Selected Publications

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 (2014)
    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 (2014)
    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 (2014)
    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 (2014)
    A novel traumatic brain injury model for induction of mild brain injury in rats. J Neurosci Methods 233:18-27.
  5. Wölfer J, Gorji A, Speckmann EJ, Wassmann H (2014)
    Interstitial amino acid concentrations in rodent brain tissue during chemical ischemia. J Neurosci Res. 92(8):955-63.
  6. Seghatoleslam M, Ghadiri MK, Ghaffarian N, Speckmann EJ, Gorji A (2014)
    Cortical spreading depression modulates the caudate nucleus activity. Neuroscience. 267:83-90.
  7. Aligholi H, Hassanzadeh G, Azari H, Rezayat SM, Mehr SE, Akbari M, Attari F, Khaksarian M, Gorji A (2014)
    A new and safe method for stereotactically harvesting neural stem/progenitor cells from the adult rat subventricular zone. J Neurosci Methods. 225:81-9.
  8. Eickhoff M, Kovac S, Shahabi P, Ghadiri MK, Dreier JP, Stummer W, Speckmann EJ, Pape HC, Gorji A (2014)
    Spreading depression triggers ictaform activity in partially disinhibited neuronal tissues. Exp Neurol. 253:1-15.
  9. Dastgheib SS, Layegh P, Sadeghi R, Foroughipur M, Shoeibi A, Gorji A (2014)
    The effects of Mozart's music on interictal activity in epileptic patients: systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 14(1):420.

  • 2013

    1. Gorji A (2013)
      Health care: Medical supplies in Iran hit by sanctions. Nature 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 (2013)
      Selective loss of noradrenaline exacerbates early cognitive dysfunction and synaptic deficits in APP/PS1 mice. Biol Psychiatry 73(5): 454-63.
    3. Koulivand PH, Khaleghi Ghadiri M, Gorji A (2013)
      Lavender and the nervous system. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2013:681304.

  • 2012

    1. Ghadiri MK, Kozian M, Ghaffarian N, Stummer W, Kazemi H, Speckmann EJ, Gorji A. (2012)
      Sequential changes in neuronal activity in single neocortical neurons after spreading depression. Cephalalgia 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 (2012)
      Spreading convulsions, spreading depolarization and epileptogenesis in human cerebral cortex. Brain 135(Pt 1): 259-75.
    3. Sadeghian H, Jafarian M, Karimzadeh F, Kafami L, Kazemi H, Coulon P, Ghabaee M, Gorji A (2012)
      Neuronal death by repetitive cortical spreading depression in juvenile rat brain. Exp Neurol 233(1): 438-46.

  • 2011

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

  • 2010

    1. Jafarian M, Rahimi S, Behnam F, Hosseini M, Haghir H, Sadeghzadeh B, Gorji A (2010)
      The effect of repetitive spreading depression on neuronal damage in juvenile rat brain. Neuroscience 169(1):388-94.

  • bevor 2010

    2009

    1. Gorji A (2009)
      Defending freedom in Iran's universities. Science 326(5952): 521.
    2. Gorji A, Speckmann EJ (2009)
      Epileptiform EEG spikes and their functional significance. Clin EEG Neurosci 40(4): 230-3.
    3. Diederich K, Sevimli S, Dörr H, Kösters E, Hoppen M, Lewejohann L, Klocke R, Minnerup J, Knecht S, Nikol S, Sachser N, Schneider A, Gorji A, Sommer C, Schäbitz WR (2009)
      The role of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) in the healthy brain: a characterization of G-CSF-deficient mice. J Neurosci. 29(37): 11572-81.
    4. Khaleghi Ghadiri M, Tutam Y, Wassmann H, Speckmann EJ, Gorji A (2009)
      Periodic fasting alters neuronal excitability in rat neocortical and hippocampal tissues. Neurobiol Dis 36(2): 384-92.

    2008

    1. Berger M, Speckmann EJ, Pape HC, Gorji A (2008)
      Spreading depression enhances human neocortical excitability in vitro. Cephalalgia 28(5): 558-62.

    2007

    1. Gorji A (2007)
      Female gonadal hormones, migraine, and spreading depression. Ann Neurol 62(6): 678-9.
    2. Daoud D, Scheld HH, Speckmann EJ, Gorji A (2007)
      Rapamycin: brain excitability studied in vitro. Epilepsia. 48(4): 834-6.
    3. Sachs M, Pape HC, Speckmann EJ, Gorji A (2007) The effect of estrogen and progesterone on spreading depression in rat neocortical tissues. Neurobiol Dis 25(1):27-34.

    2006

    1. Gorji A, Stemmer N, Rambeck B, Jürgens U, May T, Pannek HW, Behne F, Ebner A, Straub H, Speckmann EJ (2006)
      Neocortical microenvironment in patients with intractable epilepsy: potassium and chloride concentrations. Epilepsia 47(2): 297-310.

    2004

    1. Gorji A, Zahn PK, Pogatzki EM, Speckmann EJ (2004)
      Spinal and cortical spreading depression enhance spinal cord activity. Neurobiol Dis 15(1):70-9.

    2003

    1. Gorji A (2003)
      Pharmacological treatment of headache using traditional Persian medicine. Trends Pharmacol Sci 24(7):331-4.

    2002

    1. Gorji A, Khaleghi Ghadiri M (2002)
      History of headache in medieval Persian medicine. Lancet Neurol 1(8):510-5.

    2001

    1. Gorji A (2001)
      Spreading depression: a review of the clinical relevance. Brain Res Brain Res Rev 38(1-2):33-60.