in young mice than aged: a region-specific study on brain. Metab Brain Dis, 30(5), 1237-1246. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11011-015-9699-4

10) Das, B. K., Al-Amin, M. M., Chowdhury, N. N., Majumder, M. F., Uddin, M. N., & Pavel, M. A. (2015). Analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and anti-oxidant activities of Phlogacanthus thyrsiflorus leaves. J Basic Clin Physiol Pharmacol, 26(2), 153-159. https://doi.org/10.1515/jbcpp-2013-0164

11) Al-Amin, M. M., Rahman, M. M., Khan, F. R., Zaman, F., & Mahmud Reza, H. (2015). Astaxanthin improves behavioral disorder and oxidative stress in prenatal valproic acid-induced mice model of autism. Behav Brain Res, 286, 112-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2015.02.041

12) Al-Amin, M. M., Hasan, S. M., Alam, T., Hasan, A. T., Hossain, I., Didar, R. R., Alam, M. A., & Rahman, M. M. (2014). Tadalafil enhances working memory, and reduces hippocampal oxidative stress in both young and aged mice. Eur J Pharmacol, 745, 84-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejphar.2014.10.026

13) Das, B. K., Al-Amin, M. M., Russel, S. M., Kabir, S., Bhattacherjee, R., & Hannan, J. M. (2014). Phytochemical Screening and Evaluation of Analgesic Activity of Oroxylum indicum. Indian J Pharm Sci, 76(6), 571-575.

14) Shohel, M., Rahman, M. M., Zaman, A., Uddin, M. M., Al-Amin, M. M., & Reza, H. M. (2014). A systematic review of effectiveness and safety of different regimens of levonorgestrel oral tablets for emergency contraception. BMC Womens Health, 14, 54. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6874-14-54

15) Wykowska, A., Chellali, R., Al-Amin, M. M., & Müller, H. J. (2014). Implications of robot actions for human perception. How do we represent actions of the observed robots? International Journal of Social Robotics, 6, 357-366.

16) Ali Adnan, M. S., Al-Amin, M. M., Nasir Uddin, M. M., Shohel, M., Bhattacharjee, R., Hannan, J. M., & Das, B. K. (2014). Analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and antipyretic effects of Ixora coccinea. J Basic Clin Physiol Pharmacol. https://doi.org/10.1515/jbcpp-2013-0125

17) Al-Amin, M. M., & Reza, H. M. (2014). Neuroinflammation: Contemporary anti-inflammatory treatment approaches. Neurosciences (Riyadh), 19(2), 87-92.

18) Al-Amin, M. M., Uddin, M. M., Rahman, M. M., Reza, H. M., & Rana, M. S. (2013). Effect of diclofenac and antidepressants on the inflammatory response in astrocyte cell culture. Inflammopharmacology, 21(6), 421-425. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10787-013-0181-9

19) Al-Amin, M. M., Nasir Uddin, M. M., & Mahmud Reza, H. (2013). Effects of antipsychotics on the inflammatory response system of patients with schizophrenia in peripheral blood mononuclear cell cultures. Clin Psychopharmacol Neurosci, 11(3), 144-151. https://doi.org/10.9758/cpn.2013.11.3.144

 

Master’s Study in Germany

1)    Wykowska, A., Chellali, R., Al-Amin, M. M., & Müller, H. J. (2012). Does observing artificial robotic systems influence human perceptual processing in the same way as observing humans? Social Robotics: 4th International Conference, ICSR 2012, Chengdu, China, October 29-31, 2012. Proceedings 4,

2)    Al-Amin, M. M., Rana, A. Z. M. S., Uddin, M. M. N., & Pervin, M. S. (2012). Study on polypharmacy in patients with cardiovascular diseases. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science, 2(12), 053-060.

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