Abbas Haghparast
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran, Islamic Republic of
PhD, Associate Professor,
Head of single unit recording laboratory,
Neuroscience Research Center.
Selected publications
1. Azhdari-Zarmehri H, Reisi Z, Vaziri A, Haghparast A, Shaigani P, Haghparast A*. Involvement of orexin-2 receptors in the ventral tegmental area and nucleus accumbens in the antinociception induced by the lateral hypothalamus stimulation in rats. Peptides 2013; 47:94-8.
2. Riahi E, Khodagholi F, Haghparast A*. Role of dorsal hippocampal orexin 1 receptors in associating morphine reward with contextual stimuli. Behavioural Pharmacology 2013; 24(4):237-48.
3. Attarzadeh-Yazdi G, Karimi S, Azizi P, Yazdi-Ravandi S, Hesam S, Haghparast A*. Inhibitory effects of forced swim stress and corticosterone on the acquisition but not expression of morphine-induced conditioned place preference: involvement of glucocorticoid receptor in the basolateral amygdala. Behavioural Brain Research 2103; 252:339-46.
4. Samandari R, Chizari A, Hassanpour R, Mousavi Z, Haghparast A*. Streptozotocin-induced diabetes affects the development and maintenance of morphine reward in rats. Neuroscience Letters; 543:90-4.
5. Zarepour L, Komaki A, Shahidi S, Sarihi A, Haghparast A*. Potentiation of rewarding properties of morphine by concurrent chemical stimulation of lateral hypothalamus in rats. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior 2013; 107:36¬
i. 41.
6. Haghparast A*, Esmaeili MH**, Taslimi Z, Kermani M, Yazdi-Ravandi S, Alizadeh AM. Intrahippocampal administration of D2 but not D1 dopamine receptor antagonist suppresses the expression of conditioned place preference induced by morphine in the ventral tegmental area. Neuroscience Letters 2013; 541:138-43.
7. Rashidy-Pour A, Pahlevani P, Vaziri A, Shaigani P, Zarepour L, Vafaei AA, Haghparast A*. Involvement of CB1 receptors in the ventral tegmental area in the potentiation of morphine rewarding properties in acquisition but not expression in the conditioned place preference model. Behavioural Brain Research 2013; 247:259-67.
8. Karimi S, Azizi P, Shamsizadeh A, Haghparast A*. Role of intra-accumbal cannabinoid CB1 receptors in the potentiation, acquisition and expression of morphine-induced conditioned place preference. Behavioural Brain Research 2013; 247:125-31.
9. Sadeghi S, Reisi Z, Azhdari-Zarmehri H**, Haghparast A*. Involvement of orexin-1 receptors in the ventral tegmental area and the nucleus accumbens in antinociception induced by lateral hypothalamus stimulation in rats. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior 2013; 105:193-8.
10. Heidari-Oranjaghi N, Azhdari-Zarmehri H*, Erami E, Haghparast A. Antagonism of orexin-1 receptors attenuated swim-and restraint stress-induced antinociceptive behaviors in formalin test. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior 2012; 103(2):299-307.
11. Erami E, Azhdari Zarmehri H*, Rahmani A, Ghasemi E, Semnanian S, Haghparast A. The Blockade of orexin receptor 1 attenuates the development of morphine tolerance and physical dependence in rats. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior 2012; 103(2):212-9.
12. Taslimi Z, Arezoomandan R, Omranifard A, Ghalandari-Shamami M, Riahi E, Vafei AA, Rashidy-Pour A**, Haghparast A*. Orexin A in the ventral tegmental area induces conditioned place preference in a dose-dependent manner: involvement of D1/D2 receptors in the nucleus accumbens. Peptides 2012; 37(2):225-32.
13. Nazemi S, Manaheji H*, Zaringhalam J, Sadeghi M, Haghparast A. Post-injury repeated administrations of minocycline improve the antinociceptive effect of morphine in chronic constriction injury model of neuropathic pain in rat. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior 2012; 102(4):520-5.
14. Haghparast A*, Ghalandari-Shamami M, Hassanpour-Ezatti M. Blockade of D1/D2 dopamine receptors within the nucleus accumbens attenuated the antinociceptive effect of cannabinoid receptor agonist in the basolateral amygdala. Brain Research 2012; 1471:23-32.
15. Ashabi G, Ramin M, Azizi P, Taslimi Z, Alamdary SZ, Haghparast A, Ansari N, Motamedi F, Khodagholi F*. ERK and p38 inhibitors attenuate memory deficits and increase CREB phosphorylation and PGC-1α levels in Aβ-injected rats. Behavioural Brain Research 2012; 232(1):165-73.
16. Esmaeili MH, Kermani M, Parvishan A, Haghparast A*. Role of D1/D2 dopamine receptors in the CA1 region of the rat hippocampus in the rewarding effects of morphine administered into the ventral tegmental area. Behavioural Brain Research 2012; 231(1):111-5.
17. Kermani M, Azizi P, Haghparast A*. The role of nitric oxide in the effects of cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) fruit essential oil on the acquisition of morphine-induced conditioned place preference in adult male mice. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine; doi:10.1007/s11655-011-0939-0.
18. Chaleek N, Kermani M, Eliassi M*, Haghparast A. Effects of orexin and glucose hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus injections on gastric acid secretion in conscious rats. Neurogastroenterology and Motility 2012; 24(2):e94-e102.
19. Haghparast A*, Farzin D, Ordikhani-Seyedlar M, Motaman S, Kermani M, Azizi P. Effects of apomorphine and β-Carbolines on firing rate of neurons in the ventral pallidum in the rats. Behavioural Brain Research 2012; 227(1):109-15.
20. Ebrahimzadeh M, Haghparast A*. Analgesic effects of cannabinoid receptor agonist WIN55,212-2 in the nucleus cuneiformis in animal models of acute and inflammatory pain in rats. Brain Research 2011; 1420:19-28.
21. Ghalandari-Shamami M, Hassanpour-Ezatti M, Haghparast A*. Intra-accumbal NMDA but not AMPA/kainate receptor antagonist attenuates WIN55,212-2 cannabinoid receptor agonist-induced antinociception in the basolateral amygdala in a rat model of acute pain. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior 2011; 100(2):213-9.
22. Haghparast A*, Taslimi Z, Ramin M, Azizi P, Khodagholi F, Hassanpour-Ezatti M. Changes in phosphorylation of CREB, ERK, and c-fos induction in rat ventral tegmental area, hippocampus and prefrontal cortex after conditioned place preference induced by chemical stimulation of lateral hypothalamus. Behavioural Brain Research 2011; 220(1):112-8.
23. Farzin D, Haghparast A, Motaman S, Baryar F, Mansouri N. Effects of harmane and other β-carbolines on apomorphine-induced licking behavior in rat. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior 2011; 98(2):215-9.
24. Ramin M, Azizi P, Motamedi F, Haghparast A, Khodagholi F*. Inhibition of JNK phosphorylation reverses memory deficit induced by β-amyloid (1-42) associated with decrease of apoptotic factors. Behavioural Brain Research 2011; 217(2):424-31.
25. Taslimi Z, Haghparast A*, Hassanpour-Ezatti M, Safari MS. Chemical stimulation of the lateral hypothalamus induces conditioned place preference in rats: involvement of OX1 and CB1 receptors in the ventral tegmental area. Behavioural Brain Research 2011; 217(1):41-6.
26. Ataie A, Sabetkasaei M*, Haghparast A, Moghaddam AH, Kazeminejad B. Neuroprotective effects of the polyphenolic antioxidant agent, Curcumin, against homocysteine-induced cognitive impairment and oxidative stress in the rat. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior 2010; 96(4):378-85.
27. Ataie A, Sabetkasaei M*, Haghparast A, Moghaddam AH, Ataie R, Moghaddam SN. An investigation of the neuroprotective effects of Curcumin in a model of Homocysteine-induced oxidative stress in the rat's brain. Daru 2010; 18(2):128¬36.
28. Ataie A, Sabetkasaei M*, Haghparast A, Moghaddam AH, Ataee R, Moghaddam SN. Curcumin exerts neuroprotective effects against homocysteine intracerebro-ventricular injection-induced cognitive impairment and oxidative stress in rat brain. Journal of Medicinal Food 2010; 13(4):821-6.
29. Haghparast A*, Naderi N, Khani A, Lashgari R, Motamedi F. Formalin-induced differential activation of nucleus cuneiformis neurons in the rat: an electrophysiology-cal study. Journal of Pain 2010; 11(1):32-43.
30. Saber-Tehrani A, Naderi N*, Hosseini Najarkolaei A, Haghparast A, Fereshteh F. Cannabinoids and their interactions with diazepam on modulation of serum corticosterone concentration in male mice. Neurochemical Research 2010; 35(1):60-6.
31. Haghparast A*, Azizi P, Hassanpour-Ezatti M, Khorrami H, Naderi N. Sub-chronic administration of AM251, CB1 receptor antagonist, within the nucleus accumbens induced sensitization to morphine in the rat. Neuroscience Letters 2009; 467(1):43-7.
32. Chavooshi B, Saberi M*, Tehrani SP, Bakhtiarian A, Ahmadiani A, Haghparast Vigabatrin attenuates the development and expression of tolerance to morphine-induced antinociception in mice. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior 2009; 93(2):155-9.
33. Safari MS, Haghparast A*, Semnanian S. Effect of lidocaine administration at the nucleus locus coeruleus level on lateral hypothalamus induced antinociception in the rat. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior 2009; 92(4):629-34.
34. Moaddab M, Haghparast A*, Hassanpour-Ezatti M. Effects of reversible inactivation of the ventral tegmental area on the acquisition and expression of morphine-induced conditioned place preference in the rat. Behavioural Brain Research; 2009; 198(2):466-71.
35. Haghparast A*, Ahamd-Molaei L. Effects of electrolytic lesion of dorsolateral periaqueductal gray on analgesic response of morphine microinjected into the nucleus cuneiformis in rat. Neuroscience Letters 2009; 451(2):165-9.
36. Azizi P, Haghparast A*, Hassanpour-Ezatti M. Effects of CB1 receptor antagonist within the nucleus accumbens on the acquisition and expression of morphine-induced conditioned place preference in morphine-sensitized rats. Behavioural Brain Research 2009; 197(1):119-24.
37. Khatibi A, Haghparast A*, Shams J, Dianati E, Komaki A, Kamalinejad M. Effects of the fruit essential oil of Cuminum cyminum L. on the acquisition and expression of morphine-induced conditioned place preference in mice. Neuroscience Letters 2008; 448(1):94-8.
38. Haghparast A*, Shams J, Khatibi A, Alizadeh AM, Kamalinejad M. Effects of the fruit essential oil of Cuminum cyminum Linn. (Apiaceae) on acquisition and expression of morphine tolerance and dependence in mice. Neuroscience Letters 2008; 440(2):134-9.
39. Haghparast A*, Ordikhani-Seyedlar M, Ziaei M. Electrolytic lesion of the nucleus raphe magnus reduced the antinociceptive effects of bilateral morphine microinjected into the nucleus cuneiformis in rats. Neuroscience Letters 2008; 438(3):351-5.
40. Khakpour-Taleghani B, Lashgari R*, Aavani T, Haghparast A, Motamedi F, Naderi N. The locus coeruleus involves in consolidation and memory retrieval, but not in acquisition of inhibitory avoidance learning task. Behavioural Brain Research 2008; 189(2):257-62.
41. Nooshinfar E*, Lashgari R, Haghparast A, Sajjadi S. NMDA receptors are involved in Ginkgo extract-induced facilitation on memory retention of passive avoidance learning in rats. Neuroscience Letters 2008; 432(3):206-11.
42. Naderi N*, Haghparast A, Saber-Tehrani A, Alizadeh AM, Rezaii N, Khani A, Motamedi F. Interaction between cannabinoid compounds and diazepam on anxiety-like behaviour of mice. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior 2008;89(1):64-75.
43. Haghparast A*, Khani A, Naderi N, Alizadeh AM, Motamedi F. Repeated administration of nicotine attenuates the development of morphine tolerance and dependence in mice. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior 2008; 88(4):385¬-92.
44. Haghparast A*, Khani A, Lashgari R, Fallahian S. Reducing the time and dose of morphine application for induction of morphine tolerance and dependence in mice. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2008; 93(1-2):185-9.
45. Haghparast A*, Soltani-Hekmat A, Khani A, Komaki A. Role of glutamatergic receptors located in the nucleus raphe magnus on antinociceptive effect of morphine microinjected into the nucleus cuneiformis of rat. Neuroscience Letters 2007; 427(1): 44-9.
46. Haghparast A*, Gheitasi IP, Lashgari R. Involvement of glutamatergic receptors in the nucleus cuneiformis in modulating morphine-induced antinociception in rats. European Journal of Pain 2007; 11(8):855-62.
47. Komaki A*, Shahidi S, Lashgari R, Haghparast A, Malakouti SM, Noorbakhsh SM. Effects of GABAergic inhibition on neocortical long-term potentiation in the chronically prepared rat. Neuroscience Letters 2007; 422(3):181-6.
48. Lashgari R*, Motamedi F, Zahedi-Asl S, Komaki A, Shahidi S, Noorbakhsh SM, Haghparast A. Assessing the long-term role of L-type voltage dependent calcium channel blocker verapamil on short-term presynaptic plasticity at dentate gyrus of hippocampus. Neuroscience Letters 2007; 415(2):174-8.
49. Sedighi B*, Haghparast A, Klantary T, Taieban M. How lidocaine act in morphine dependency. Neurosciences 2006; 11(3):145-9.
50. Haghparast A*, Semnanian S, Fathollahi Y. Morphine tolerance and dependence in the nucleus paragigantocellularis:Single unit recording study in Vivo. Brain Research 1998; 814(1-2):71-7.