Antonis Asiminas

My research focuses on understanding cognition in neurodevelopmental disorders.

Contact type
Person
First name
Antonis
Surname
Asiminas
Title
Dr
Role
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Awards
PhD
Organisation 1
1 George Square
Organisation 2
Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ
Work phone
+44 (0) 131 650 4353
Email
a.asiminas@ed.ac.uk

Personal profile

  • 2016  PhD in Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh.
  • 2012 MSc in Biochemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece. 
  • 2009 BSc in Biochemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece. 

Research

The aim of my work is first to investigate the neural basis of the behavioural and cognitive impairments in rat model of intellectual disabilities, and second to investigate the therapeutic potential of candidate treatments. To do that I use validated and novel behavioural tasks as well as in-vivo electrophysiology in awake and behaving animals.

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“Using spontaneous object exploration tasks to explore cognitive deficts in rats models of intellectual disabilities”

  

Recent publications

  • Till, S.M., Asiminas, A., Jackson, A.D., Katsanevaki, D., Barnes, S.A., Osterweil, E., Bear, M.F., Chattarji, S., Wood, E.R., Wyllie, D.J.A and Kind, P.C. (2015)Conserved hippocampal cellular pathophysiology but distinct behavioral deficits in a new rat model of FXS. Human Molecular Genetics, 24(21):5977-5984.
  • Asiminas, A.*, Jackson, A.D.*, Louros, S.R.†, Till, S.M.†, Spano, T., Dando, O., Bear, M.F., Chattarji, S., Hardingham, G.E., Osterweil, E.K.‡, Wyllie, D.J.A.‡, Wood, E.R.§, and Kind, P.C.§ (2019) Sustained correction of associative learning deficits after brief, early treatment in a rat model of Fragile X Syndrome. Science Translational Medicine, 494(11):eaao0498     *,†,‡,§ equal contribution.