Ayinla Maryam Tayo

@unilorin.edu.ng

Associate Professor, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences
University of Ilorin

Ayinla Maryam Tayo


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EDUCATION

Ph.D. Physiology, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria,
M.Sc. Physiology, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria,
B.Sc. Physiology, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria,
Senior Secondary Certificate Government Girls' Secondary School, Jibia, Katsina State.

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Physiology, Endocrinology, Neuroscience
15

Scopus Publications

322

Scholar Citations

10

Scholar h-index

13

Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • The modulatory role of 6-gingerol-rich portion of ginger on brain oxidative stress, inflammation and neurotransmission in chronic unpredicted mild stress-induced depressed male …
    MT Ayinla, AO Asuku
    Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine 16 (2), 111 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 2
  • Ameliorative effects of Quercetin-rich fraction of Zingiber officinale on cognitive deficit and sensory motor dysfunction in mercury chloride-induced neurotoxicity in male …
    AO Asuku, MT Ayinla
    Proceedings of the Nigerian Academy of Science 18 (2), 11-31 , 2026
    2026
  • Technology as Non-Pharmacological Intervention for Dementia
    AA Salahudeen, MT Ayinla
    Non-Pharmacological Interventions for Dementia, 166-178 , 2025
    2025
  • Anti-apoptotic Effects of 6-Gingerol-Rich Fraction of Ginger on Mercury Chloride-induced Cerebral cortex and Cerebellar Dysfunction via downregulations of Bax and Caspase: Anti …
    AO Asuku, MT Ayinla
    Arabian Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants 11 (2), 149-187 , 2025
    2025
  • Aspirin as a modifier of epigenetic responses: DNA methylation changes in a social instability stress model of depression in female Wistar rats
    HO Jimoh-Abdulghaffaar, IY Joel, MK Sulaiman, OS Jimoh, MT Ayinla, ...
    Neuroscience 580, 12 , 2025
    2025
  • The neurotoxic effects of lead acetate and the abrogating actions of 6-gingerol-rich extract of ginger via modulation of antioxidant defence system, pro-inflammatory markers …
    MT Ayinla, AO Asuku
    Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology 398 (7), 9341-9356 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 13
  • Combination of melatonin and chondroitin sulphate provides better chondroprotection in osteoarthritis in male Wistar rats
    SB Saliu, AO Asuku, MT Ayinla, LA Olayaki
    Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research 24 (5), 677-686 , 2025
    2025
  • Depressive State Assessment of Pregnant Women Attending the Antenatal Clinic of University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria
    HO Jimoh-Abdulghaffaar, GS Musa, OS Jimoh, SA Bello, MN Onwunali, ...
    Anatomical Society of Nigeria , 2025
    2025
  • The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Health Care.
    V Owoyele, GO Ogungbangbe, PO Abolarin, MT Ayinla
    Nigerian Journal of Physiological Sciences: Official Publication of the … , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • The Protective and Reversal Effects of 6-Gingerol-Rich Sample of Zingiber officinale on the Hippocampal Damage caused by Mercury chloride in Male Wistar Rats …
    MT Ayinla, AO Asuku, PA Olaoluwa, VA Ilesanmi, A Adenike, ...
    Journal of Phytomedicine and Therapeutics 24 (2), 2326 , 2025
    2025
  • Diagnosis and Biomarkers of Parkinson's Disease
    AO Asuku, MT Ayinla, TS Olajide, EJ Ajagun, KO Ganiyu, YO Hamza, ...
    Zebrafish as a Model for Parkinson’s Disease, 154-166 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 8
  • 11 Diagnosis and Biomarkers
    AO Asuku, MT Ayinla, TS Olajide, EJ Ajagun, KO Ganiyu, YO Hamza, ...
    Zebrafish as a Model for Parkinson’s Disease, 154 , 2024
    2024
  • Pharmacotherapy of Parkinson's Disease and Their Limitations
    EJ Ajagun, AO Asuku, MT Ayinla, TA Abdulsalam, AJ Ajibare, TS Olajide, ...
    Zebrafish as a Model for Parkinson’s Disease, 186-203 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 12
  • Ameliorative Effect of Vitamin C and N-Acetyl cysteine on Mercury chloride-induced Neurotoxicity in Male Wistar Rats
    AO Asuku, MT Ayinla, AJ Ajibare, SB Saliu, GO Ogungbangbe, M Abejide, ...
    African Journal of Biomedical Research 27 (2), 335-342 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1
  • Heavy metals and emerging contaminants in foods and food products associated with neurotoxicity
    AO Asuku, MT Ayinla, AJ Ajibare, MB Adeyemo, RO Adeyemo
    Emerging Contaminants in Food and Food Products, 236-250 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 16
  • Neurocognitive aspects of dementia
    AO Asuku, MT Ayinla, OO Gbonjubola, SS Babatunde, TS Olajide, ...
    Nutrition in brain aging and dementia, 109-130 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 25
  • Central nervous system regulation of eating and brain functions
    AO Asuku, MT Ayinla, AJ Ajibare
    Nutrition and Psychiatric Disorders: An Evidence-Based Approach to … , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 9
  • Measuring mood in nutritional research
    AO Asuku, MT Ayinla, AJ Ajibare
    Nutrition and Psychiatric Disorders: An Evidence-Based Approach to … , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 5
  • 17 Modulatory and
    AO Asuku, MT Ayinla, AJ Ajibare, R Krishnamurthy
    Marine Greens: Environmental, Agricultural, Industrial and Biomedical … , 2024
    2024
  • Modulatory and neuroprotective roles of marine green Spirulina on the brain and neurodegeneration
    AO Asuku, MT Ayinla, AJ Ajibare, R Krishnamurthy
    Marine greens, 189-199 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 10

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Anti-hyperlipidemic effect of aqueous leaf extract of Ocimum gratissimum in alloxan induced diabetic rats
    MT Ayinla, SO Dada, ST Shittu, LA Olayaki, AO Akiode, SL Ojulari
    International journal of medicine and medical sciences 3 (12), 360-363 , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 48
  • Mercury chloride causes cognitive impairment, oxidative stress and neuroinflammation in male Wistar rats: the potential protective effect of 6-gingerol-rich fraction of …
    AO Asuku, MT Ayinla, AJ Ajibare, TS Olajide
    Brain Research 1826, 148741 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 34
  • Melatonin and Vitamin C modulate cholinergic neurotransmission and oxidative stress in scopolamine-induced rat model of memory impairment
    MT Ayinla, AO Asuku, A Bayo-Olugbami, OA Ayeni, AA Abiola, ...
    Journal of African Association of Physiological Sciences 8 (1), 50-58 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 29
  • Neurocognitive aspects of dementia
    AO Asuku, MT Ayinla, OO Gbonjubola, SS Babatunde, TS Olajide, ...
    Nutrition in brain aging and dementia, 109-130 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 25
  • Coffee and Parkinson's disease
    AO Asuku, MT Ayinla, TS Olajide, TO Oyerinde, JA Yusuf, ...
    Progress in Brain Research 289, 1-19 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 18
  • Heavy metals and emerging contaminants in foods and food products associated with neurotoxicity
    AO Asuku, MT Ayinla, AJ Ajibare, MB Adeyemo, RO Adeyemo
    Emerging Contaminants in Food and Food Products, 236-250 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 16
  • The neurotoxic effects of lead acetate and the abrogating actions of 6-gingerol-rich extract of ginger via modulation of antioxidant defence system, pro-inflammatory markers …
    MT Ayinla, AO Asuku
    Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology 398 (7), 9341-9356 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 13
  • Effect of ethanolic leaf extract of Senna fistula on some haematological parameters, lipid profile and oxidative stress in alloxan-induced diabetic rats
    TM Ayinla, VB Owoyele, TM Yakubu
    Niger. J. Physiol. Sci 30, 87-93 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 13
  • Pharmacotherapy of Parkinson's Disease and Their Limitations
    EJ Ajagun, AO Asuku, MT Ayinla, TA Abdulsalam, AJ Ajibare, TS Olajide, ...
    Zebrafish as a Model for Parkinson’s Disease, 186-203 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 12
  • Modulatory and neuroprotective roles of marine green Spirulina on the brain and neurodegeneration
    AO Asuku, MT Ayinla, AJ Ajibare, R Krishnamurthy
    Marine greens, 189-199 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 10
  • Chitosan-based nanoparticles to bypass the blood-brain barrier for the treatment of neurological diseases: a review
    AO Asuku, MT Ayinla, SA Aransiola, AJ Ajibare, MB Adeyemo, ...
    Pac J Med Sci 25 (1), 1072-1625 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 10
  • Cola acuminata mitigates cognitive deficit and oxidative stress in mercury chloride-induced neurotoxicity in male wistar rats
    AO Asuku, MT Ayinla, TS Olajide, Z Yakub, BV Owoyele
    19th Annual Meeting and Scientific Conference of Neuroscience Society of … , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 10
  • Anti-diabetic Activity of Aqueous Extract of Senna fistula Leaves in Streptozotocin-induced Diabetic Rats
    YMT Ayinla M.T, Owoyele B.V
    Nigerian Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 29 (2), 93-106 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 10
  • Central nervous system regulation of eating and brain functions
    AO Asuku, MT Ayinla, AJ Ajibare
    Nutrition and Psychiatric Disorders: An Evidence-Based Approach to … , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 9
  • Diagnosis and Biomarkers of Parkinson's Disease
    AO Asuku, MT Ayinla, TS Olajide, EJ Ajagun, KO Ganiyu, YO Hamza, ...
    Zebrafish as a Model for Parkinson’s Disease, 154-166 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 8
  • Zebrafish as a Model for Parkinson's Disease
    AO Asuku, MT Ayinla, TS Olajide
    CRC Press 10, 9781003402893 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 7
  • Ameliorative effect of aqueous leaf extract of aqueous leaf extract of Cola acuminata on mercury chloride-induced neurotoxicity in male Wistar rat
    MT Ayinla, ZM Yakub, AO Asuku, SS Muzzamil
    Bulletin of Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University 62, 11-18 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 6
  • Measuring mood in nutritional research
    AO Asuku, MT Ayinla, AJ Ajibare
    Nutrition and Psychiatric Disorders: An Evidence-Based Approach to … , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 5
  • Effect of aqueous seed extract of Nigella sativa on some haematological values, lipid peroxidation and osmotic fragility changes in Alloxan induced diabetic rats.
    MT Ayinla, AO Soladoye, LA Olayaki, SO Suleiman
    The Tropical Journal of Health Sciences 17 (1) , 2010
    2010
    Citations: 5
  • Impact of sleep quality on glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study
    GA Ayinla, BA Ayinmode, IS Kuranga, KB Okesina, YA Uthman, MT Ayinla
    Journal of African Association of Physiological Sciences 11 (1), 55-69 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 4