He is currently interested in the brain structures and neurochemical systems that underlie learning and memory, and emotion. He has developed a number of behavioural tasks for rodents that assess anxiety, learning and memory. These behavioural tasks form the basis of his current research projects.

Ennaceur, Abdelkader, Hussain, Muhammed, Abuhamdah, Rushdie and Chazot, Paul (2017) Slope climbing challenges, fear of heights, anxiety and time of the day. Behavioural brain research, 316. pp. 169-182. ISSN 0166-4328 Abuhamdah, R.M., Hussain, Muhammed, Paul, Chazot and Ennaceur, Abdelkader (2016) Pre-training in a radial arm maze abolished anxiety and impaired habituation in C57BL6/J mice treated with dizocilpine. Physiology and Behavior, 164. pp. 353-360. ISSN 0031-9384 (In Press) Ennaceur, Abdelkader and Chazot, Paul (2016) Preclinical animal anxiety research – flaws and prejudices. Pharmacology Research & Perspectives, 2 (4). ISSN 2052-1707 Sasaki, Toshihiro, Hoffmann, Ulrike, Kobayashi, Motomu, Sheng, Huaxin, Ennaceur, Abdelkader, Lombard, Frederick W. and Warner, David S. (2016) Long-Term Cognitive Deficits After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Rats. Neurocritical Care. ISSN 1541-6933 Ennaceur, Abdelkader and Hussain, Muhammed Dilwar (2015) Effects of chronic fluoxetine treatment on anxious behaviour of BALB/c mice in a 3-dimensional maze. Stress. pp. 1-9. ISSN 1025-3890 Abuhamdah, Sawsan, Abuhamdah, Rushdie, Howes, Melanie-Jayne R., Al-Olimat, Suleiman, Ennaceur, Abdelkader and Chazot, Paul (2015) Pharmacological and neuroprotective profile of an essential oil derived from leaves of Aloysia citrodora Palau. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 67 (9). pp. 1306-1315. ISSN 2042-7158