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Arian Behzadi
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Doomsday Fantasy
2024 · first author
Dopamine mediates a directionally opposite correlation between empathy and the reinforcing effects of amphetamine and gambling in people with gambling disorder vs. healthy controls.
Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior · 2024
Self-reported psychiatric symptoms associated with anticipated close psychiatry follow-up and/or hospitalization status in geriatric psychiatry patients: a preliminary study.
Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society · 2018
14 publications.
Dopamine mediates a directionally opposite correlation between empathy and the reinforcing effects of amphetamine and gambling in people with gambling disorder vs. healthy controls.
Zack M, Behzadi A, Biback C, Chugani B, DiGiacomo D, Fang T, Houle S, Kalia A, Lobo D, Payer D, Poulos CX, Rusjan PM, Smart K, Tatone D, Warsh J, Wilson AA, Kennedy JL
Self-reported psychiatric symptoms associated with anticipated close psychiatry follow-up and/or hospitalization status in geriatric psychiatry patients: a preliminary study.
El-Majzoub S, Behzadi A, Lis E, Moussaoui G, Yu C, Segal M, Looper KJ, Chachamovich E, Rej S
Depression or personality disorder: Autopsy of a mass-homicide
Mehdi Aloosh, Arian Behzadi
2015 Canadian Surgery Forum02 The usefulness and costs of routine contrast studies after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for detecting staple line leaks03 The association of change in body mass index and health-related quality of life in severely obese patients04 Inpatient cost of bariatric surgery within a regionalized centre of excellence system05 Regional variations in the public delivery of bariatric surgery: an evaluation of the centre of excellence model06 The effect of distance on short-term outcomes after bariatric surgery07 The role of preoperative upper endoscopy in bariatric surgery: a systematic review08 Outcomes of a dedicated bariatric revision surgery clinic10 Quality of follow-up: a systematic review of the research in bariatric surgery14 Bariatric surgery improves weight loss and cardiovascular disease compared with medical management alone: an Alberta multi-institutional early outcomes study16 Diabetic control after laparoscopic gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy: a short-term prospective study17 Knowledge and perception of bariatric surgery among primary care physicians: a survey of family doctors in Ontario19 Is early discharge of patients post laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy safe?22 A comparison of outcomes between bariatric centres of excellence within Ontario02 Closure methods for laparotomy incisions: a cochrane review03 Closing the audit cycle: Are we consenting correctly now?05 Regional variation in the use of surgery in Ontario06 Quitting general surgery residency: attitudes and factors in Canada07 Nipple-sparing mastectomy: utility of intraoperative frozen section analysis of retroareolar tissue08 Withdrawn09 Reliable assessment of operative performance10 Video assessment as a method of assessing surgical competence: the difference in video-rating skills after 4 years of residency11 Burnout among academic surgeons13 Increased health services use by severely obese patients undergoing emergency surgery: a retrospective cohort study14 Novel models for advanced laparoscopic suturing: taking it to the next level16 Pectoral nerve block in breast and axillary surgery17 Predictors for positive resection margins in gastric adenocarcinoma: a population-based analysis18 Predictors of malignancy in thyroid nodules19 Safety and efficacy of POEM for treatment of achalasia: a systematic review of the literature20 Informed consent for surgery21 Meconium ileus: 20 years of experience22 Paraesophageal hernia repair in the elderly: outcomes in a 10-year retrospective study23 The changing face of breast cancer: younger age and aggressive disease in Filipino Canadians24 A systematic review of intraoperative blood loss estimation methods for major noncardiac surgery: a 50-year perspective25 The AVATAR trial: applying vacuum to accomplish reduced wound infections in laparoscopic pediatric surgery27 Indications for use of damage control surgery in civilian trauma patients: a content analysis and expert appropriateness rating study28 Indications for use of thoracic, abdominal, pelvic, and vascular damage control interventions in trauma patients: a content analysis and expert appropriateness rating study29 The impact of health care contact and invasive procedures on <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> bacteremia: a 5-year retrospective cohort study30 Acute care surgery — positive impact on gallstone pancreatitis31 Safety and efficacy of a step-up approach to management of severe, refractory <i>Clostridium difficile</i> infection32 Clinical and operative outcome of patients with acute cholecystitis who are treated initially with image-guided cholecystostomy34 Assessment of preoperative carbohydrate loading and blood glucose concentration in patients with diabetes35 Impact of pre-emptive lidocaine infiltration at trocar sites (PLITS) and intraoperative ketorolac administration on postoperative pain and narcotics consumption after endocholecystectomy: a randomized-controlled trial36 Expert intraoperative judgment and decision-making: defining the cognitive competencies for safe laparoscopic cholecystectomy37 Teaching clinical anatomy to postgraduate surgical trainees38 Investigating the role of TNFR1 in gastric adenocarcinoma peritoneal metastasis39 Selective outcome reporting and publication biases in surgical randomized controlled trials40 Definitive percutaneous management of symptomatic cholelithiasis41 Peer-based coaching: an innovative method to teach faculty an advanced laparoscopic technique42 Improving teaching and learning in the operating room: Does the surgical procedure feedback rubric support learning?43 Withdrawn44 Mislabelling study designs as case–control in surgical literature45 Measured resting energy expenditure in patients with open abdomens: preliminary data of a prospective pilot study46 Open abdomen management and primary abdominal closure in a surgical abdominal sepsis cohort: a retrospective review47 The effect of early mobilization protocols on postoperative outcomes following abdomina
Heightened D3 dopamine receptor levels in cocaine dependence and contributions to the addiction behavioral phenotype: a positron emission tomography study with [11C]-+-PHNO.
Payer DE, Behzadi A, Kish SJ, Houle S, Wilson AA, Rusjan PM, Tong J, Selby P, George TP, McCluskey T, Boileau I
The D2/3 dopamine receptor in pathological gambling: a positron emission tomography study with [11C]-(+)-propyl-hexahydro-naphtho-oxazin and [11C]raclopride.
Boileau I, Payer D, Chugani B, Lobo D, Behzadi A, Rusjan PM, Houle S, Wilson AA, Warsh J, Kish SJ, Zack M
Higher binding of the dopamine D3 receptor-preferring ligand [11C]-(+)-propyl-hexahydro-naphtho-oxazin in methamphetamine polydrug users: a positron emission tomography study.
Boileau I, Payer D, Houle S, Behzadi A, Rusjan PM, Tong J, Wilkins D, Selby P, George TP, Zack M, Furukawa Y, McCluskey T, Wilson AA, Kish SJ
Prefer a cash slap in your face over credit for halva
Hamed Ekhtiari, Arian Behzadi, Morteza Dehghani, Ali Jannati, Azarakhsh Mokri
The Difference between the Effects of Frequency and Amount of Punishment in Decision Making among Iranians
Arian Behzadi, Morteza Dehghani, Hamed Ekhtiari, Ali Jannati, Azarakhsh Mokri
Frequent collaborators
- Pablo Rusjan and Sylvain Houle: 146 shared papers
- Isabelle Boileau and Sylvain Houle: 62 shared papers
- Pablo Rusjan and Isabelle Boileau: 55 shared papers
- Isabelle Boileau and Junchao Tong: 55 shared papers
- Junchao Tong and Sylvain Houle: 40 shared papers
- Pablo Rusjan and Junchao Tong: 23 shared papers
- Catherine O'Brien and Bradly Wouters: 15 shared papers
- Alyson Mahar and Carol Swallow: 15 shared papers
- Peter Selby and Tony George: 11 shared papers
- Isabelle Boileau and Tony George: 9 shared papers
- Isabelle Boileau and Martin Zack: 8 shared papers
- Tony George and Sylvain Houle: 8 shared papers
- Peter Selby and Pablo Rusjan: 7 shared papers
- Peter Selby and Isabelle Boileau: 7 shared papers
- Martin Zack and Sylvain Houle: 6 shared papers
- Catherine O'Brien and Carol Swallow: 5 shared papers
- Pablo Rusjan and Martin Zack: 4 shared papers
- Pablo Rusjan and Arian Behzadi: 4 shared papers
- Andrew Seely and Abdollah Behzadi: 4 shared papers
- Andrew Seely and Ahmad Elnahas: 4 shared papers
- Andrew Seely and Angel Arnaout: 4 shared papers
- Arian Behzadi and Sylvain Houle: 4 shared papers
- Isabelle Boileau and Arian Behzadi: 3 shared papers
- Andrew Seely and Alan Barkun: 3 shared papers
- Andrew Seely and Carol Swallow: 3 shared papers
- Carl van Walraven and Angel Arnaout: 3 shared papers
- Alan Barkun and Ahmad Elnahas: 3 shared papers
- Andrea Covelli and Carol Swallow: 3 shared papers
- Armen Parsyan and Ahmad Elnahas: 3 shared papers
- Martin Zack and Arian Behzadi: 3 shared papers
- Adina Feinberg and Ahmad Elnahas: 2 shared papers
- Catherine O'Brien and Alyson Mahar: 2 shared papers
- Peter Selby and Arian Behzadi: 2 shared papers
- Andrew Seely and Andrea Covelli: 2 shared papers
- Andrew Seely and Armen Parsyan: 2 shared papers
- Carl van Walraven and Andrea Covelli: 2 shared papers
- Alyson Mahar and Andrea Covelli: 2 shared papers
- Alan Barkun and Abdollah Behzadi: 2 shared papers
- Andrea Covelli and Armen Parsyan: 2 shared papers
- Andrea Covelli and Angel Arnaout: 2 shared papers
- Tony George and Arian Behzadi: 2 shared papers
- Abdollah Behzadi and Ahmad Elnahas: 2 shared papers
- Arian Behzadi and Junchao Tong: 2 shared papers
- Barbara Strang and Adina Feinberg: 1 shared paper
- Barbara Strang and Andrea Tricco: 1 shared paper
- Barbara Strang and Catherine O'Brien: 1 shared paper
- Barbara Strang and Bradly Wouters: 1 shared paper
- Barbara Strang and Cecil Engel: 1 shared paper
- Barbara Strang and Carl van Walraven: 1 shared paper
- Barbara Strang and Brian Buck: 1 shared paper
- Barbara Strang and Arian Behzadi: 1 shared paper
- Adina Feinberg and Andrea Tricco: 1 shared paper
- Adina Feinberg and Bradly Wouters: 1 shared paper
- Adina Feinberg and Cecil Engel: 1 shared paper
- Adina Feinberg and Brian Buck: 1 shared paper
- Adina Feinberg and Arian Behzadi: 1 shared paper
- Andrea Tricco and Catherine O'Brien: 1 shared paper
- Andrea Tricco and Cecil Engel: 1 shared paper
- Andrea Tricco and Brian Buck: 1 shared paper
- Andrea Tricco and Arian Behzadi: 1 shared paper
- Catherine O'Brien and Arian Behzadi: 1 shared paper
- Bradly Wouters and Arian Behzadi: 1 shared paper
- Cecil Engel and Arian Behzadi: 1 shared paper
- Andrew Seely and Arian Behzadi: 1 shared paper
- Carl van Walraven and Arian Behzadi: 1 shared paper
- Alyson Mahar and Arian Behzadi: 1 shared paper
- Alan Barkun and Arian Behzadi: 1 shared paper
- Andrea Covelli and Arian Behzadi: 1 shared paper
- Armen Parsyan and Arian Behzadi: 1 shared paper
- Brian Buck and Arian Behzadi: 1 shared paper
- Abdollah Behzadi and Arian Behzadi: 1 shared paper
- Carol Swallow and Arian Behzadi: 1 shared paper
- Ahmad Elnahas and Arian Behzadi: 1 shared paper
- Arian Behzadi and Angel Arnaout: 1 shared paper
- Department of Surgery
- Department of Psychiatry
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
- Department of Family & Community Medicine
- Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
- School of Nursing
- Institute of Health Policy
- Other
Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Sylvain Houle
Department of Psychiatry
4 shared papers, latest 2024
Pablo Rusjan
Department of Psychiatry
4 shared papers, latest 2024
Isabelle Boileau
Department of Psychiatry
3 shared papers, latest 2014
Martin Zack
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
3 shared papers, latest 2024
Junchao Tong
Department of Psychiatry
2 shared papers, latest 2014
Tony George
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2014
Peter Selby
Department of Family & Community Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2014
Jerry Warsh
Department of Psychiatry
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Tiffany Chan
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Angel Arnaout
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Forough Farrokhyar
Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Wael Hanna
Department of Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Jean-Eric Tarride
Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Michael Joseph Marcaccio
Department of Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Yaron Shargall
Department of Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Deepak Dath
Department of Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Peter Lovrics
Department of Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Barbara Strang
Department of Oncology
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Scott Gmora
Department of Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Dennis Hong
Department of Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Leyo Ruo
Department of Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Som Mukherjee
Department of Oncology
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Nicole Hodgson
Department of Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Ved Tandan
Department of Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Danielle Rice
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
1 shared papers, latest 2015
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