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Changiz Taghibiglou
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Latest papers
Non-Competitive AMPA Receptor Antagonist Perampanel Inhibits Ischemia-Induced Neurodegeneration and Behavioral Deficits in Focal Cortical Pial Vessel Disruption Stroke Model.
Cells · 2025
The Anti-Parkinsonian A2A Receptor Antagonist Istradefylline (KW-6002) Attenuates Behavioral Abnormalities, Neuroinflammation, and Neurodegeneration in Cerebral Ischemia: An Adenosinergic Signaling Link Between Stroke and Parkinson's Disease.
International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
The Bifunctional Dimer Caffeine-Indan Attenuates α-Synuclein Misfolding, Neurodegeneration and Behavioral Deficits after Chronic Stimulation of Adenosine A1 Receptors.
International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
Latest funding
- $192,000
Role of cellular prion protein in trafficking of GluA2-containing AMPA receptors to the neuronal lipid rafts
NSERC · 2013 · Principal investigator
22 publications.
Non-Competitive AMPA Receptor Antagonist Perampanel Inhibits Ischemia-Induced Neurodegeneration and Behavioral Deficits in Focal Cortical Pial Vessel Disruption Stroke Model.
Zaki MG, Moutaoufik MT, Pordeli M, Babu M, Taghibiglou C, Cayabyab FS
The Anti-Parkinsonian A2A Receptor Antagonist Istradefylline (KW-6002) Attenuates Behavioral Abnormalities, Neuroinflammation, and Neurodegeneration in Cerebral Ischemia: An Adenosinergic Signaling Link Between Stroke and Parkinson's Disease.
Zaki MG, Jakova E, Pordeli M, Setork E, Taghibiglou C, Cayabyab FS
The Bifunctional Dimer Caffeine-Indan Attenuates α-Synuclein Misfolding, Neurodegeneration and Behavioral Deficits after Chronic Stimulation of Adenosine A1 Receptors.
Jakova E, Aigbogun OP, Moutaoufik MT, Allen KJH, Munir O, Brown D, Taghibiglou C, Babu M, Phenix CP, Krol ES, Cayabyab FS
Low-Field Magnetic Stimulation Alleviates MPTP-Induced Alterations in Motor Function and Dopaminergic Neurons in Male Mice
Sathiya Sekar, Yanbo Zhang, Hajar Miranzadeh Mahabadi, Benson Buettner, Changiz Taghibiglou
Cannabinoid receptors distribution in mouse cortical plasma membrane compartments
Hajar Miranzadeh Mahabadi, Haseeb A Bhatti, Robert B. Laprairie, Changiz Taghibiglou
Concussion/Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Induces Brain Insulin Resistance: A Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scanning Study.
Sekar S, Viswas RS, Miranzadeh Mahabadi H, Alizadeh E, Fonge H, Taghibiglou C
Plasma PrPC and ADAM-10 as novel biomarkers for traumatic brain injury and concussion: a pilot study.
Persad A, Pham N, Moien-Afshari F, Gormley W, Yan S, Mannix R, Taghibiglou C
Evidence for altered insulin signalling in the brains of genetic absence epilepsy rats from Strasbourg
Sathiya Sekar, Wendie N. Marks, Venkat Gopalakrishnan, Quentin Greba, Terrance P. Snutch, John G. Howland, Changiz Taghibiglou
The Concept of an Epilepsy Brain Bank.
Hernandez-Ronquillo L, Miranzadeh Mahabadi H, Moien-Afshari F, Wu A, Auer R, Zherebitskiy V, Borowsky R, Mickleborough M, Huntsman R, Vrbancic M, Cayabyab FS, Taghibiglou C, Carter A, Tellez-Zenteno JF
Cellular Prion Protein (PrPc): Putative Interacting Partners and Consequences of the Interaction.
Miranzadeh Mahabadi H, Taghibiglou C
Role of cellular prion protein in trafficking of GluA2-containing AMPA receptors to the neuronal lipid rafts
Principal investigators: Taghibiglou, Changiz
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- Ron Borowsky and Ronald Borowsky: 100 shared papers
- Marla Mickleborough and Ron Borowsky: 20 shared papers
- Marla Mickleborough and Ronald Borowsky: 20 shared papers
- John Howland and Wendie Marks: 19 shared papers
- John Howland and Robert Laprairie: 18 shared papers
- John Howland and Terry Snutch: 17 shared papers
- Wendie Marks and Terry Snutch: 12 shared papers
- Christopher Phenix and Edward Krol: 5 shared papers
- Robert Laprairie and Terry Snutch: 4 shared papers
- Ron Borowsky and Adam Wu: 3 shared papers
- Adam Wu and Ronald Borowsky: 3 shared papers
- John Howland and Changiz Taghibiglou: 2 shared papers
- Yanbo Zhang and Changiz Taghibiglou: 2 shared papers
- Terry Snutch and Changiz Taghibiglou: 2 shared papers
- Christopher Phenix and Mohan Babu: 2 shared papers
- Marla Mickleborough and Adam Wu: 2 shared papers
- Edward Krol and Mohan Babu: 2 shared papers
- Changiz Taghibiglou and Mohan Babu: 2 shared papers
- Robert Laprairie and Yanbo Zhang: 1 shared paper
- Robert Laprairie and Wendie Marks: 1 shared paper
- Robert Laprairie and Changiz Taghibiglou: 1 shared paper
- Humphrey Fonge and Edward Krol: 1 shared paper
- Humphrey Fonge and Changiz Taghibiglou: 1 shared paper
- Humphrey Fonge and Amit Persad: 1 shared paper
- Wendie Marks and Changiz Taghibiglou: 1 shared paper
- Christopher Phenix and Changiz Taghibiglou: 1 shared paper
- Marla Mickleborough and Changiz Taghibiglou: 1 shared paper
- Marla Mickleborough and Roland Auer: 1 shared paper
- Marla Mickleborough and Viktor Zherebitskiy: 1 shared paper
- Edward Krol and Changiz Taghibiglou: 1 shared paper
- Ron Borowsky and Changiz Taghibiglou: 1 shared paper
- Ron Borowsky and Amit Persad: 1 shared paper
- Ron Borowsky and Roland Auer: 1 shared paper
- Ron Borowsky and Viktor Zherebitskiy: 1 shared paper
- Changiz Taghibiglou and Amit Persad: 1 shared paper
- Changiz Taghibiglou and Adam Wu: 1 shared paper
- Changiz Taghibiglou and Roland Auer: 1 shared paper
- Changiz Taghibiglou and Viktor Zherebitskiy: 1 shared paper
- Changiz Taghibiglou and Ronald Borowsky: 1 shared paper
- Neurosurgery
- Department of Psychology and Health Studies
- Neurosurgery (Pathology)
- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology
- Anatomy Physiology Pharmacology
- USask Neuroscience
- Department of Zoology
- Other
Co-authors at University of Saskatchewan, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Mohan Babu
USask Neuroscience
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Yanbo Zhang
Psychiatry Dept
2 shared papers, latest 2023
Terrance Snutch
Michael Smith Laboratories
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Terry Snutch
Department of Zoology
2 shared papers, latest 2020
John Howland
Anatomy Physiology Pharmacology
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Amit Persad
Neurosurgery
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Adam Wu
Neurosurgery
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Roland Auer
Neurosurgery (Pathology)
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Viktor Zherebitskiy
Neurosurgery (Pathology)
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Ronald Borowsky
Department of Psychology and Health Studies
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Christopher Phenix
Department of Chemistry
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Marla Mickleborough
Department of Psychology and Health Studies
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Edward Krol
Pharmacy and Nutrition, College of
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Ron Borowsky
Department of Psychology
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Robert Laprairie
Division of Pharmacy
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Humphrey Fonge
Medical Imaging
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Wendie Marks
Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology
1 shared papers, latest 2020
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