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	Dr. DOUGLAS McBEAN Senior Lecturer in Physiology & Neuroscience Programme Leader - BSc(Hons) Applied Pharmacology Admissions Tutor e-mail

B.Sc. Honours (Pharmacology), Faculty of Science, University of Glasgow

Ph.D. Cerebrovascular Physiology, Wellcome Surgical Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Glasgow

On completion of my PhD I spent a year working at the University of Virginia (Charlottesville, USA) in the Department of Physiology. My research involved the use of intracerebral microdialysis to monitor changes in interstitial fluid levels of adenosine, inosine and hypoxanthine in the brain following various stimuli. On my return from the US I spent just over 2 years working in Clinical Neursociences at the University of Edinburgh examining the effects of serotonergic lesions, induced using methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, Ecstasy) on local cerebral blood flow and glucose utilisation. From 1991-1997 I worked in the pharmaceutical industry in the area of stroke and neurodegeneration.

I have worked at QM since 1997 and currently teach a wide variety of modules to Applied Pharmacology, Dietetics, Human Biology, Nutrition, Physiotherapy, Speech and audiology students. My current research interests include cerebrovascular physiology, stroke and inflammatory diseases.