Ian Mclennan

Biography

Dr. Ian McLennan is currently working as a Professor in the Department of Anatomy, University of Otago School of Biomedical Sciences , New Zealand. His research interests includes Neurodegenerative disorders; Sexual differentiation of the brain; Cognitive development of children. He is serving as an editorial member and reviewer of several international reputed journals. Dr. Ian McLennan is the member of many international affiliations. He has successfully completed his Administrative responsibilities. He has authored of many research articles/books related to Neurodegenerative disorders; Sexual differentiation of the brain; Cognitive development of children.   

Research Interest

Professor McLennan’s research team have discovered that a protein called MIS/AMH is a multi-dimensional regulator of the brain, with very distinct actions that vary with the stage of the life cycle. During development, AMH is a male specific hormone that is produced from the testes. In mice, it is responsible for some of the male biases in non-reproductive behaviours, such explorative tendency. Boys develop more slowly than girls, both physically and cognitively. Their initial experiments suggest that this sex difference in maturation is due to MIS. Conditions such as ADHD and autism have a male bias and atypical rates of development. They are therefore currently exploring the potential relationship between MIS and these conditions.