said Pournaghash-tehrani | Neuroscience | Best Faculty Award Posted on 05/02/202505/02/2025 by sciencefather Dr. said Pournaghash-tehrani | Neuroscience | Best Faculty Award Profile Googlescholar Researchgate Education Said Pournaghash-Tehrani earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology in 1993 from The American University in Washington, D.C., where he also completed his Master of Arts in Psychology in 1990. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Distributive Science from the same institution, which he obtained in 1986. Fluent in English and German, he also has familiarity with French. He can be reached via email at spournaghash@yahoo.com or by telephone at 011-98-09122074388. Work experience Said Pournaghash-Tehrani has extensive academic and research experience in psychology. He served as a Research Associate in 2001 at the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Loyola University’s Stritch School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. In 2002, he took a sabbatical as a researcher at the Department of Psychology, Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, focusing on cross-cultural studies related to Iranian attitudes towards the West. Since 2002, he has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Tehran University, having previously held the same position at Azzahra University in Tehran from 1996 to 2001. Additionally, he was a member of the Scientific Council on Energy and Economic Studies at the Institute for International and Political Studies (IPIS) from 1998 to 2000, where he also worked as a political researcher. His early academic career included serving as a Teaching and Research Assistant at The American University’s Department of Psychology from 1987 to 1990, where he contributed to courses such as Introduction to Psychology, Neuroscience Seminar, Psychopharmacology, Neuropsychology, Biological Basis of Behavior, and Learning and Behavior. Books –Fundamentals of Clinical Psychopharmacology, (2007); Samt Publications -Drugs and Behavior, (2004); Samt Publications. -Physiological Psychology, Tehran University Publication. -Intimacy; Alzahra University Publication. -Theories of Addiction, Alzahra University Publication. Conference Presentations Said Pournaghash-Tehrani has contributed extensively to neuroscience and psychology research, presenting his findings at prestigious conferences such as the Society for Neuroscience and the Eastern Psychological Association. His work has focused on drug discrimination learning, conditioned taste aversion, and the effects of opioids and their antagonists. In 1987, he co-authored studies assessing the discriminative stimulus properties of naloxone and the failure of cholecystokinin to counteract morphine sulfate’s effects. His later research explored the antagonism of morphine stimuli, the role of buprenorphine in opiate-naive and dependent animals, and the impact of RO15-4513 on ethanol-induced taste aversion. He has collaborated with notable researchers, including A.L. Riley, contributing to investigations on diazepam exposure and behavioral toxicology. His presentations in New Orleans, Washington, D.C., Boston, and other major research venues highlight his significant role in advancing psychopharmacology and behavioral neuroscience. Publication Predictability of physical and psychological violence by early adverse childhood experiences S Pournaghash-Tehrani, Z Feizabadi Journal of family violence 24, 417-422 Domestic violence in Iran: A literature review S Pournaghash-Tehrani Aggression and violent behavior 16 (1), 1-5 Adolescents’ perspectives on addiction: qualitative study S Parvizy, A Nikbahkt, S Pournaghash Tehrani, S Shahrokhi Nursing & health sciences 7 (3), 192-198 ED and quality of life in CABG patients: an intervention study using PRECEDE-PROCEED educational program S Pournaghash-Tehrani, S Etemadi International Journal of Impotence Research 26 (1), 16-19 The impact of relational adverse childhood experiences on suicide outcomes during early and young adulthood SS Pournaghash-Tehrani, H Zamanian, M Amini-Tehrani Journal of interpersonal violence 36 (17-18), 8627-8651 The role of beliefs, attitudes and adverse childhood experiences in predicting men’s reactions towards their spouses’ violence S Pournaghash-Tehrani Journal of family violence 26, 93-99 Saffron (Crocus sativus) ethanolic extract and its constituent, safranal, inhibits morphine-induced place preference in mice H Ghoshooni, M Daryaafzoon, S Sadeghi-Gharjehdagi, H Zardooz, … Pak J Biol Sci 14 (20), 939-44 Assessment of the relationship between psychological factors and impotency with quality of life of male patients following CABG TS POURNAGHASH, S Etemadi, T Dehdari, LM GHOLAMALI, … RAZI JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (JOURNAL OF IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL … Vigabatrin attenuates the development and expression of tolerance to morphine-induced antinociception in mice B Chavooshi, M Saberi, SP Tehrani, A Bakhtiarian, A Ahmadiani, … Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 93 (2), 155-159 Inhibition of carrageenan-induced edema by tripleurospermum disciforme extract in rats. A Bakhtiarian, S Ejtemaimehr, S Strobl, S Pournaghash-Tehrani, … Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences: PJBS 10 (13), 2237-2240 Assessment of the role of religious tendency in domestic violence S Pournaghash-Tehrani, HB Ehsan, S Gholami Psychological reports 105 (3), 675-684
Dr. said Pournaghash-tehrani | Neuroscience | Best Faculty Award Profile Googlescholar Researchgate Education Said Pournaghash-Tehrani earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology in 1993 from The American University in Washington, D.C., where he also completed his Master of Arts in Psychology in 1990. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Distributive Science from the same institution, which he obtained in 1986. Fluent in English and German, he also has familiarity with French. He can be reached via email at spournaghash@yahoo.com or by telephone at 011-98-09122074388. Work experience Said Pournaghash-Tehrani has extensive academic and research experience in psychology. He served as a Research Associate in 2001 at the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Loyola University’s Stritch School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. In 2002, he took a sabbatical as a researcher at the Department of Psychology, Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, focusing on cross-cultural studies related to Iranian attitudes towards the West. Since 2002, he has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Tehran University, having previously held the same position at Azzahra University in Tehran from 1996 to 2001. Additionally, he was a member of the Scientific Council on Energy and Economic Studies at the Institute for International and Political Studies (IPIS) from 1998 to 2000, where he also worked as a political researcher. His early academic career included serving as a Teaching and Research Assistant at The American University’s Department of Psychology from 1987 to 1990, where he contributed to courses such as Introduction to Psychology, Neuroscience Seminar, Psychopharmacology, Neuropsychology, Biological Basis of Behavior, and Learning and Behavior. Books –Fundamentals of Clinical Psychopharmacology, (2007); Samt Publications -Drugs and Behavior, (2004); Samt Publications. -Physiological Psychology, Tehran University Publication. -Intimacy; Alzahra University Publication. -Theories of Addiction, Alzahra University Publication. Conference Presentations Said Pournaghash-Tehrani has contributed extensively to neuroscience and psychology research, presenting his findings at prestigious conferences such as the Society for Neuroscience and the Eastern Psychological Association. His work has focused on drug discrimination learning, conditioned taste aversion, and the effects of opioids and their antagonists. In 1987, he co-authored studies assessing the discriminative stimulus properties of naloxone and the failure of cholecystokinin to counteract morphine sulfate’s effects. His later research explored the antagonism of morphine stimuli, the role of buprenorphine in opiate-naive and dependent animals, and the impact of RO15-4513 on ethanol-induced taste aversion. He has collaborated with notable researchers, including A.L. Riley, contributing to investigations on diazepam exposure and behavioral toxicology. His presentations in New Orleans, Washington, D.C., Boston, and other major research venues highlight his significant role in advancing psychopharmacology and behavioral neuroscience. Publication Predictability of physical and psychological violence by early adverse childhood experiences S Pournaghash-Tehrani, Z Feizabadi Journal of family violence 24, 417-422 Domestic violence in Iran: A literature review S Pournaghash-Tehrani Aggression and violent behavior 16 (1), 1-5 Adolescents’ perspectives on addiction: qualitative study S Parvizy, A Nikbahkt, S Pournaghash Tehrani, S Shahrokhi Nursing & health sciences 7 (3), 192-198 ED and quality of life in CABG patients: an intervention study using PRECEDE-PROCEED educational program S Pournaghash-Tehrani, S Etemadi International Journal of Impotence Research 26 (1), 16-19 The impact of relational adverse childhood experiences on suicide outcomes during early and young adulthood SS Pournaghash-Tehrani, H Zamanian, M Amini-Tehrani Journal of interpersonal violence 36 (17-18), 8627-8651 The role of beliefs, attitudes and adverse childhood experiences in predicting men’s reactions towards their spouses’ violence S Pournaghash-Tehrani Journal of family violence 26, 93-99 Saffron (Crocus sativus) ethanolic extract and its constituent, safranal, inhibits morphine-induced place preference in mice H Ghoshooni, M Daryaafzoon, S Sadeghi-Gharjehdagi, H Zardooz, … Pak J Biol Sci 14 (20), 939-44 Assessment of the relationship between psychological factors and impotency with quality of life of male patients following CABG TS POURNAGHASH, S Etemadi, T Dehdari, LM GHOLAMALI, … RAZI JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (JOURNAL OF IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL … Vigabatrin attenuates the development and expression of tolerance to morphine-induced antinociception in mice B Chavooshi, M Saberi, SP Tehrani, A Bakhtiarian, A Ahmadiani, … Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 93 (2), 155-159 Inhibition of carrageenan-induced edema by tripleurospermum disciforme extract in rats. A Bakhtiarian, S Ejtemaimehr, S Strobl, S Pournaghash-Tehrani, … Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences: PJBS 10 (13), 2237-2240 Assessment of the role of religious tendency in domestic violence S Pournaghash-Tehrani, HB Ehsan, S Gholami Psychological reports 105 (3), 675-684
Marcelo Luis Berthier | Neuroscience| Best Researcher Award Posted on 31/01/202531/01/2025 by sciencefather Prof. Marcelo Luis Berthier | Neuroscience| Best Researcher Award Unversidad de Málaga, Spain Profile Orcid Research gate Education Marcelo Luis Berthier obtained his degree in Medicine (1972-1976) and completed residency training in Neurosurgery (1977-1980), later specializing in Neurology (1980). He served as a staff neurologist at the Institute of Neurological Research, FLENI, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1980-1989), before becoming a research fellow in the Department of Neurology at Clinic Hospital of Barcelona, Spain (1989-1990). From 1991 to 2000, he was a staff neurologist and physician in charge of the Behavioural Neurology Unit at the Clinic University Hospital of Malaga. He earned a PhD in Neuroscience (cum laude) from the University of Malaga and coordinated the Group of Behavioural Neurology and Dementia of the Spanish Neurological Society (2004-2006). In 2004, he founded and directed the Unit of Cognitive Neurology and Aphasia at the Centro de Investigaciones Médico-Sanitarias, University of Malaga, leading it until 2023. Additionally, he served as the director of the Consolidated Research Group on Cognitive Neuroscience: Aphasia and Related Disorders (UNCA, C-12) at the Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA – Plataforma BIONAND). Work experience Dr. Marcelo L. Berthier Torres has led and contributed to several groundbreaking research projects in cognitive neurology and aphasia. As a co-investigator, he participated in the Telerehabilitation in Aphasia project (2021-2023), which evaluated the effectiveness of telerehabilitation compared to face-to-face therapy and identified predictive biomarkers of response, funded by the Junta de Andalucía. He also served as the principal investigator for a study on the efficacy of combined treatment with donepezil, intensive rehabilitation, and transcranial direct current stimulation in chronic post-stroke aphasia (2016-2019), funded by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Additionally, he has contributed to the Proyectos de Generación de Conocimiento “Frontera”, an initiative under the FEDER Andalucía 2014-2020 program, which investigates brain biomarkers for individualized treatment approaches in chronic post-stroke aphasia Areas of Research Dr. Marcelo L. Berthier Torres has made significant contributions to the treatment of post-stroke aphasia and speech-language disorders. He conducted the first open-label and randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trials investigating the use of cognitive-enhancing drugs (donepezil and memantine) alone and in combination with standard aphasia therapy or intensive language-action therapy (ILAT) in chronic post-stroke aphasia. His pioneering studies stimulated international research on aphasia pharmacotherapy, leading to clinical translation. Today, donepezil and memantine, alone or combined with therapy, are widely used off-label for post-stroke aphasia and language disturbances associated with neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s disease and primary progressive aphasia. Publication Revisiting the boundaries of different altered accents profiles Cortex 2025-03 | Journal article DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2025.01.001 CONTRIBUTORS: Marcelo L. Berthier; Ignacio Moreno-Torres; Jo Verhoeven; Guadalupe Dávila Turning the Spotlight to Cholinergic Pharmacotherapy of the Human Language System CNS Drugs 2023-07 | Journal article DOI: 10.1007/s40263-023-01017-4 CONTRIBUTORS: Guadalupe Dávila; María José Torres-Prioris; Diana López-Barroso; Marcelo L. Berthier Pharmacotherapy for post-stroke aphasia: what are the options? Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy 2023-07-24 | Journal article DOI: 10.1080/14656566.2023.2221382 CONTRIBUTORS: Marcelo L. Berthier; Guadalupe Dávila Brain structural and functional correlates of the heterogenous progression of mixed transcortical aphasia Brain Structure and Function 2023-05-31 | Journal article DOI: 10.1007/s00429-023-02655-6 CONTRIBUTORS: Diana López-Barroso; José Paredes-Pacheco; María José Torres-Prioris; Guadalupe Dávila; Marcelo L. Berthier Controlling the past, owning the present, and future: cholinergic modulation decreases semantic perseverations in a person with post-stroke aphasia Aphasiology 2022-11-02 | Journal article DOI: 10.1080/02687038.2021.1957082 CONTRIBUTORS: Marcelo L. Berthier; Daniel Santana-Moreno; Álvaro Beltrán-Corbellini; Juan C. Criado-Álamo; Lisa Edelkraut; Diana López-Barroso; Guadalupe Dávila; María José Torres-Prioris
Prof. Marcelo Luis Berthier | Neuroscience| Best Researcher Award Unversidad de Málaga, Spain Profile Orcid Research gate Education Marcelo Luis Berthier obtained his degree in Medicine (1972-1976) and completed residency training in Neurosurgery (1977-1980), later specializing in Neurology (1980). He served as a staff neurologist at the Institute of Neurological Research, FLENI, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1980-1989), before becoming a research fellow in the Department of Neurology at Clinic Hospital of Barcelona, Spain (1989-1990). From 1991 to 2000, he was a staff neurologist and physician in charge of the Behavioural Neurology Unit at the Clinic University Hospital of Malaga. He earned a PhD in Neuroscience (cum laude) from the University of Malaga and coordinated the Group of Behavioural Neurology and Dementia of the Spanish Neurological Society (2004-2006). In 2004, he founded and directed the Unit of Cognitive Neurology and Aphasia at the Centro de Investigaciones Médico-Sanitarias, University of Malaga, leading it until 2023. Additionally, he served as the director of the Consolidated Research Group on Cognitive Neuroscience: Aphasia and Related Disorders (UNCA, C-12) at the Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA – Plataforma BIONAND). Work experience Dr. Marcelo L. Berthier Torres has led and contributed to several groundbreaking research projects in cognitive neurology and aphasia. As a co-investigator, he participated in the Telerehabilitation in Aphasia project (2021-2023), which evaluated the effectiveness of telerehabilitation compared to face-to-face therapy and identified predictive biomarkers of response, funded by the Junta de Andalucía. He also served as the principal investigator for a study on the efficacy of combined treatment with donepezil, intensive rehabilitation, and transcranial direct current stimulation in chronic post-stroke aphasia (2016-2019), funded by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Additionally, he has contributed to the Proyectos de Generación de Conocimiento “Frontera”, an initiative under the FEDER Andalucía 2014-2020 program, which investigates brain biomarkers for individualized treatment approaches in chronic post-stroke aphasia Areas of Research Dr. Marcelo L. Berthier Torres has made significant contributions to the treatment of post-stroke aphasia and speech-language disorders. He conducted the first open-label and randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trials investigating the use of cognitive-enhancing drugs (donepezil and memantine) alone and in combination with standard aphasia therapy or intensive language-action therapy (ILAT) in chronic post-stroke aphasia. His pioneering studies stimulated international research on aphasia pharmacotherapy, leading to clinical translation. Today, donepezil and memantine, alone or combined with therapy, are widely used off-label for post-stroke aphasia and language disturbances associated with neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s disease and primary progressive aphasia. Publication Revisiting the boundaries of different altered accents profiles Cortex 2025-03 | Journal article DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2025.01.001 CONTRIBUTORS: Marcelo L. Berthier; Ignacio Moreno-Torres; Jo Verhoeven; Guadalupe Dávila Turning the Spotlight to Cholinergic Pharmacotherapy of the Human Language System CNS Drugs 2023-07 | Journal article DOI: 10.1007/s40263-023-01017-4 CONTRIBUTORS: Guadalupe Dávila; María José Torres-Prioris; Diana López-Barroso; Marcelo L. Berthier Pharmacotherapy for post-stroke aphasia: what are the options? Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy 2023-07-24 | Journal article DOI: 10.1080/14656566.2023.2221382 CONTRIBUTORS: Marcelo L. Berthier; Guadalupe Dávila Brain structural and functional correlates of the heterogenous progression of mixed transcortical aphasia Brain Structure and Function 2023-05-31 | Journal article DOI: 10.1007/s00429-023-02655-6 CONTRIBUTORS: Diana López-Barroso; José Paredes-Pacheco; María José Torres-Prioris; Guadalupe Dávila; Marcelo L. Berthier Controlling the past, owning the present, and future: cholinergic modulation decreases semantic perseverations in a person with post-stroke aphasia Aphasiology 2022-11-02 | Journal article DOI: 10.1080/02687038.2021.1957082 CONTRIBUTORS: Marcelo L. Berthier; Daniel Santana-Moreno; Álvaro Beltrán-Corbellini; Juan C. Criado-Álamo; Lisa Edelkraut; Diana López-Barroso; Guadalupe Dávila; María José Torres-Prioris