Personal profile
Research Interests
My research is focussed around the mechanisms of synaptic plasticity in physiological and disease states. By using a combination of electrophysiology, functional imaging and molecular biology, we can probe the receptors and cellular processes that cause neural circuits and synapses to alter their strengths and functions in response to the changing stimulus of the outside world. This natural process would appear to be subject to critical developmental periods and be disrupted in several psychiatric and neurological conditions, so further study of its function and dysfunction is crucial to our understanding of neuroscience and psychiatry.
Teaching Activity
BSc(Hons) Neuroscience
BSc(Hons) Pharmacology
MSc Neuroscience for Drug Discovery
MRes Neuropharmacology
Membership of Professional Bodies
Society for Neuroscience
British Neuroscience Association
British Pharmacology Society
Senior Fellow of the HEA
Research Projects/Collaborations
Aston Institute of Health and Neurodevelopment (IHN)
Aston Institute of Membrane Excellence (AIME)
Aston Laboratories for Translational Epilepsy Research (ALTER)
PhD Supervision
PhD Students:
Max Wilson
Ellen Black
Nicole Marley
Ahmed Aldabbagh
Ben Hopkins
Bethan Rees
Blessing Oladunjoye
Behnaz Heydari
Contact Details
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +44 (0) 121 204 3182
Education/Academic qualification
PhD Neuropharmacology, University of Bath
BSc(Hons) Pharmacology, University of Edinburgh
External positions
Strategic Advisory Panel Member, BBSRC
1 Apr 2026 → …
External Examiner, University of East Anglia
1 Oct 2024 → …
Panel Member, UK Government Animals in Science Committee
1 Feb 2024 → …
Honorary Research Fellow, Cardiff University
1 Feb 2016 → …
Keywords
- QH301 Biology
- Neuroscience
- Electrophysiology
- Pharmacology
- Epilepsy
- Schizophrenia
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Nanoporous Microelectrodes for Neural Electrophysiology Recordings in Organotypic Culture
Lutsyk, P., Goswami, D., Worrall, S. D. & Greenhill, S., 6 Apr 2026, In: Advanced Materials Technologies. 11, 7, 11 p., e01556.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A GABA-A receptor response to CBD following status epilepticus in the medial entorhinal cortex of the rat
Henley, B. S., Walsh, R., Greenhill, S. & Woodhall, G., 23 Oct 2024, 19 p.Research output: Preprint or Working paper › Preprint
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High-bandwidth, low-profile, long-term wireless EEG telemetry allows for optogenetic entrainment of natural cortical oscillations in freely-moving rats
Rees, B., Griffiths, P. R., Woodhall, G. & Greenhill, S. D., 8 Jun 2024, 10 p.Research output: Preprint or Working paper › Preprint
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The art of connectivity – using the brain as a community art project
Greenhill, S., Lutsyk, P., Suman, K. & Kumar, M., Jul 2024, In: Biochemist. 46, 3, p. 3-6 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cannabidiol modulates excitatory-inhibitory ratio to counter hippocampal hyperactivity
Rosenberg, E. C., Chamberland, S., Bazelot, M., Nebet, E. R., Wang, X., McKenzie, S., Jain, S., Greenhill, S., Wilson, M., Marley, N., Salah, A., Bailey, S., Patra, P. H., Rose, R., Chenouard, N., Sun, S. D., Jones, D., Buzsáki, G., Devinsky, O. & Woodhall, G. & 3 others, , 19 Apr 2023, In: Neuron. 111, 8, p. 1282-1300.e8 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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Phase-amplitude coupled persistent theta and gamma oscillations in rat primary motor cortex in vitro
Johnson, N. (Creator), Özkan, M. (Creator), Burgess, A. (Creator), Prokic, E. (Creator), Wafford, K. A. (Creator), O'Neill, M. (Creator), Greenhill, S. (Creator), Stanford, I. (Creator) & Woodhall, G. L. (Creator), Aston Data Explorer, 8 May 2017
DOI: 10.17036/researchdata.aston.ac.uk.00000248, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0028390817301508
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Activities
- 2 Participation in conference
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Royal Society Scientific Meeting - Plasticity
Greenhill, S. (Participant)
19 Apr 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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ICeMS-MRC-AMED Workshop on Neural Imaging in Neuroscience
Greenhill, S. (Speaker)
22 Mar 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference