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Babak Afsharipour
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Latest papers
Muscular torque variability in Parkinson's Disease with and without dopaminergic medication.
Neurophysiologie clinique = Clinical neurophysiology · 2026 · first author
Characterization of Subthalamic Nucleus Boundary and Trajectory Recommendations From a Commercially Available Microelectrode Recording Algorithm During Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery for Parkinson Disease.
Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) · 2026
Sex-related differences in motoneuron firing behavior during typical development
Journal of Neurophysiology · 2025
11 publications.
Muscular torque variability in Parkinson's Disease with and without dopaminergic medication.
Afsharipour B, Roy FD, Xie H, Schindle M, Ba F, Kong L, Gorassini M, Sankar T
Characterization of Subthalamic Nucleus Boundary and Trajectory Recommendations From a Commercially Available Microelectrode Recording Algorithm During Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery for Parkinson Disease.
Roy FD, Afsharipour B, King A, Waldron M, Ba F, Shetty A, Sankar T
Sex-related differences in motoneuron firing behavior during typical development
Alexandra F. Yacyshyn, Ghazaleh Mohammadalinejad, Babak Afsharipour, Jennifer Duchcherer, Jack Bashuk, David J. Bennett, Francesco E. Negro, Katharina A. Quinlan, Monica A. Gorassini
Acute intermittent hypoxia increases maximal motor unit discharge rates in people with chronic incomplete spinal cord injury
Gregory E. P. Pearcey, Babak Afsharipour, Aleš Holobar, Milap Singh Sandhu, W. Zev Rymer
Intrinsic motoneuron properties in typical human development
Ghazaleh Mohammadalinejad, Babak Afsharipour, Alex Yacyshyn, Jennifer Duchcherer, Jack Bashuk, Erin Bennett, Gregory E. P. Pearcey, Francesco E. Negro, Katharina A. Quinlan, David J. Bennett, Monica A. Gorassini
Post‐activation depression from primary afferent depolarization (PAD) produces extensor H‐reflex suppression following flexor afferent conditioning
Krista Metz, Isabel Concha Matos, Krishnapriya Hari, Omayma Bseis, Babak Afsharipour, Shihao Lin, Rahul Singla, Keith K. Fenrich, Yaqing Li, David J. Bennett, Monica A. Gorassini
Acute intermittent hypoxia enhances strength, and modulates spatial distribution of muscle activation in persons with chronic incomplete spinal cord injury
Babak Afsharipour, Gregory E. P. Pearcey, William Z. Rymer, Milap Singh Sandhu
Facilitation of sensory transmission to motoneurons during cortical or sensory‐evoked primary afferent depolarization (PAD) in humans
Krista Metz, Isabel Concha Matos, Yaqing Li, Babak Afsharipour, Christopher K. Thompson, Francesco E. Negro, Katharina A. Quinlan, David J. Bennett, Monica A. Gorassini
Anomalies of motor unit amplitude and territory after botulinum toxin injection.
Chandra S, Suresh NL, Afsharipour B, Rymer WZ, Holobar A
Characteristic Variation of Electromechanical Delay After the Botulinum Toxin Injection in Spastic Biceps Brachii Muscles.
Chandra S, Afsharipour B, Rymer WZ, Suresh NL
Frequent collaborators
- Monica Gorassini and David Bennett: 36 shared papers
- David Bennett and Keith Fenrich: 21 shared papers
- Tejas Sankar and Fang Ba: 14 shared papers
- Monica Gorassini and Keith Fenrich: 6 shared papers
- Monica Gorassini and Babak Afsharipour: 6 shared papers
- David Bennett and Babak Afsharipour: 5 shared papers
- Tejas Sankar and Linglong Kong: 3 shared papers
- Gregory Pearcey and Babak Afsharipour: 3 shared papers
- Tejas Sankar and Babak Afsharipour: 2 shared papers
- Fang Ba and Babak Afsharipour: 2 shared papers
- Monica Gorassini and Linglong Kong: 1 shared paper
- Monica Gorassini and Gregory Pearcey: 1 shared paper
- Monica Gorassini and Fang Ba: 1 shared paper
- David Bennett and Gregory Pearcey: 1 shared paper
- Keith Fenrich and Babak Afsharipour: 1 shared paper
- Linglong Kong and Fang Ba: 1 shared paper
- Linglong Kong and Babak Afsharipour: 1 shared paper
- Surgery Dept
- Medicine Dept
- Physical Therapy
- School of Human Kinetics and Recreation
- Mathematics & Statistical Sciences
Co-authors at University of Alberta, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Monica Gorassini
Medicine Dept
6 shared papers, latest 2026
David Bennett
Physical Therapy
5 shared papers, latest 2025
Gregory Pearcey
School of Human Kinetics and Recreation
3 shared papers, latest 2024
Tejas Sankar
Surgery Dept
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Fang Ba
Medicine Dept
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Keith Fenrich
Physical Therapy
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Linglong Kong
Mathematics & Statistical Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2026
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