Selected Publication

2015

  1. Vakilzadeh G, Khodagholi F, Ghadiri T, Ghaemi A, Noorbakhsh F, Sharifzadeh M, Gorji A: The Effect of Melatonin on Behavioral, Molecular, and Histopathological Changes in Cuprizone Model of Demyelination. Mol Neurobiol. 2015 Aug 27. [Epub ahead of print]
  2. Mesgari M, Ghaffarian N, Khaleghi Ghadiri M, Sadeghian H, Speckmann EJ, Stummer W, Gorji A: Altered inhibition in the hippocampal neural networks after spreading depression. Neuroscience. 2015;304:190-7.
  3. Jafarian M, Karimzadeh F, Alipour F, Attari F, Lotfinia AA, Speckmann EJ, Zarrindast MR, Gorji A: Cognitive impairments and neuronal injury in different brain regions of a genetic rat model of absence epilepsy. Neuroscience. 2015;298:161-70.
  4. Vakilzadeh G, Khodagholi F, Ghadiri T, Darvishi M, Ghaemi A, Noorbakhsh F, Gorji A, Sharifzadeh M: Protective Effect of a cAMP Analogue on Behavioral Deficits and Neuropathological Changes in Cuprizone Model of Demyelination. Mol Neurobiol. 2015;52:130-41.
  5. Saffarzadeh F, Eslamizade MJ, Ghadiri T, Modarres Mousavi SM, Hadjighassem M, Gorji A: Effects of TRPV1 on the hippocampal synaptic plasticity in the epileptic rat brain. Synapse. 2015;69:375-83.
  6. Khodaie B, Lotfinia AA, Ahmadi M, Lotfinia M, Jafarian M, Karimzadeh F, Coulon P, Gorji A: Structural and functional effects of social isolation on the hippocampus of rats with traumatic brain injury. Behav Brain Res. 2015;278:55-65.
  7. Sajadian A, Esteghamat S, Karimzadeh F, Eshaghabadi A, Sieg F, Speckmann EJ, Meuth S, Seidenbecher T, Budde T, Gorji A: Anticonvulsant effect of neural regeneration peptide 2945 on pentylenetetrazol-induced seizures in rats. Neuropeptides. 2015;49:15-23.
  8. Mahdizadeh S, Khaleghi Ghadiri M, Gorji A: Avicenna's Canon of Medicine: a review of analgesics and anti-inflammatory substances. Avicenna J Phytomed. 2015;5:182-202.
  9. Ghaemi A, Sajadian A, Khodaie B, Lotfinia AA, Lotfinia M, Aghabarari A, Khaleghi Ghadiri M, Meuth S, Gorji A: Immunomodulatory Effect of Toll-Like Receptor-3 Ligand Poly I:C on Cortical Spreading Depression. Mol Neurobiol. 2014 Nov 23. [Epub ahead of print]
  10. Chamani R, Asghari SM, Alizadeh AM, Eskandari S, Mansouri K, Khodarahmi R, Taghdir M, Heidari Z, Gorji A, Aliakbar A, Ranjbar B, Khajeh K: Engineering of a disulfide loop instead of a Zn binding loop restores the anti-proliferative, anti-angiogenic and anti-tumor activities of the N-terminal fragment of endostatin: Mechanistic and therapeutic insights. Vascul Pharmacol. 2015 Sep;72:73-82

2014

  1. Marschollek C, Karimzadeh F, Jafarian M, Ahmadi M, Mohajeri SM, Rahimi S, Speckmann EJ, Gorji A: Effects of garlic extract on spreading depression: In vitro and in vivo investigations.  Nutr Neurosci. [Epub ahead of print]
  2. Vakilzadeh G, Khodagholi F, Ghadiri T, Darvishi M, Ghaemi A, Noorbakhsh F, Gorji A, Sharifzadeh M:Protective Effect of a cAMP Analogue on Behavioral Deficits and Neuropathological Changes in Cuprizone Model of Demyelination. Mol Neurobiol. [Epub ahead of print]
  3. Martens-Mantai T, Speckmann EJ, Gorji A: Propagation of cortical spreading depression into the hippocampus: The role of the entorhinal cortex. Synapse 2014 [Epub ahead of print]
  4. Ghadiri T, Sharifzadeh M, Khodagholi F, Modarres Mousavi SM, Hassanzadeh G, Zarrindast MR, Gorji A: A novel traumatic brain injury model for induction of mild brain injury in rats. J Neurosci Methods. 2014;233:18-27.
  5. Wölfer J, Gorji A, Speckmann EJ, Wassmann H: Interstitial amino acid concentrations in rodent brain tissue during chemical ischemia. J Neurosci Res. 2014;92(8):955-63.
  6. Seghatoleslam M, Ghadiri MK, Ghaffarian N, Speckmann EJ, Gorji A: Cortical spreading depression modulates the caudate nucleus activity. Neuroscience. 2014;267:83-90.
  7. Aligholi H, Hassanzadeh G, Azari H, Rezayat SM, Mehr SE, Akbari M, Attari F, Khaksarian M, Gorji A: A new and safe method for stereotactically harvesting neural stem/progenitor cells from the adult rat subventricular zone. J Neurosci Methods. 2014;225:81-9.
  8. Eickhoff M, Kovac S, Shahabi P, Ghadiri MK, Dreier JP, Stummer W, Speckmann EJ, Pape HC, Gorji A: Spreading depression triggers ictaform activity in partially disinhibited neuronal tissues. Exp Neurol. 2014;253:1-15.
  9. Dastgheib SS, Layegh P, Sadeghi R, Foroughipur M, Shoeibi A, Gorji A: The effects of Mozart's music on interictal activity in epileptic patients: systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2014;14(1):420.
  10. Kellinghaus C, Gorji A:Proconvulsive effect of hydrochlorothiazide in an in vitro rat seizure model. Iran J Basic Med Sci. 2014 Nov;17(11):860-6.


2013

  1. Gorji A: Health care: Medical supplies in Iran hit by sanctions. Nature. 2013;495(7441):314.
  2. Hammerschmidt T, Kummer MP, Terwel D, Martinez A, Gorji A, Pape HC, Rommelfanger KS, Schroeder JP, Stoll M, Schultze J, Weinshenker D, Heneka MT: Selective loss of noradrenaline exacerbates early cognitive dysfunction and synaptic deficits in APP/PS1 mice. Biol Psychiatry. 2013;73(5):454-63.
  3. Koulivand PH, Khaleghi Ghadiri M, Gorji A: Lavender and the nervous system. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2013;2013:681304.

2012

  1. Ghadiri MK, Kozian M, Ghaffarian N, Stummer W, Kazemi H, Speckmann EJ, Gorji A: Sequential changes in neuronal activity in single neocortical neurons after spreading depression. Cephalalgia. 2012;32(2):116-24.
  2. Dreier JP, Major S, Pannek HW, Woitzik J, Scheel M, Wiesenthal D, Martus P, Winkler MK, Hartings JA, Fabricius M, Speckmann EJ, Gorji A: Spreading convulsions, spreading depolarization and epileptogenesis in human cerebral cortex. Brain. 2012;135(Pt 1):259-75.
  3. Sadeghian H, Jafarian M, Karimzadeh F, Kafami L, Kazemi H, Coulon P, Ghabaee M, Gorji A: Neuronal death by repetitive cortical spreading depression in juvenile rat brain. Exp Neurol. 2012;233(1):438-46.

2011

  1. 1Graebenitz S, Kedo O, Speckmann EJ, Gorji A, Panneck H, Hans V, Palomero-Gallagher N, Schleicher A, Zilles K, Pape HC: Interictal-like network activity and receptor expression in the epileptic human lateral amygdala. Brain. 2011;134(Pt 10):2929-47.
  2. Gorji A: Workshop report - International Congress of Epilepsy in Mashhad, Iran. Epilepsia. 2011;52:847.
  3. Gorji A, Mittag C, Shahabi P, Seidenbecher T, Pape HC: Seizure-related activity of intralaminar thalamic neurons in a genetic model of absence epilepsy. Neurobiol Dis. 2011;43:266-74.
  4. Jahromi SR, Togha M, Fesharaki SH, Najafi M, Moghadam NB, Kheradmand JA, Kazemi H, Gorji A:
    Gastrointestinal adverse effects of antiepileptic drugs in intractable epileptic patients. Seizure. 2011;20:343-6.


2010

  1. Wölfer J, Speckmann EJ, Wassmann H, Gorji A, Greiner C: Remote switching of temperature, gaseous, and aqueous phase in a low-volume interface chamber for brain slices. J Neurosci Methods. 2010;193:77-81.
  2. Jafarian M, Rahimi S, Behnam F, Hosseini M, Haghir H, Sadeghzadeh B, Gorji A: The effect of spreading depression on neuronal damage in juvenile rat brain. Neuroscience 2010;169:388-94.
  3. Broicher T, Bidmon HJ, Kamuf B, Coulon P, Gorji A, Pape HC, Speckmann EJ, Budde T: Thalamic afferent activation of supragranular layers in auditory cortex in vitro: a voltage sensitive dye study. Neuroscience 2010; 20;165(2):371-85

2009

  1. Gorji, A: Defending freedom in Iran's universities. Science 2009; 326:521.
  2. Khaleghi Ghadiri M, Tutam Y, Wassmann H, Speckmann EJ, Gorji A: Periodic fasting alters neuronal excitability in rat neocortical and hippocampal tissues. Neurobiol Dis., 2009;36:384-92.
  3. Diederich K, Sevimli S, Köster E, Dörr H, Hoppen M, Lewejohann L, Klocke R, Nikol S, Sachser N, Schneider A, Gorji A, Sommer C, Schäbitz WR: The role of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) in the healthy brain: A characterization of G-CSF deficient mice. J. Neurosci., 2009;29:11572-81.
  4. Hosseini M, Sadeghnia HR, Salehabadi S, Alavi H, Gorji A: The effect of l-arginine and l-NAME on pentylenetetrazole induced seizures in ovariectomized rats, an in vivo study. Seizure, 2009; 18(10): 695-8
  5. Gorji A, Speckmann EJ: Epileptiform EEG spikes and their functional significance. Clin EEG Neurosci, 2009;40:230-3.
  6. Haghir H, Kovac S, Speckmann EJ, Zilles K, Gorji A: Patterns of neurotransmitter receptor distributions following cortical spreading depression. Neuroscience, 2009;163:1340-52.
  7. Gorji A: From where I sit - History of violence and betrayal. Times Higher Education, 2009; 19:231.
  8. Fischer BR, Speckmann EJ, Greiner C, Gorji A, Wölfer J, Wassmann H: Hyperbaric oxygen in neurosurgery. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2009;151:415-8.

2008

  1. Berger M, Speckmann EJ, Pape HC, Gorji A: Spreading depression enhances human neocortical excitability /in vitro. Cephalalgia 28: 558-562 (2008)
  2. Kovac S, Sirin Y, Speckmann EJ, Gorji A: Different regional neuroinhibitory effects of adenosine on stimulus-induced patterns of bioelectric activity of rat hippocampal and neocortical tissues. Neuroscience 152(2): 547-557 (2008)
  3. Dehbandi S, Speckmann EJ, Pape HC, Gorji A: Cortical spreading depression modulates synaptic transmission of the rat lateral amygdala. Eur J. Neurosci., 27: 2057-2065 (2008)  
  4. Goda M, Kovac S, Speckmann EJ, Gorji A: Glutamate and dopamine receptors contribute to the lateral spread of epileptiform discharges in rat neocortical slices. Epilepsia, 49 (2): 237-247 (2008)
  5. Arabkheradmand J, Foroutan SK, Ranjbar S, Abbasi T, Hessami S, Gorji A: Improvement of chronic pain by treatment of erectile dysfunction. J Sex Med. 5(12): 2911-6 (2008)

2007

  1. Gorji A: Female gonadal hormones, migraine, and spreading depression. Annals of Neurology 62 (6): 678-679 (2007)
  2. Dogan M, Gorji A, Speckmann EJ: Spread of excitation in the dentate gyrus and in the hippocampal CA3 region after stimulation of the stratum granulosum and the perforant path (rat; brain slices in vitro). Epilepsia 48: 57-57 Suppl. 3, 2007
  3. Daoud D, Scheld HH, Speckmann EJ, Gorji A: Rapamycin: Brain excitability studied in vitro.Epilepsia 48 (4): 834-836 (2007)
  4. Sachs M, Pape HC, Speckmann EJ, Gorji A: The effect of estrogen and progesterone on spreading depression in rat neocortical tissues. Neurobiology of Disease 25 (1): 27-34 (2007)
  5. Goda M, Kovac S, Speckmann EJ, Gorji A: Glutamate and dopamine receptors contribute to the lateral spread of epileptiform discharges in rat neocortical slices. Epilepsia. 2007 Oct 17; [Epub ahead of print]
  6. Sachs M, Pape HC, Speckmann EJ, Gorji A: The effect of estrogen and progesterone on spreading depression in rat neocortical tissues. Neurobiology of Disease, 25:27-34 (2007)
  7. Daood D, Scheld H, Speckmann EJ, Gorji A: Rapamycin: brain excitability studied in vitro. Epilepsia, 48:834-6 (2007)

2006

  1. Gorji A, Stemmer N, Rambeck B, Jürgens U, May T, Pannek HW, Behne F, Ebner A, Straub H, Speckmann EJ: Neocortical microenvironment in patients with intractable epilepsy: potassium and chloride concentrations. Epilepsia 47: 297-310 (2006)
  2. Wernsmann B, Pape HC, Speckmann EJ, Gorji A: Effect of cortical spreading depression on synaptic transmission of rat hippocampal tissues. Eur. J. Neurosci. 23: 1103-1110 (2006)
  3. Müller M, Pape HC, Speckmann EJ, Gorji A: Effect of eugenol on spreading depression and epileptiform discharges in rat neocortical and hippocampal tissues. Neuroscience. 140: 743-751 (2006)
  4. Rambeck B, Jürgens UH, May TW, Pannek HW, Behne F, Ebner A, Gorji A, Straub H, Speckmann EJ, Pohlmann-Eden B, Löscher W: Comparison of brain extracellular fluid, brain tissue, cerebrospinal fluid, and serum concentrations of antiepileptic drugs measured intraoperatively in patients with intractable epilepsy. Epilepsia 47: 681-694 (2006)
  5. Vakili N, Gorji A: Psychiatry and psychology in medieval Persia. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 67: 1862-1869 (2006)