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Mehrak Paydar

Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Verified email at scripps.edu
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Antidepressant-like effect of pioglitazone in the forced swimming test in mice: the role of PPAR-gamma receptor and nitric oxide pathway

MS Sadaghiani, M Javadi-Paydar… - Behavioural brain …, 2011 - Elsevier
In this study, the potential antidepressant-like effects of pioglitazone and the possible involvement
of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) and nitric oxide system …

Effects of Δ9-THC and cannabidiol vapor inhalation in male and female rats

M Javadi-Paydar, JD Nguyen, TM Kerr, Y Grant… - …, 2018 - Springer
… Paul, MN; TA-F40) were implanted in the abdominal cavity through an incision along the
abdominal midline posterior to the xyphoid space as previously described (Javadi-Paydar et al. …

Effects of nicotine and THC vapor inhalation administered by an electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) in male rats

M Javadi-Paydar, TM Kerr, EL Harvey, M Cole… - Drug and alcohol …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS, e-cigarettes) are increasingly used
for the self-administration of nicotine by various human populations, including previously …

Estradiol reduces depressive-like behavior through inhibiting nitric oxide/cyclic GMP pathway in ovariectomized mice

…, M Salehi-Sadaghiani, M Javadi-Paydar… - Hormones and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Estradiol decline has been associated with depressive-like behavior in female mice and NO
has been suggested to play a major role in the pathogenesis of major depression. This …

NMDA receptor involvement in antidepressant-like effect of pioglitazone in the forced swimming test in mice

M Salehi-Sadaghiani, M Javadi-Paydar… - …, 2012 - Springer
Rationale Previously, we showed that pioglitazone exerts its antidepressant-like effect
through peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma receptors and demonstrated the …

Locomotor and reinforcing effects of pentedrone, pentylone and methylone in rats

M Javadi-Paydar, JD Nguyen, SA Vandewater… - …, 2018 - Elsevier
The broad diversity of synthetic cathinone psychostimulant drugs that are available to users
complicates research efforts to provide understanding of health risks. Second generation …

Vapor inhalation of cannabidiol (CBD) in rats

M Javadi-Paydar, KM Creehan, TM Kerr… - Pharmacology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Rationale Cannabidiol (CBD), a compound found in many strains of the Cannabis genus, is
increasingly available in e-cigarette liquids as well as other products. CBD use has been …

Possible involvement of PPAR-gamma receptor and nitric oxide pathway in the anticonvulsant effect of acute pioglitazone on pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures in …

RA Mohazab, M Javadi-Paydar, B Delfan, AR Dehpour - Epilepsy research, 2012 - Elsevier
Besides the receptor-mediated effects of pioglitazone, the involvement of nitric oxide (NO) has
been previously demonstrated in some pioglitazone-induced central and peripheral effects…

Suppression of nitric oxide synthesis by L-NAME reverses the beneficial effects of pioglitazone on scopolamine-induced memory impairment in mice

N Allami, M Javadi-Paydar, F Rayatnia… - European journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Pioglitazone, an agonist of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ),
which is widely used in treatment of type 2 diabetes, has shown some therapeutic effect in …

[HTML][HTML] Involvement of nitric oxide in granisetron improving effect on scopolamine-induced memory impairment in mice

M Javadi-Paydar, M Zakeri, A Norouzi, H Rastegar… - Brain research, 2012 - Elsevier
Granisetron, a serotonin 5-HT 3 receptor antagonist, widely used as an antiemetic drug following
chemotherapy, has been found to improve learning and memory. In this study, effects of …