Karami E, Sarkaki A, Farbood Y, Moradi Vastegani S. Caffeine-augmented exercise as a pretreatment for locomotor and balance impairments induced by REM sleep deprivation in rats. Sci Rep. 2025 Aug 4;15(1):28362. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-13760-3. PMID: 40760087; PMCID: PMC12322054.
Khoshnam SE, Sarkaki A, Farbood Y, Keshavarz Zarjani A, Ghasemi Dehcheshmeh M, Moradi Vastegani S. Anethole Ameliorates Scopolamine-Induced Memory Deficits and Neuronal Damage Through Antioxidant, Anti-Inflammatory, and Anticholinesterase Activities in Rats. Neurochem Res. 2025 May 14;50(3):165. doi: 10.1007/s11064-025-04417-8. PMID: 40366448.
Khombi Shooshtari M, Moradi Vastegani S, Farbood Y, Sarkaki A, Bayati V, Nejaddehbashi F, Khoshnam SE, Farzaneh M. Neuroprotective Potential of Conditioned Medium from Adipose and Liver Mesenchymal Stem Cells in a Rat Model of Global Cerebral Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury. Curr Mol Med. 2025 May 12. doi: 10.2174/0115665240351634250506164609. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40357793.
Navabi SP, Badreh F, Khombi Shooshtari M, Hajipour S, Moradi Vastegani S, Khoshnam SE. Microglia-induced neuroinflammation in hippocampal neurogenesis following traumatic brain injury. Heliyon. 2024 Aug 8;10(16):e35869. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e35869. PMID: 39220913; PMCID: PMC11365414.
Moradi Vastegani S, Khoshnam SE, Ghafouri S, Bakhtiari N, Farbood Y, Sarkaki A. Anethole attenuates motor dysfunctions, striatal neuronal activity deficiency and blood brain barrier permeability by decreasing striatal α-synuclein and oxidative stress in rotenone-induced Parkinson's disease of male rats. PLoS One. 2023 Nov 16;18(11):e0294612. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0294612. PMID: 37972114; PMCID: PMC10653401.