International papers

• Ahmadirad N, Fathollahi Y, Janahmadi M, Ghasemi Z, Shojaei A, Rezaei M, Barkley V, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J. The role of α adrenergic receptors in mediating the inhibitory effect of electrical brain stimulation on epileptiform activity in rat hippocampal slices. Brain Res 2021; 1765:147492.
• Faraz M, Kosarmadar N, Rezaei M, Zare M, Javan M, Barkley V, Shojaei A, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J. Deep brain stimulation effects on learning, memory and glutamate and GABA(A) receptor subunit gene expression in kindled rats. Acta Neurobiol Exp (Wars) 2021; 81(1):43–57.
• Khajei S, Esmaeilpour K, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J, Sheibani V, Rezakhani S, Masoumi-Ardakani Y. Low-Frequency Stimulation Prevents Kindling-Induced Impairment through the Activation of the Endocannabinoid System. Biomed Res Int 2021; 2021:5526780.
• Rezaei M, Ahmadirad N, Ghasemi Z, Shojaei A, Raoufy MR, Barkley V, Fathollahi Y, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J. Alpha adrenergic receptors have role in the inhibitory effect of electrical low frequency stimulation on epileptiform activity in rats. Int J Neurosci 2021:1–9.
• Sadeghian A, Salari Z, Azizi H, Raoufy MR, Shojaei A, Kosarmadar N, Zare M, Rezaei M, Barkley V, Javan M, Fathollahi Y, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J. The role of dopamine D(2)-like receptors in a "depotentiation-like effect" of deep brain stimulation in kindled rats. Brain Res 2020; 1738:146820.
• Shojaee A, Zareian P, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J. Low-frequency Stimulation Decreases Hyperexcitability Through Adenosine A1 Receptors in the Hippocampus of Kindled Rats. Basic Clin Neurosci 2020; 11(3):333–47.
• Zare M, Nazari M, Shojaei A, Raoufy MR, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J. Online analysis of local field potentials for seizure detection in freely moving rats. Iran J Basic Med Sci 2020; 23(2):173–7.
• Ahmadirad N, Fathollahi Y, Janahmadi M, Shojaei A, Ghasemi Z, Barkley V, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J. Low-Frequency Electrical Stimulation Reduces the Impairment in Synaptic Plasticity Following Epileptiform Activity in Rat Hippocampal Slices through α(1), But Not α(2), Adrenergic Receptors. Neuroscience 2019; 406:176–85.
• Ghafouri S, Fathollahi Y, Semnanian S, Shojaei A, Asgari A, Ebrahim Amini A, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J. Deep brain stimulation restores the glutamatergic and GABAergic synaptic transmission and plasticity to normal levels in kindled rats. PLoS One 2019; 14(11):e0224834.
• Gharib A, Komaki A, Manoochehri Khoshinani H, Saidijam M, Barkley V, Sarihi A, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J. Intrahippocampal 5-HT(1A) receptor antagonist inhibits the improving effect of low-frequency stimulation on memory impairment in kindled rats. Brain Res Bull 2019; 148:109–17.
• Ghasemi Z, Naderi N, Shojaei A, Raoufy MR, Ahmadirad N, Barkley V, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J. The inhibitory effect of different patterns of low frequency stimulation on neuronal firing following epileptiform activity in rat hippocampal slices. Brain Res 2019; 1706:184–95.
• Sadeghian A, Fathollahi Y, Javan M, Shojaei A, Kosarmadar N, Rezaei M, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J. Spatial Learning and Memory in Barnes Maze Test and Synaptic Potentiation in Schaffer Collateral-CA1 Synapses of Dorsal Hippocampus in Freely Moving Rats. Basic Clin Neurosci 2019; 10(5):461–8.
• Esmaeilpour K, Sheibani V, Shabani M, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J, Akbarnejad Z. Low Frequency Stimulation Reverses the Kindling-Induced Impairment of Learning and Memory in the Rat Passive-avoidance Test. Basic Clin Neurosci 2018; 9(1):51–8.
• Gharib A, Sayyahi Z, Komaki A, Barkley V, Sarihi A, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J. The role of 5-HT(1A) receptors of hippocampal CA1 region in anticonvulsant effects of low-frequency stimulation in amygdala kindled rats. Physiol Behav 2018; 196:119–25.
• Ghasemi Z, Naderi N, Shojaei A, Ahmadirad N, Raoufy MR, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J. Low Frequency Electrical Stimulation Attenuated The Epileptiform Activity-Induced Changes in Action Potential Features in Hippocampal CA1 Pyramidal Neurons. Cell J 2018; 20(3):355–60.
• Ghasemi Z, Naderi N, Shojaei A, Raoufy MR, Ahmadirad N, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J. Effect of Low-Frequency Electrical Stimulation on the High-K(+)-Induced Neuronal Hyperexcitability in Rat Hippocampal Slices. Neuroscience 2018; 369:87–96.
• Mardani P, Oryan S, Sarihi A, Alaei E, Komaki A, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J. Endocannabinoid CB1 receptors are involved in antiepileptogenic effect of low frequency electrical stimulation during perforant path kindling in rats. Epilepsy Res 2018; 144:71–81.
• Mardani P, Oryan S, Sarihi A, Komaki A, Shojaei A, Dehghan S, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J. ERK activation is required for the antiepileptogenic effect of low frequency electrical stimulation in kindled rats. Brain Res Bull 2018; 140:132–9.
• Esmaeilpour K, Sheibani V, Shabani M, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J. Effect of low frequency electrical stimulation on seizure-induced short- and long-term impairments in learning and memory in rats. Physiol Behav 2017; 168:112–21.
• Esmaeilpour K, Sheibani V, Shabani M, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J. Low frequency electrical stimulation has time dependent improving effect on kindling-induced impairment in long-term potentiation in rats. Brain Res 2017; 1668:20–7.
• Ghafouri S, Fathollahi Y, Semnanian S, Shojaei A, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J. Effects of Low Frequency Stimulation on Spontaneous Inhibitory and Excitatory Post-Synaptic Currents in Hippocampal CA1 Pyramidal Cells of Kindled Rats. Cell J 2017; 18(4):547–55.
• Namvar S, Fathollahi Y, Javan M, Zeraati M, Mohammad-Zadeh M, Shojaei A, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J. The antiepileptogenic effect of low-frequency stimulation on perforant path kindling involves changes in regulators of G-protein signaling in rat. J Neurol Sci 2017; 375:450–9.
• Asgari A, Semnanian S, Atapour N, Shojaei A, Moradi-Chameh H, Ghafouri S, Sheibani V, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J. Low-frequency electrical stimulation enhances the effectiveness of phenobarbital on GABAergic currents in hippocampal slices of kindled rats. Neuroscience 2016; 330:26–38.
• Ghafouri S, Fathollahi Y, Javan M, Shojaei A, Asgari A, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J. Effect of low frequency stimulation on impaired spontaneous alternation behavior of kindled rats in Y-maze test. Epilepsy Res 2016; 126:37–44.
• Moradi Chameh H, Janahmadi M, Semnanian S, Shojaei A, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J. Effect of low frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on kindling-induced changes in electrophysiological properties of rat CA1 pyramidal neurons. Brain Res 2015; 1606:34–43.
• Ahmadirad N, Shojaei A, Javan M, Pourgholami MH, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J. Effect of minocycline on pentylenetetrazol-induced chemical kindled seizures in mice. Neurol Sci 2014; 35(4):571–6.
• Asgari A, Semnanian S, Atapour N, Shojaei A, Moradi H, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J. Combined sub-threshold dosages of phenobarbital and low-frequency stimulation effectively reduce seizures in amygdala-kindled rats. Neurol Sci 2014; 35(8):1255–60.
• Rohani R, Piryaei A, Jahanshahi A, Sadeghi Y, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J. Effect of low-frequency stimulation on kindling induced changes in rat dentate gyrus: an ultrastructural study. Acta Neurol Belg 2014; 114(1):47–53.
• Yadollahpour A, Firouzabadi SM, Shahpari M, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation decreases the kindling induced synaptic potentiation: effects of frequency and coil shape. Epilepsy Res 2014; 108(2):190–201.
• Davoudi M, Shojaei A, Palizvan MR, Javan M, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J. Comparison between standard protocol and a novel window protocol for induction of pentylenetetrazol kindled seizures in the rat. Epilepsy Res 2013; 106(1-2):54–63.
• Esmaeilpour K, Masoumi-Ardakani Y, Sheibani V, Shojaei A, Harandi S, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J. Comparing the anticonvulsant effects of low frequency stimulation of different brain sites on the amygdala kindling acquisition in rats. Basic Clin Neurosci 2013; 4(3):250–6.
• Ghotbedin Z, Janahmadi M, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J, Behzadi G, Semnanian S. Electrical low frequency stimulation of the kindling site preserves the electrophysiological properties of the rat hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons from the destructive effects of amygdala kindling: the basis for a possible promising epilepsy therapy. Brain Stimul 2013; 6(4):515–23.
• Mongabadi S, Firoozabadi SM, Javan M, Shojaei A, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J. Effect of different frequencies of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on acquisition of chemical kindled seizures in rats. Neurol Sci 2013; 34(11):1897–903.
• Shahpari M, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J, Firoozabadi SMP, Yadollahpour A. Effect of low-frequency electrical stimulation parameters on its anticonvulsant action during rapid perforant path kindling in rat. Epilepsy Res 2012; 99(1-2):69–77.
• Jahanshahi A, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J, Javan M, Mohammad-Zadeh M, Rohani R. The antiepileptogenic effect of electrical stimulation at different low frequencies is accompanied with change in adenosine receptors gene expression in rats. Epilepsia 2009; 50(7):1768–79.
• Sadegh M, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J, Sheibani V. Serine/threonine protein phosphatases have no role in the inhibitory effects of low-frequency stimulation in perforant path kindling acquisition in rats. Neurosci Lett 2009; 451(3):266–9.
• Namvar S, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J, Fathollahi Y, Zeraati M. The role of piriform cortex adenosine A1 receptors on hippocampal kindling. Can J Neurol Sci 2008; 35(2):226–31.
• Ghorbani P, Mohammad-Zadeh M, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J, Fathollahi Y. Effect of different patterns of low-frequency stimulation on piriform cortex kindled seizures. Neurosci Lett 2007; 425(3):162–6.
• Hosseinmardi N, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J, Fathollahi Y, Shahabi P. The role of adenosine A1 and A2A receptors of entorhinal cortex on piriform cortex kindled seizures in rats. Pharmacol Res 2007; 56(2):110–7.
• Mohammad-Zadeh M, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J, Fathollahi Y, Javan M, Ghorbani P, Sadegh M, Noorbakhsh SM. Effect of low frequency stimulation of perforant path on kindling rate and synaptic transmission in the dentate gyrus during kindling acquisition in rats. Epilepsy Res 2007; 75(2-3):154–61.
• Rezvani ME, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J, Fathollahi Y, Palizvan MR. Anticonvulsant effect of A1 but not A2A adenosine receptors of piriform cortex in amygdala-kindled rats. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2007; 85(6):606–12.
• Rezvani ME, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J, Fathollahi Y, Palizvan MR. Changes in neuromodulatory effect of adenosine A1 receptors on piriform cortex field potentials in amygdala kindled rats. Eur J Pharmacol 2007; 565(1-3):60–7.
• Heidarianpour A, Sadeghian E, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J, Fathollahi Y, Mohammad-Zadeh M. Anticonvulsant effects of N6-cyclohexyladenosine microinjected into the CA1 region of the hippocampus on entorhinal cortex-kindled seizures in rats. Epileptic Disord 2006; 8(4):259–66.
• Shahabi P, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J, Fathollahi Y, Hoseinmardi N, Rezvani ME, Eslami-far A. Amygdala adenosine A1 receptors have no anticonvulsant effect on piriform cortex-kindled seizures in rat. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2006; 84(8-9):913–21.
• Zeraati M, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J, Fathollahi Y, Namvar S, Rezvani ME. Adenosine A1 and A2A receptors of hippocampal CA1 region have opposite effects on piriform cortex kindled seizures in rats. Seizure 2006; 15(1):41–8.
• Mohammad-Zadeh M, Amini A, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J, Fathollahi Y. The role of adenosine A(1) receptors in the interaction between amygdala and entorhinal cortex of kindled rats. Epilepsy Res 2005; 65(1-2):1–9.
• Mirnajafi-Zadeh J, Mortazavi M, Fathollahi Y, Alasvand Zarasvand M, Reza Palizvan M. Effect of transient hippocampal inhibition on amygdaloid kindled seizures and amygdaloid kindling rate. Brain Res 2002; 954(2):220–6.