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Sultan Darvesh

ResearcherDalhousie University

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Sultan Darvesh

Researcher

Health Sciences

Dalhousie University

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
12 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 5 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 5 research grants (5 CIHR), most recently in 2016.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2012.

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Research

Acetylcholinesterase Alzhiemer'S Disease Autoradiography Butyrylcholinesterase Fluroine-18 Iodine-123 Medicinal Chemistry Nuclear Medicine

Latest papers

Prevalence, semiology and neuroimaging of movements in comatose adults at risk of death by neurologic criteria: a prospective cohort study
Critical Care · 2026
Sex-specific aggressive and emotional behavior in myostatin-deficient mice: Ratio of acylated versus unacylated ghrelin is reduced, but not correlated with butyrylcholinesterase activity level, however parvalbumin expression is lost in the habenular complex.
Chemico-biological interactions · 2026
Molecular Imaging of Butyrylcholinesterase Associated with Amyloid-β Plaques Distinguishes 5XFAD from Wild-Type Mice: A Proof-of-Concept.
Molecular imaging and biology · 2026 · senior author

All 63 publications

Latest funding

GTPase enzymes as antiviral drug targets
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$100,000
How does frailty influence the risk and expression of dementia in Alzheimer disease?
CIHR · 2017 · Co-investigator
$466,652
PET and SPECT Probes for the Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease Targeting Cholinesterase Activity
CIHR · 2016 · Nominated PI
$1,457,325

All 9 grants and awards

63 publications.

Prevalence, semiology and neuroimaging of movements in comatose adults at risk of death by neurologic criteria: a prospective cohort study

Neves Briard J, English SW, Fergusson DA, Dhanani S, Lauzier F, Turgeon AF, Ball I, Darvesh S, Titova P, Lebrasseur M

Critical Care2026

DOI: 10.1186/s13054-026-06037-2

Sex-specific aggressive and emotional behavior in myostatin-deficient mice: Ratio of acylated versus unacylated ghrelin is reduced, but not correlated with butyrylcholinesterase activity level, however parvalbumin expression is lost in the habenular complex.

Vernus B, Goustard B, Chabi B, Bertrand-Gaday C, Maillet H, Cash MK, Delobel P, Cerda S, Macart M, Bonnieu A, Darvesh S, Chatonnet A

Chemico-biological interactions2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2025.111813 PMID: 41205668

Molecular Imaging of Butyrylcholinesterase Associated with Amyloid-β Plaques Distinguishes 5XFAD from Wild-Type Mice: A Proof-of-Concept.

Reid GA, DeBay DR, Macdonald IR, Laouz AB, Pottie IR, Darvesh S

Molecular imaging and biology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s11307-026-02107-7 PMID: 42209955

Computed Tomography Perfusion and Angiography for Death by Neurologic Criteria

Chassé M, Shankar JJS, Fergusson DA, English SW, Dhanani S, Lauzier F, Turgeon AF, Ball I, Darvesh S, Neves Briard J

JAMA Neurology202510 citations

DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2025.2375

Differential senolytic inhibition of normal versus Aβ-associated cholinesterases: implications in aging and Alzheimer's disease.

Darvesh S, Cash MK, Forrestall K, Maillet H, Sands D

Aging2025First author

DOI: 10.18632/aging.206227 PMID: 40159237

Expressive amusia and aphasia: the story of Maurice Ravel.

Darvesh S, Cash MK, Martin E, Engelhardt E

Dementia & neuropsychologia2024First author

DOI: 10.1590/1980-5764-dn-2023-0108 PMID: 38933078

A method for the efficient evaluation of substrate-based cholinesterase imaging probes for Alzheimer's disease.

Darvesh S, Banfield S, Dufour M, Forrestall KL, Maillet H, Reid GA, Sands D, Pottie IR

Journal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry2023First author

DOI: 10.1080/14756366.2023.2225797 PMID: 38061987

A phenothiazine urea derivative broadly inhibits coronavirus replication via viral protease inhibition.

Forrestall K, Pringle ES, Sands D, Duguay BA, Farewell B, Woldemariam T, Falzarano D, Pottie I, McCormick C, Darvesh S

Antiviral research2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2023.105758 PMID: 38008194

Solvents and detergents compatible with enzyme kinetic studies of cholinesterases.

Sands D, Davis A, Banfield S, Pottie IR, Darvesh S

Chemico-biological interactions2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2023.110667 PMID: 37579937

No difference in cerebral perfusion between the wild-type and the 5XFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.

DeBay DR, Phi TT, Bowen CV, Burrell SC, Darvesh S

Scientific reports2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-26713-x PMID: 36550188

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Sultan Darvesh

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Prevalence, semiology and neuroimaging of movements in comatose adults at risk of death by neurologic criteria: a prospective cohort study

Sex-specific aggressive and emotional behavior in myostatin-deficient mice: Ratio of acylated versus unacylated ghrelin is reduced, but not correlated with butyrylcholinesterase activity level, however parvalbumin expression is lost in the habenular complex.

Molecular Imaging of Butyrylcholinesterase Associated with Amyloid-&#x3b2; Plaques Distinguishes 5XFAD from Wild-Type Mice: A Proof-of-Concept.

Computed Tomography Perfusion and Angiography for Death by Neurologic Criteria

Differential senolytic inhibition of normal versus A&#x3b2;-associated cholinesterases: implications in aging and Alzheimer's disease.

Expressive amusia and aphasia: the story of Maurice Ravel.

A method for the efficient evaluation of substrate-based cholinesterase imaging probes for Alzheimer's disease.

A phenothiazine urea derivative broadly inhibits coronavirus replication via viral protease inhibition.

Solvents and detergents compatible with enzyme kinetic studies of cholinesterases.

No difference in cerebral perfusion between the wild-type and the 5XFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.

Frequent collaborators

Kenneth Rockwood

Ian Ball

Sonny Dhanani

Gary Naglie

Alexandra Binnie

Sanjeev Kumar

Michael Borrie

Nathan Herrmann

Maureen Meade

Draga Jichici

Karen Burns

Arun Mensinkai

Xiaowei Song

Mark Reed

Pantelis Andreou

Pamela Jarrett

Richard Brown

Darryl Falzarano

John Fisk

Olga Theou

Ryan Zarychanski

Khunsa Faiz

Deborah Cook

Craig McCormick

Susan Howlett

Molecular Imaging of Butyrylcholinesterase Associated with Amyloid-β Plaques Distinguishes 5XFAD from Wild-Type Mice: A Proof-of-Concept.

Differential senolytic inhibition of normal versus Aβ-associated cholinesterases: implications in aging and Alzheimer's disease.