
PhD
Lecturer
- About
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- Email Address
- fabien.naneix@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
The Rowett Institute
Foresterhill
AB25 2ZD
- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
Fabien obtained his PhD in Neuroscience in 2012 from the University of Bordeaux (France) under the supervision of Dr Etienne Coutureau in the Decision and Adaptation team. During his PhD he investigated the role of the mesocortical dopamine pathway in goal-directed behaviour and its maturation during adolescence.
He stayed in Bordeaux for his first postdocs with Dr Martine Cador (Neuropsychopharmacology of Addiction team) and Dr Guillaume Ferreira (Laboratory of Nutrition and Integrative Neurobiology) to work on the long-term impact of sugar and high-fat diet overconsumption during adolescence on reward and memory processes.
In 2017, Fabien moved to the University of Leicester (England) to work as a postdoc with Dr James McCutcheon on the neurobiological circuits underlying protein appetite. In June 2020, Fabien is joining the Rowett Institute as Lecturer in Neuroscience.
Qualifications
- PhD Neuroscience2012 - University of Bordeaux
- MSc Neuroscience and Neuropsychopharmacology2008 - University of Bordeaux
- BSc Cellular Biology and Physiology2006 - University of Bordeaux
External Memberships
Membership of professional Organisations
Société des Neurosciences (France)
European Brain and Behaviour Society (EEBS)
European Behavioural Pharmacology Society (EBPS)
British Neuroscience Association (BNA)
The Physiology Society
Latest Publications
Dopaminergic Control of Actions and Habits
Dopaminergic System Function and Dysfunction. Fuentealba-Evans, J. A., Henny, P. (eds.). Humana Press, pp. 327-340, 14 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2799-0_14
The role of dopamine and endocannabinoid systems in prefrontal cortex development: Adolescence as a critical period
Frontiers in Neural Circuits, vol. 16, 939235Contributions to Journals: Review articlesRestriction of dietary protein in rats increases progressive-ratio motivation for protein
Physiology and Behavior, vol. 254, 113877Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2022.113877
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/20908/2/Chiacchierini_etal_PB_RestrictionofDietary_VOR.pdf
- [ONLINE] bioRxiv preprint
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Protein appetite drives macronutrient-related differences in ventral tegmental area neural activity
Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 41, no. 23, pp. 5080-5092Contributions to Journals: ArticlesChemogenetic silencing of hippocampus and amygdala reveals a double dissociation in periadolescent obesogenic diet-induced memory alterations
Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, vol. 178, 107354Contributions to Journals: Articles
Prizes and Awards
2019- EBBS 2019 Travel award (Elsevier-Brain and Behaviour Research)
2019- The Physiology Society travel award
2018- Research Leadership Programme, University of Leicester.
2017- Postdoc Prize talk (Dept. of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, University of Leicester)
- Research
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Research Overview
Developmental aspects of normal and pathological food related behaviours
Control of food intake in a dynamic environment requires complex cognitive processes integrating internal and external information to support approach and food-seeking behaviours.Early stages of life (childhood, adolescence) represent critical vulnerability windows and previous work suggests that the exposure to external factors such as diet habits during development may alter cognitive and neurobiological maturation.
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Biomedical Sciences.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Biomedical Sciences
Accepting PhDsNutrition and Health
Research Specialisms
- Neuroscience
- Animal Behaviour
- Nutrition
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Current Research
Our research aims to investigate 1) how cognitive processes underlying food related behaviours and their neurobiological substrates are changing throughout development, and 2) how nutritional environment may affect these maturation processes and lead to pathological states, especially obesity and other food-related disorders.
To answer these questions we combine behavioural analyses (Pavlovian and instrumental conditioning) with in vivo recordings/manipulation of targeted brain circuits and ex vivo measures of brain function.
Knowledge Exchange
Explorathon 21 (Aberdeen Science Centre Takeover)
Funding and Grants
The Royal Society - Research Grant (2021-2022)
Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund - ISSF (2021)
The Tenovus Scotland - Small Pilot Grant (2021-2022)
The Academy of Medical Sciences - Springboard award (2022-2024)
- Teaching
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Dopaminergic Control of Actions and Habits
Dopaminergic System Function and Dysfunction. Fuentealba-Evans, J. A., Henny, P. (eds.). Humana Press, pp. 327-340, 14 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2799-0_14
The role of dopamine and endocannabinoid systems in prefrontal cortex development: Adolescence as a critical period
Frontiers in Neural Circuits, vol. 16, 939235Contributions to Journals: Review articlesRestriction of dietary protein in rats increases progressive-ratio motivation for protein
Physiology and Behavior, vol. 254, 113877Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2022.113877
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/20908/2/Chiacchierini_etal_PB_RestrictionofDietary_VOR.pdf
- [ONLINE] bioRxiv preprint
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Protein appetite drives macronutrient-related differences in ventral tegmental area neural activity
Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 41, no. 23, pp. 5080-5092Contributions to Journals: ArticlesChemogenetic silencing of hippocampus and amygdala reveals a double dissociation in periadolescent obesogenic diet-induced memory alterations
Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, vol. 178, 107354Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAge-dependent effects of protein restriction on dopamine release
Neuropsychopharmacology, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 394-403Contributions to Journals: ArticlesInvestigating the Effect of Physiological Need States on Palatability and Motivation Using Microstructural Analysis of Licking
Neuroscience, vol. 447, pp. 155-166Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.10.036
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
No evidence that portion size influences food consumption in male Sprague Dawley rats
Physiology and Behavior, vol. 206, pp. 225-231Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2019.04.013
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Protracted motivational dopamine-related deficits following adolescence sugar overconsumption
Neuropharmacology, vol. 129, pp. 16-25Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharm.2017.11.021
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Impact of early consumption of high-fat diet on the mesolimbic dopaminergic system
eNeuro, vol. 4, no. 3, e0120-17.2017Contributions to Journals: Articles