Ahmed Draoui

Ahmed Draoui is a PhD specializing in neuroscience, neuropharmacology, neurobehavioral, and health, my research mainly focuses on the pathophysiology of neurodegenerative diseases, particularly Parkinson's disease.

Publications

Microglial Cells Function in the Central Nervous System: Beyond the Immune Function
Microglial Cells Function in the Central Nervous System: Beyond the Immune Function
Bilal El-Mansoury, Kamal Smimih, Youssef Ait Hamdan, Ahmed Draoui, Samira Boulbaroud, Arumugam Radhakrishnan Jayakumar. © 2024. 23 pages.
Microglia are the resident macrophages of the central nervous system (CNS). These cells of mesodermal/mesenchymal origin migrate into all regions of the CNS. Recent studies...
Astrocytes Reprogramming for Neurodegenerative Disease Management
Astrocytes Reprogramming for Neurodegenerative Disease Management
Lahcen Tamegart, Rabii Hilali, Hajar Ouaki, Fatima Rachidi, Ibtissam Chakir, Rabia Ajana, Dia Eddine Oudghiri, Ahmed Draoui, Mjid Oukhrib, Hafida El Ghachi, Abdelali Ben Maloui, Abdelaati El Khiat, Halima Gamrani. © 2024. 18 pages.
Neurodegenerative disorders (NDD) are chronic conditions that lead to nerve cells degeneration in the central nervous system. The most common NDD are Alzheimer's disease...
Deep Learning Approaches in the Early Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease
Deep Learning Approaches in the Early Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease
Bilal El-Mansoury, Youssef Ait Hamdan, Kamal Smimih, Abdelaati El Khiat, Ahmed Draoui, Mohamed Hammani, Arumugam Radhakrishnan Jayakumar, Omar El Hiba. © 2024. 22 pages.
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease worldwide. PD is characterized by motor and non-motor symptoms. It is highly established that PD...
Experimental and Clinical Evidence of the Neuropathology of Parkinson’s Disease
Experimental and Clinical Evidence of the Neuropathology of Parkinson’s Disease
Ahmed Draoui, Omar El Hiba, Arumugam R. Jayakumar. © 2023. 447 pages.
Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder in the world after Alzheimer’s disease. Thanks to the pioneering works of Arvid Carlson in the 20th...
Non-Motor Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease: The Other Side of the Disease
Non-Motor Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease: The Other Side of the Disease
Bilal El-Mansoury, Abdelali Ben Maloui, Ahmed Draoui, Youssef Ait Hamdan, Mjid Oukhrib, Kamal Smimih, Abdessamad Elmourid, Abdelaati El Khiat, Samira Boulbaroud, Iman Meftah, Miloud Hammoud, Redouane Chatoui, Said Sabir, Halima Gamrani, Arumugam Radhakrishnan Jayakumar. © 2023. 21 pages.
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a multisystem disorder considered the second most common neurodegenerative disease worldwide of which neuroprotective therapies are not yet...
Diagnostic Biomarkers of Parkinson's Disease
Diagnostic Biomarkers of Parkinson's Disease
Mohamed Echchakery, Mounia Amane, Morad Guennouni, Mohamed Omari, Soraia El Baz, Abderrahmane Achbani, Laila Midhat, Houda Nassah, Abdelmohcine Aimrane, Ahmed Draoui, Taoufik Rokni, Lahcen Elmoumou, Asmae Lamarani Hanchi. © 2023. 17 pages.
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder caused mainly by a lack of dopamine in the brain. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter involved in movement...
Parkinson's Disease: Clinical Manifestations and Risk Factors
Parkinson's Disease: Clinical Manifestations and Risk Factors
Mohamed Echchakery, Morad Guennouni, Mounia Amane, Mohammad Omari, Soraia El Baz, Abderrahmane Achbani, Ahmed Draoui, Aimrane Abdelmohcine, Ihsane El Otmani, Taoufik Rokni, Lahcen Elmoumou, Asmae Lamrani Hanchi. © 2023. 23 pages.
Parkinson's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by the deterioration and death of a type of brain cell (neurons) in the brain and the...
An Overview of the Genetics of Parkinson's Disease
An Overview of the Genetics of Parkinson's Disease
Abdelmohcine Aimrane, Es-Said Sabir, Jawad Laadraoui, Bilal El-Mansoury, Kamal Smimih, Manal Khanouchi, Souad El Amine, Karima Lafhal, Karima Oublal, Soraia El Baz, Meriem Mountassir, Fatima Ez-Zahraa Saad, Ahmed Draoui, Moulay Abdelmonaim El Hidan, Abdessalam Ferssiwi, Abdelali Bitar, Naima Fdil. © 2023. 18 pages.
While the etiology of Parkinson's disease (PD) in most cases remains unknown, 10-15% of PD patients show a prognosis of monogenic forms of the disease with classical...
Impact of Hydrocarbon Exposure on the Risk of Parkinson's Disease
Impact of Hydrocarbon Exposure on the Risk of Parkinson's Disease
Soraia El Baz, Rania Lotfi, Noureddine Mezrioui, Abdelmohcine Aimrane, Ahmed Draoui, Bilal El-Mansoury, Mohamed Echchakery, Ouafae El Hamiani, Hanane Moummou, Lamia Daghor. © 2023. 23 pages.
PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) are a type of organic compounds arising from the incomplete combustion of natural materials. PAHs are harmful organic pollutants and are...
Pharmacological Treatments of Parkinson's Disease: Preventing and Curing Approaches
Pharmacological Treatments of Parkinson's Disease: Preventing and Curing Approaches
Lahcen Tamegart, Mjid Oukhrib, Dia Eddine Oudghiri, Bilal El-Mansoury, Chakir Ibtissam, Ahmed Draoui, Hafida El Ghachi, Abdelali Ben Maloui, Abdelaati El Khiat, Halima Gamrani. © 2023. 13 pages.
Parkinson's disease (PD) is recognized as the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease. Parkinson's disease is a progressive disease...
Stem Cells: The New Hope for Parkinson's Disease Treatment
Stem Cells: The New Hope for Parkinson's Disease Treatment
Abdelali Ben Maloui, Bilal El-Mansoury, Youssef Ait Hamdan, Mjid Oukhrib, Hafida El Ghachi, Lahcen Tamegart, Ahmed Draoui, Halima Gamrani. © 2023. 21 pages.
Stem cells are defined by their ability of self-renewal and generation of differentiated functional cell types, which are derived from the embryo and various postnatal animal...
The Interplay Between Environmental Pollutants, Gut Microbiota, and Infections: Current Concepts and Therapies
The Interplay Between Environmental Pollutants, Gut Microbiota, and Infections: Current Concepts and Therapies
Bilal El-Mansoury, Kamal Smimih, Youssef Ait Hamdan, Abdelaati El Khiat, Samia Elouali, Hanane El Fatimi, Ahmed Draoui, Omar El Hiba, Arumugam Radhakrishnan Jayakumar. © 2023. 35 pages.
Environmental pollutants (EPs) have become an increasingly common health hazard. Several studies have sustained the impact of these EPs on human gut microbiota (GM). The human GM...
Historical Insight, Classification, and Common Features of Coronavirus Family
Historical Insight, Classification, and Common Features of Coronavirus Family
Moulay Abdelmonaim El Hidan, Soraia El Baz, Mohamed Merzouki, Kholoud Kahime, Moulay Abdeljalil Ait Baamrane, Mohammed Rhazi, Ahmed Draoui, Mustapha Agnaou, Mohamed Ait Hamza, Aissam El Finti, Abdelaziz Zahidi, Abdelhamid El Mousadik. © 2022. 20 pages.
Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that usually cause mild to moderate upper-respiratory tract illnesses, like the common cold. They were named according to the shape of...
Pathophysiological Basis of COVID-19
Pathophysiological Basis of COVID-19
Moulay Abdelmonaim El Hidan, Mohamed Rhazi, Mohamed Merzouki, Mustapha Agnaou, Moulay Abdeljalil Ait Baamrane, Ahmed Draoui, Lahcen Tamegart, Karima Warda. © 2022. 17 pages.
The World Health Organization (WHO) recognized the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as a worldwide pandemic caused by a newly discovered coronavirus responsible for Severe Acute...
Symptomatology and Clinical Features of Human COVID-19
Symptomatology and Clinical Features of Human COVID-19
Mohamed Echchakery, Souad El Mouahid, Soraia El Baz, Maryam Mountassir, Ahmed Taoufik Hakkoum, Raymond Klevor, Ansumana Mohammed Keita, Said El Hizazi, Draoui Ahmed, Nadia Zouhairi, Abdelmohcine Aimrane, Abdelhafid Benksim, Redouane Chatoui, Yassin Zemrani, Asmae Lamrani Hanchi, Mohamed Alouani. © 2022. 30 pages.
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the causative agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which was identified at the end of December 2019 in China....
Spread of COVID-19 and Its Main Modes of Transmission
Spread of COVID-19 and Its Main Modes of Transmission
Soraia El Baz, Ahmed Draoui, Mohamed Echchakery, Natalia Lopez-Gonzalez del Rey, Karima Chgoura. © 2022. 18 pages.
The coronaviruses group can affect mammals, including humans, causing generally mild infectious disorders, sporadically leading to severe outbreak clusters, such as those...
COVID-19: Lungs Facing the Storm
COVID-19: Lungs Facing the Storm
Ahmed Draoui, Hicham Chatoui, Soraia El Baz, Hanane Rais, Bilal El-Mansoury, My Abdelmonaim EL Hidan, Abdelmohcine Aimrane, Nadia Zouhairi, Mohamed Echchakery, Abdelaati El Khiat, Lahcen Tamegart, Radouane El Fari, Hind Benammi, Karima Lafhal, Miloud Hammoud, Halima Gamrani. © 2022. 12 pages.
SARS-CoV-2 infection is characterized by its high contagiousness and unusual potential lethality. Microscopically, diffuse alveolar damage is the main histologic lung injury...
SARS-Cov-2 and Associated Heart Failure: An Overview of the Possible Mechanisms
SARS-Cov-2 and Associated Heart Failure: An Overview of the Possible Mechanisms
Abdelmohcine Aimrane, Bilal El-Mansoury, Said Sabir, Soraia El Baz, Nadia Zouhairi, Mohamed Echchakery, Ahmed Draoui, Chatoui Hicham, Naima Fdil, Souad Sellami, Abdesslam Ferssiwi, Abdelali Bitar, Hanane Rais. © 2022. 17 pages.
The newly emerged pandemic of coronavirus-induced disease of the year 2019 (COVID-19) has become the utmost health concern worldwide. Patients with COVID-19 are highly...
Viral Infection of the Reproductive System in Times of COVID-19
Viral Infection of the Reproductive System in Times of COVID-19
Khaled Kahloula, Djallal Eddine Houari Adli, Nadia Zouhairi, Kaddour Ziani, Miloud Slimani, Wafaa Arabi, Abdelmohcine Aimrane, Soraia El Baz, Ahmed Draoui, Mohamed Echchakery, Abdelali Bitar. © 2022. 21 pages.
Coronavirus (SARS-COV2) caused several deaths worldwide. This virus infects the target cell by binding to angiotensin-converting enzymes 2 (ACE2) receptor through its...
Therapeutic Management of COVID-19 Patients: Pharmacological and Non-Pharmacological Approaches
Therapeutic Management of COVID-19 Patients: Pharmacological and Non-Pharmacological Approaches
Abdelaati El Khiat, Youssef Ait Hamdan, Lahcen Tamegart, Ahmed Draoui, Abdessamad Aglagane, Radouane El Fari, Halima Gamrani. © 2022. 11 pages.
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARSCov-2) or COVID-19 is a pandemic that appeared in December 2019 in China and which is an RNA virus. It gave rise to a major...
Food Security and Climate Change
Food Security and Climate Change
Mohamed Ait El Mokhtar, Mohamed Anli, Raja Ben Laouane, Abderrahim Boutasknit, Hanane Boutaj, Ahmed Draoui, Lamia Zarik, Abdessamad Fakhech. © 2022. 20 pages.
Climate change may potentially disrupt progress toward a world without hunger. Today, a clear and consistent global pattern is perceptible of the different impacts of climate...
Climate Change and Water Security: Water Scarcity and Water Flood
Climate Change and Water Security: Water Scarcity and Water Flood
Abdelmohcine Aimrane, Hasna Lahouaoui, Youssef Khamsi, Ahmed Draoui, Hassan Alahyane, Nadia Zouhairi, Hind Benammi. © 2022. 12 pages.
Climate change is an actual fact setting off an imbalance in many living systems. Among these affected systems, water is a major essential element in the globe and in every...
Biology, Epidemiology, and Public Health Significance of Malaria Disease Linked to Climate Changes
Biology, Epidemiology, and Public Health Significance of Malaria Disease Linked to Climate Changes
Moulay Abdelmonaim El Hidan, Kholoud Kahime, Aimrane Abdelmohcine, Abdellatif Abbaoui, Mohamed Echchakery, Ahmed Draoui, Hicham Chatoui, Mohamed Ait El Mokhtar, Zakaria Tazart, Aaziz Kebbou, Hamid Rguibi Idrissi. © 2022. 18 pages.
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by obligate intraerythrocytic protozoa of the genus Plasmodium. As one of the most devastating global health issues, malaria...
Epilepsy and Stroke Emerging From Climate Change-Related Neurotoxicity: Involvement of Food and Water Contaminations
Epilepsy and Stroke Emerging From Climate Change-Related Neurotoxicity: Involvement of Food and Water Contaminations
Hind Benammi, Omar El Hiba, Abdelmohcine Aimrane, Nadia Zouhairi, Hicham Chatoui, Hasna Lahouaoui, Kholoud Kahime, Morad Belkouri, Rokia Ghchime, Ahmed Draoui, Halima Gamrani. © 2022. 26 pages.
Climate change has an important impact on the environment. As it degrades the quality of water, soil, and area, it also spreads the distribution of many toxic elements...
Viral Infection of the Reproductive System in Times of COVID-19
Viral Infection of the Reproductive System in Times of COVID-19
Khaled Kahloula, Djallal Eddine Houari Adli, Nadia Zouhairi, Kaddour Ziani, Miloud Slimani, Wafaa Arabi, Abdelmohcine Aimrane, Soraia El Baz, Ahmed Draoui, Mohamed Echchakery, Abdelali Bitar. © 2022. 21 pages.
Coronavirus (SARS-COV2) caused several deaths worldwide. This virus infects the target cell by binding to angiotensin-converting enzymes 2 (ACE2) receptor through its...
Environmental Aspects of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases Neuropathologies: A Focus on Heavy Metals and Pesticides
Environmental Aspects of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases Neuropathologies: A Focus on Heavy Metals and Pesticides
Nadia Zouhairi, Omar El Hiba, Hasna Lahouaoui, Hind Benammi, Hicham Chatoui, Abdeljalil El Got, Abdelmohcine Aimrane, Abdelali Bitar, Kholoud Kahime, Ahmed Draoui, Ouassil El Kherchi, Wafa Ait Hmyed. © 2021. 30 pages.
This chapter presents a literature review on the effect of environmental changes factors exposure in the etiology of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. The use of...
Climate Change and Water Security: Water Scarcity and Water Flood
Climate Change and Water Security: Water Scarcity and Water Flood
Abdelmohcine Aimrane, Hasna Lahouaoui, Youssef Khamsi, Ahmed Draoui, Hassan Alahyane, Nadia Zouhairi, Hind Benammi. © 2019. 12 pages.
Climate change is an actual fact setting off an imbalance in many living systems. Among these affected systems, water is a major essential element in the globe and in every...
Food Security and Climate Change
Food Security and Climate Change
Mohamed Ait El Mokhtar, Mohamed Anli, Raja Ben Laouane, Abderrahim Boutasknit, Hanane Boutaj, Ahmed Draoui, Lamia Zarik, Abdessamad Fakhech. © 2019. 21 pages.
Climate change may potentially disrupt progress toward a world without hunger. Today, a clear and consistent global pattern is perceptible of the different impacts of climate...
Environmental Aspects of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases Neuropathologies: A Focus on Heavy Metals and Pesticides
Environmental Aspects of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases Neuropathologies: A Focus on Heavy Metals and Pesticides
Nadia Zouhairi, Omar El Hiba, Hasna Lahouaoui, Hind Benammi, Hicham Chatoui, Abdeljalil El Got, Abdelmohcine Aimrane, Abdelali Bitar, Kholoud Kahime, Ahmed Draoui, Ouassil El Kherchi, Wafa Ait Hmyed. © 2019. 30 pages.
This chapter presents a literature review on the effect of environmental changes factors exposure in the etiology of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. The use of...
Depression and Anxiety Emerging From Heavy Metals: What Relationship?
Depression and Anxiety Emerging From Heavy Metals: What Relationship?
Hasna Lahouaoui, Abdelmohcine Aimrane, Youssef Khamsi, Nadia Zouhairi, Hind Benammi, Moulay Abdelmonaim El Hidan, Ahmed Draoui, Hassan Alahyane, Abdellah Bouazza. © 2019. 17 pages.
Depression and anxiety are among the most serious disorders spread-out all over the world. In most cases, patients with depression present features of anxiety. Interestingly and...
Epilepsy and Stroke Emerging From Climate Change-Related Neurotoxicity: Involvement of Food and Water Contaminations
Epilepsy and Stroke Emerging From Climate Change-Related Neurotoxicity: Involvement of Food and Water Contaminations
Hind Benammi, Omar El Hiba, Abdelmohcine Aimrane, Nadia Zouhairi, Hicham Chatoui, Hasna Lahouaoui, Kholoud Kahime, Morad Belkouri, Rokia Ghchime, Ahmed Draoui, Halima Gamrani. © 2019. 26 pages.
Climate change has an important impact on the environment. As it degrades the quality of water, soil, and area, it also spreads the distribution of many toxic elements...
Biology, Epidemiology, and Public Health Significance of Malaria Disease Linked to Climate Changes
Biology, Epidemiology, and Public Health Significance of Malaria Disease Linked to Climate Changes
Moulay Abdelmonaim El Hidan, Kholoud Kahime, Aimrane Abdelmohcine, Abdellatif Abbaoui, Mohamed Echchakery, Ahmed Draoui, Hicham Chatoui, Mohamed Ait El Mokhtar, Zakaria Tazart, Aaziz Kebbou, Hamid Rguibi Idrissi. © 2019. 18 pages.
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by obligate intraerythrocytic protozoa of the genus Plasmodium. As one of the most devastating global health issues, malaria...