Al-Ahliyya Amman University
Dr. Mohamed Habib
Associate Professor
Major: Pharmacology
Department: Basic Dental Sciences Department
Faculty: Faculty of Dentistry
Email:
Extention: 4604
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COURSES TAUGHT
- general pharmacology for dental students
ACADEMIC RANKS
| Rank | University | Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor | Ain Shams University | Egypt | 2024 |
| Assistant Professor | Ain Shams University | Egypt | 2019 |
| Lecturer | Ain Shams University | Egypt | 2014 |
QUALIFICATION
| Degree | Institute | Specialization | Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ماجستير | Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University | Pharmacology | مصر | May / 2014 |
| دكتوراة | Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University | Pharmacology | مصر | November / 2018 |
| بكالوريوس | Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University | MBBcH | مصر | December / 2007 |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Job Title | Institute | Time Period |
|---|---|---|
| Teaching | Faculty of Medicine, King Salman International University (KSIU), El-Tor, South Sinai, Egypt. | October / 2022 - September / 2025 |
| Teaching | Armed Forces College of Medicine (AFCM), Cairo, Egypt. | July / 2020 - June / 2022 |
| Teaching | Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. | September / 2010 - January / Present |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Psychopharmacology
- Neuropharmacology
RESEARCHES AND PUBLICATIONS
- Aboul-Fotouh S, Zohny SM, Elnahas EM, Habib MZ, Hassan GA (2025) Can memantine treat autism? Answers from preclinical and clinical studies Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 169:106019
- Aref SK, Habib MZ, Eid DM, Eltantawy EH, Taeimah M, Hassan FE, El-Gabry DA, Elshahawi HH, Mohamad MI, Abdel-Tawab AM, Aboul-Fotouh S (2025) Cognitive and psychotic effects of ketamine "short- vs. long-term" therapy in a rat model of depression: Hippocampal TrkB/Akt/GSK-3β/mTOR/autophagy trajectories Progress in Neuropsychophamacology and Biological Psychiatry, 142:111503.
- Magdy YM, Kamar SA, Habib MZ, Rady HY, Rabei MR, Khedr S (2025) Liraglutide improves depressive and cognitive deficits in a high-fat diet rat model of obesity: the role of hippocampal autophagy and the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway Psychopharmacology, doi: 10.1007/s00213-025-06834-7. Online ahead of print.
- Habib MZ, Elnahas EM, Aboul-Ela YM, Ebeid MA, Tarek M, Sadek DR, Negm EA, Abdelhakam, DA, Aboul-Fotouh S (2023) Risperidone impedes glutamate excitotoxicity in a valproic acid rat model of autism: Role of ADAR2 in AMPA GluA2 RNA editing European Journal of Pharmacology, 955:175916
- Raafat RS, Habib MZ, AbdElfattah AA, Olama NK, Abdelraouf SM, Hendawy N, Kamal KA, Nawishy SA, Aboul-Fotouh S (2023) Amisulpride attenuates 5-fluorouracil-induced cognitive deficits via modulating hippocampal Wnt/GSK-3β/β-catenin signaling in Wistar rats International Immunopharmacology, 124(Pt A), 110945
- Zohny SM, Habib MZ, Mohamad MI, Elayat WM, Elhossiny RM, Abd El-Salam MF, Hassan GAM, Aboul-Fotouh S (2023) Memantine/Aripiprazole Combination Alleviates Cognitive Dysfunction in Valproic Acid Rat Model of Autism: Hippocampal CREB/BDNF Signaling and Glutamate Homeostasis Neurotherapeutics, 20(2):464-483
- Aboul-Fotouh S, Mahmoud AN, Elnahas EM, Habib MZ, Abdelraouf SM (2023) What are the current anti-COVID-19 drugs? From traditional to smart molecular mechanisms Virology Journal, 20(1):241
- 9Aboul-Fotouh S, Habib MZ, Magdy SM, Hassan BEE (2022) Tranexamic acid-associated fatal status epilepticus in a paediatric non-cardiac surgery: A case report and literature review British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 88(9):4211-4216
- Habib MZ, Tadros MG, Abd-Alkhalek HA, Mohamad MI, Eid DM, Hassan FE, Elhelaly H, Faramawy YE, Aboul-Fotouh S (2022) Harmine prevents 3-nitropropionic acid-induced neurotoxicity in rats via enhancing NRF2-mediated signaling: Involvement of p21 and AMPK European Journal of Pharmacology, 927:175046
- Ebeid MA, Habib MZ, Mohamed AM, el Faramawy Y, Saad SST, El-Kharashi OA, El Magdoub HM, Abd-Alkhalek HA, Aboul-Fotouh S, Abdel-Tawab AM (2021) Cognitive effects of the GSK-3 inhibitor “lithium” in LPS/chronic mild stress rat model of depression: Hippocampal and cortical neuroinflammation and tauopathy Neurotoxicology, 83:77-88
- Mohamed AM, Habib MZ, Ebeid MA, Abdelraouf SM, El Faramawy Y, Aboul-Fotouh S, Magdy Y (2020) Amisulpride alleviates chronic mild stress-induced cognitive deficits: Role of prefrontal cortex microglia and Wnt/β-catenin pathway European Journal of Pharmacology, 885:173411
- Habib MZ, Ebeid MA, El Faramawy Y, Saad SST, El Magdoub HM, Attia AA, Aboul-Fotouh S, Abdel-Tawab AM (2020) Effects of lithium on cytokine neuro- inflammatory mediators, Wnt/β-catenin signaling and microglial activation in the hippocampus of chronic mild stress-exposed rats Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 399:115073
- Labib JMW, Aboul-Fotouh S, Habib MZ, Mekawy MAA, Farrag KA, Abdel-Tawab AM (2019) Pentoxifylline ameliorates chronic stress/high-fat diet- induced vascular wall disease: the role of circulating endothelial progenitor cells Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol, 2019 Jun;392(6):669-683
- Aboul-Fotouh S, Habib M, Asaad T, Kassim SK, Ghanem MH (2018) Effects of toll-like receptor-4 antagonist 'eritoran' in an experimental model of depression: role of prefrontal and hippocampal neurogenesis and γ-aminobutyric acid/glutamate balance Behavioral Pharmacology, 2018 Aug;29(5):413-425.
- Habib M, Shaker S, El-Gayar N, Aboul-Fotouh S. (2015) The effects of antidepressants “fluoxetine and imipramine" on vascular abnormalities and Toll like receptor-4 expression in diabetic and non-diabetic rats exposed to chronic stress Plos One, 2015 Mar 31;10(3):e0120559.
CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
| Conference Title | Type of Participation | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36th international annual conference of the Egyptian society of anesthesiologists | Participate in the organization of Conference | Cairo, Egypt | August / 2021 |
| 40th International Annual Ain Shams Medical Congress | Participate in the organization of Conference | Cairo, Egypt | March / 2019 |
THESIS SUPERVISION
| Title | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Faculty of Medicine. (Ain Shams University). Study of the effects of the injection of the CD38, Apigenin, in a rat model of diet-Induced obesity | Ain Shams University, Faculty of Medicine | 2022 |
| The role of Amisulpride in ameliorating the compromised neurogenesis induced by 5-Fluorouracil in rats | Ain Shams University, Faculty of Medicine | 2022 |
| Cognitive and behavioral effects of ketamine in Chronic Mild Stress-Exposed Rats: Long-Term Versus Short-Term study | Ain Shams University, Faculty of Medicine | 2021 |
| Effects of Memantine and Aripiprazole on Autistic Like Behaviors, cognitive functions and Brain Neurodegenerative Changes in Valproic Acid Rat Model of Autism | Ain Shams University, Faculty of Medicine | 2021 |
