Saeed Semnanian
Professor
Speciality: Physiologist
  • BS/BA:
  • MS: Medicine
  • PhD: Physiology
  • Phone: 82884520
  • Fax: 82884520
  • Email: ssemnan@modares.ac.ir
  • Address: Department of Physiology, Tarbiat Modares University, Jalal Al Ahmad Ave., Tehran, Iran
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Congress Presentations:
 
9th Iranian Physiology & Pharmacology Congress, 1989, Shaheed Beheshti Medical Sciences University, Tehran, Iran.
 
- Evaluating the age and the lung parameters on chemical warfare casualties.
Mishmast Gh, Motamedi F., Eftekhar H. A., Semnanian S.
 
- Assessing the mechanism of electrical stimulation on analgesia and comparing it with morphine’s effect.
Manaheji H., Motamedi F., Semnanian S., Amir Teymour T.
 
- The effect of adrenergic system on electrical stimulation induced analgesia.
Semnanian S., Motamedi F., Manaheji H., Mahdavi M.
 
- The effect of GABAergic system on Electrical stimulation induced analgesia of rats.
Kesmati M., Motamedi F., Manaheji H., Semnanian S., Singh S.
 
Second Congress of Asian and Oceanic Physiological Societies, 12-15 Nov 1990 New Delhi/ India
 
- Central role of alpha-2 activity in TENS analgesia
Shojaeefard M., Semnanian S., Motamedi F.
 
- Comparison of the involvement of opiate and noradrenergic systems on TENS induced analgesia.
Semnanian S., Motamedi F., Manaheji H.
 
10th Iranian Physiology & Pharmacology Congress, 1993, Ahwaz Medical Sciences University, Ahwaz, Iran.
- Assessing the neurochemical systems involved in transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation.
Kesmati M., Motamedi F., Semnanian S., Manaheji H., Hajizadeh E.
 
Comparing the central effects of Alpha-1 and Alpha-2 receptors on electrical stimulation induced analgesia.
Shojaeefard M., Semnanian S., Motamedi F.
 
- GABA and stress induced analgesia in mouse.
Khajepour L., Pourgholami M.H., Semnanian S.
 
11th Iranian Physiology & Pharmacology Congress, Tabriz Medical Sciences University, Tabriz, Iran.
-                      Assessing the effect of locus coeruleus lesioning and peripheral alpha-adrenergic receptors on tonic pain
Dashti M., Semnanian S., Motamedi F.
-                      Partial elimination of rat male sex hormones by gonadectomy and its effect on formalin induced tonic pain.
Mahdavi M.R., Haeri A., Motamedi F., Semnanian S.
 
The effect of central Alpha-2 adrenergic receptors on tonic pain.
Hajsayah S., Semnanian S., Zarrindast M.R.
 
-                      Assessing the effect of GABAergic system on tonic pain.
Shafizadeh M., Semnanian S., Zarrindast M.R.
 
2nd Iranian Biological Congress, Tehran University, 1993.
-                       The effect of monosialoganglioside GM1 on rat spatial learning using Y-maze.
Moazedi A., Motamedi F., Semnanian S., Hosseini A., Hajizadeh E.
 
7th World Congress on pain, Paris, France, Aug 22-27, 1993.
-                      The assessment of GABAergic and alpha-adrenergic receptors’ effect on tonic pain.
-                      Semnanian S., Shafizadeh M., Zarrindast MR.
 
2nd Iranian Biochemical Congress, Tehran University, 1993.
-                       The effect of monosialoganglioside GM2 on rat spatial learning using Y-maze.
Moazedi A., Motamedi F., Semnanian S., Hosseini A., Hajizadeh E.
 
3rd Congress of Federation of Asian and Oceanic Physiological Societies, 7-10 Nov 1994, Shanghai, China, Published in Clinical & Experimental Pharmacology & Physiology 19: (3).
 
-                      Discriminating the alpha-adrenergic receptors effect on formalin induced pain
Moazedi A., Motamedi F., Semnanian S., Eftekhar Hosseini A., Hajizadeh E.
 
- Dose related effect of monosialoganglioside GM2 on Y-maze discrimination learning in the rat
Moazedi A., Motamedi F., Semnanian S., Eftekhar Hosseini A., Hajizadeh E.
 
-                       Intrahippocampal injection of MK-801 impairs classical conditioned eye blink in rabbit.
Sarkaki A.R., Motamedi F., Semnanian S., Hajizadeh E., Zarrindast MR.
 
12th International Congress of Pharmacology, July 24-29 1994 Montreal Canada, In: Canadian Journal of Physiology And Pharmacology, Supp. 1, P13-15, Vol 42, National Research Council
 
-                       Dose related effect of monosialoganglioside GM1 on Y-Maze spatial learning task in rat.
Moazedi A., Motamedi F., Semnanian S., Eftekhar Hosseini A., Hajizadeh E.
 
Fourth IBRO world congress of neuroscience 9-14 July 1995, Kyoto- Japan
- Increased electrical activity of dorsal hippocampus during rabbit’s eyeblink conditioning is not abolished by extinction.
Sarkaki A.R., Motamedi F., Firoozabadi S.M., Semnanian S.
 
- Effect of pentylenetetrazole induced kindling on long term potentiation in rats hippocampal slices.
Fathollahi Y., Motamedi F., Semnanian S., Zardoshti M., Firoozabadi M.
 
- The effects of yohimbine on formalin induced pain response of saphenous nerve of the rat.
Pakdell F. G., Semnanian S., Nejad M. S.
 
- The effect of nucleus reticularis paragigantocellularis lesions on tonic pain.
Semnanian S., Azizi Z.
 
- Phasic and tonic pain assessment in Locus Coeruleus lesioned rats. Azizi Z., Semnanian S., Dashti M., Motamedi F.
 
- Interaction of exogenous GMl with MK- 801 on spatial learning task in rats.
Moazedi A. A., Motamedi F., Semnanian S., Eftekhar Hosseini A., Hajizadeh E.
 
- Effect of red nucleus lesion on the eye blink conditioning response in rabbit.
Taherianfard M., Motamedi F., Semnanian S., Sarkaki A., Hajizadeh E.
 
XIth International neurobiological symposium on learning and memory, Magdeburg, Germany, 1995
- Interaction of exogenous GM2 with MK-801 on discrimination learning in the rat.
 
The 4th National congress on Biology, Gorgan, Iran, 1995
- Formalin induced activity of rat Gigantocellularis neurons.
Soleimannejad E., Semnanian S., Fathollahi Y., Firoozabadi M.P.
 
- The central effect of Dexmedetomidine, a novel alpha-2 adrenoceptor agonist on acute pain.
Attarzadeh G., Semnanian S., Pourgholami M.
 
 - Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) ameliorates trace conditioning impairment induced by scopolamine in the rabbit.
Zarifkar A., Oryan S., Semnanian S., Zarrindast MR., Firoozabadi MP.
 
 - Effects of treatment with U-74389G on motor function following experimental spinal cord injury in rats.
Kalalian H., Hashemi G.M.R., Eftekhar H. A., Semnanian S., Firoozabadi MP.
 
- Altered synaptic transmission in hippocampus of Y-maze trained rats.
Fathollahi Y., Motamedi F., Semnanian S., Eftekhar H. A., Zardoshti M.
 
                        12th Iranian Physiology & Pharmacology Congress, Tehran, 6-9 Nov 1995
-                       The influence of GM1 on spatial learning deficiency after MK-801 administration of rats.
Moazedi A.A., Motamedi F., Semnanian S., Eftekhar H. A., Hajizadeh E.
 
-                       The role of dorsal hippocampal N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Acid (NMDA) receptors in classical conditioning of rabbits eyeblink.
Sarkaki A., Motamedi F., Semnanian S., Hajizadeh E.
 
-                      The effect of nucleus reticular paragigantocellularis electrolytic lesion on tonic pain.
Azizi Z., Semnanian S.
 
-                      Assessing the nociceptive effects of dexmedetomidine a novel alpha-2 adrenoceptor agonist.
Attarzadeh G., Semnanian S., Pourgholami M.
 
-                      Altered synaptic transmission in hippocampus of PTZ-kindled rats: as an in-vitro study on CA1 of hippocampal slices.
Fathollahi Y., Motamedi F., Semnanian S., Eftekhar H. A., Zardoshti M.
 
-                      Sensitivity of febrile rats to the formalin test.
Yousefi M., Semnanian S., Fathollahi Y.
 
-                      Studies on the diffusion and effects of alkylating agents on synaptosome.
Eghtesadi Araghi P., Riazi G., Semnanian S., Taghikhani M.
 
- Effects of chemical lesioning of lateral paragigantocellularis (LPGI) nucleus on blood pressure of rat.
Chaghagerdi N., Semnanian S.
 
- The effects of intrathecal dexmedetomidine, a novel alpha-2 agonist on tonic pain.
Eftekhary H., Semnanian S.
 
- Electrophysiological recording of paragigantocellular neurons during formalin test.
Soleimannejad E., Semnanian S., Zardoshti M., Fathollahi Y.
 
- The effects of chemical lesioning of lateral paragigantocellular nucleus in chronic pain.
Atashbiz M., Semnanian S.
 
- Effects of tyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) on trace conditioning of the rabbit’s eyeblink response.
Zarifkar A., Oryan S., Semnanian S., Zarrindast MR., Firoozabadi MP.
 
- Role of the red nucleus NMDA receptors on rabbit’s eyeblink classical conditional response.
Taherianfard M., Motamedi F., Semnanian S., Firoozabadi MP., Tabei.
 
- Neurological recovery in experimental spinal cord injury by the 21-aminosteroid, U-74389G, a potent inhibitor of iron dependent lipid peroxidation.
Kalalian H., Eftekhar H. A., Hashemi-Golpayegani M.R., Firoozabadi M., Semnanian S.
 
- The effect of partial elimination of sex hormones on phasic and tonic pain and electroaccupuncture induced analgesia in male Albino rats.
Vaez Mahdavi M.R., Haeri A., Motamedi F., Molayemi E., Semnanian S.
 
- Assessment of peripheral alpha-adrenergic receptors’ role in tonic pain.
Dashti M., Semnanian S., Motamedi F.
 
- A survey concerning physiology and pharmacology in Iran.
Sadeghipour-Roudsari H.R., Semnanian S.
 
- Nociceptive effects of formalin on saphenous neuronal response.
Pakdel F.G., Semnanian S., Nejad M.S.
 
32nd Congress of the international union of physiological societies.
Glasgaw, England, Aug 1993
 
- Overall study of involvement of neurochemical systems in Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation.
 
4th Anesthesiology and critical care congress of Iran
Tehran, 1996
 
- International Association for the Study of Pain’s pain questionnaire: A new tool for quantifying pain.
Najafi M., Semnanian S.
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8th World Congress on Pain, Aug 17-22, Vancouver, Canada
 
- The effect of DSP-4 lesioning of lateral paragigantocellular neurons on rat nociception and blood pressure.
 
- Chorda tympani neuronal response to tastants following topical administration of formalin on the rats tongue.
 
First FAONS congress & first IBRO regional congress
20-23 Oct 1996, Pattaya, Thailand
 
- Antinociception induced by L-Glutamate microinjection into the nucleus reticularis gigantocellularis of the rat in formalin test.
Aminimoghadam S., Semnanian S., Fathollahi Y.
 
- The assessment of patients suffering migraine without aura using IASP pain database questionnaire
Haghparast A., Najafi M., Semnanian S.
 
- Thyrotropin- releasing hormone (TRH) ameliorates trace conditioning impairment induced by scopolamine in the rabbit.
Oryan S.H., Zarifkar A., Semnanian S., Zarrindast MR.
 
- Chronic morphine administration facilitates induction of LTP by primed-burst tetanic stimulation in hippocampal CA1 area of the rat.
Mansouri F., Motamedi F., Fathollahi Y., Atapour N., Semnanian S.
 
- Developmental changes in field potential characteristics of rat visual cortex: An in-vitro study.
Atapour N., Esteky H., Motamedi F., Fathollahi Y., Alizadeh M.F., Semnanian S.
 
- Antinociceptive effects of Ellaegnus Angostifolia fruit extract
Ahmadiani A., Semnanian S., Kamalinejad M., Hosseini J.
 
- The role of spinal and supraspinal alpha-2 adrenergic receptors on pain by using dexmedetomidine.
Attarzadeh Yazdi G., Semnanian S., Pourgholami M.
 
- Antinociceptive effects of Trigonella Foenum-graecum.
Ahmadiani A., Kamalinejad M., Javan M., Semnanian S.
 
- Studies on the diffusion and effects of alkylating agents on synaptosomes.
Eghtesadi Araghi P., Riazi G., Semnanian S., Taghikhani M.
 
1st Iranian Neuroscience Congress, 1996, Tehran
 
-                       Migraine’s effect on patients socio-economic situation
Najafi M., Semnanian S., Rezaei O., Ghargozli K.
 
-                      Alpha-2 adrenergic receptors on the nociception primary afferent terminals.
Ghaderi F., Shokohi Nejad M., Semnanian S.
 
- Nociception induced by L-Glutamate injection into PGI
Ammini S., Semnanian S., Fathollahi Y.
 
- Antinociceptive effects of Trigonella foenum-graceum extract.
Ahmadiani A., Semnanian S., Kamalinejad M., Javan M.
 
- Analgesic effects of Sambucus ebulus rhizome.
Ahmadiani A., Semnanian S., Kamalinejad M., Fereidoni M.
 
- Antinociceptive effects of Elaegnus angostifolia fruit.
Ahmadiani A., Semnanian S., Kamalinejad M., Hosseini J.
 
- Assessing infiltration and effects of alkylating agents on synaptosomes.
Araghi P., Semnanian S. Taghikhani M., Riazi G.
 
- Changes in visual cortex field potential due to aging.
Atapour N., Esteki H., Motamedi F., Fathollahi Y., Semnanian S.
 
- TRH and hippocampal cholinergic system interaction in NRM.
Zarrifkar A., Oryan S., Semnanian S., Zarrindast M.R.
 
- Participation of GM1 in temporal learning and LTP.
Moazedi A., Motamedi F., Semnanian S., Hosseini A.
 
- Rubral GABAergic interneurons role in rabbit NMR.
Taherianfard M., Motamedi F., Semnanian S.
- Adrenergic agonist and antagonists role in physotigmine induced yawning.
Tabaei S., Zarrindast M.R., Semnanian S.
 
- The effect of adrenergic agonist and antagonists on apomorphine induced climbing behavior.
Shafizadeh S., Semnanian S., Zarrindast M.R.
 
XXXIII International Congress of Physiological Sciences, St. Petersburg, June 30- July 5, 1997
- The role of alpha-2 adrenoceptors on anesthesia.
Atarzadeh Yazdi G., Semnanian S., Pourgholami M.
 
- Anti-inflammatory and antinociceptive effects of Trigonella-graecum leaves extract.
Javan M., Ahmadiani M., Semnanian S., Kamalinejad M.
 
- Chronic morphine administration inhibits the decay of LTP in hippocampal CA1 area of rat.
Semnanian S., Alizadeh Mansouri F., Motamedi F., Fathollahi Y., Atapour N.
 
- The effect of bombesin on tail flick latency on rat.
Haghparast A., Semnanian S., Fathollahi Y., Sarihi A.
 
- Electrical stimulation of nucleus paragigantocellular (PGI) produces antinociception in formalin test.
Semnanian S., Aminimoghadam S., Fathollahi Y.
 
- Antinociceptive and antiinflammatory activity of Sambucus ebulus Rhizome extract.
Fereidoni M., Ahmadiani A., Semnanian S., Kamalinejad M.
 
- A comparison between the eggect of locus coeruleus lesioning on tonic pain.
Dashti M.H., Semnanian S.,
 
- Assessing the effect of age on formalin induced pain.
Semnanian S., Shafizadeh M., Zarrindast MR, Fathollahi Y.
 
8th Congress of the international headache society. Amesterdam, Netherland, 10-14 June 1997
 
- The study of migraine impact on economic status and quality of life using the IASP pain database.
Najafi M., Semnanian S., Fathollahi Y.
 
13th Iranian Physiology & Pharmacology Congress, Isfahan, Iran, 1997
 
The effects of TRH on electrical activity of hippocampus during NMR conditioning.
Zarifkar A., Oryan S., Semnanian S., Zarrindast M.R.
 
- Assessing the effect of Enalapril (ACEI) on the decrease of nerve conduction velocity of diabetic rats.
Tavakoli A. Asgari A., Semnanian S.
 
- The effect of electrical stimulation and L-Glutamate injection in rats’ PGI on phasic pain.
Amini Moghaddam S., Semnanian S., Fathollahi Y.
 
- Evaluating the effect of age on formalin induced analgesia.
Shafizadeh M., Semnanian S., Fatholahi Y.
 
- Electrophysiological and behavioral evaluation of 21 amino-steroid effect on spinal injury.
Kalalian Moghaddam H., Eftekhar Hosseini S.A., Hashemi Golpayegani M.R., Firoozabadi S.M., Semnanian S.
 
- Chronic morphine induction attenuates the LTP of CA1 region of rat hippocampal slices.
Motamedi F., Mansouri F., Fathollahi Y., Semnanian S.
 
- Evaluating the change in synaptic conduction of hippocampal CA1 region of Y-maze trained rats.
Motamedi. F., Semnanian S., Zartoshti M.
 
- The adrenergic system function during the apomorphine induced licking behavior of rats.
Fazl Tabaei S., Zarrindast M.R., Semnanian S.
 
III International congress of pathophysiology, June 1998, Lahti, Finland
 
- Responsiveness of the nucleus reticularis paragigantocellularis neurons to the formalin as a peripheral noxious stimulus.
Semnanian S., Gheibi, Fathollahi Y., Haghparast A.
 
- Morphine tolerance in the nucleus paragigantocellularis: single unit recording study in vivo.
Haghparast A., Semnanian S., Fathollahi Y.
 
Iranian Biological society congress, 1998
 
Mechanism of aspirin effect on nerve growth in DRG of chicken fetus.
Saboni, Firouzi, Taghikhani, Ziaei, Semnanian
 
14th Iranian Physiology & Pharmacology Congress, Tehran, Iran, 1999
 
- Analgesic effects of some new compounds.
Miri, Shafiei, Kebriaei, Semnanian.
 
- Comparing different methods of nerve cut.
Hajizadeh S., Banasadegh S., Semnanian S.
 
- Assessing the effect of ketamine on synaptic transmission.
Rahmati B., Fathollahi Y., Semnanian S., Mahdavi M.R., Shafizadeh M.
 
- Wound healing after nerve cut.
Banasadegh S., Hajizadeh S., Semnanian S.
 
- Assessing the synaptic plasticity due to tetanic stimulation.
Mohajerani, Fathollahi Y., Semnanian S., Omrani A.
 
- The outcomes of reticular gigantocellular nucleus lesioning.
Soleimannejad E., Heydari M., Fathollahi Y. Semnanian S.
 
- Change in synaptic transmission of CA1 region.
Fathollahi Y., Motamedi F., Semnanian S., Zartoshti M.
 
Federation of Asian-oceanian neuroscience societies symposium 2000
Dec 7-10 Hong Kong, China
 
- Caffeine increases Paragigantocellularis neuronal firing rate and induces withdrawal signs in morphine-dependent rats.
Khalili M., Semnanian S., Fathollahi Y.
 
- Effects of cysteamine on long-term potentiation and paired-pulse stimulation in the CA1 region of rat hippocampal slices.
Rostampour M., Fathollahi Y., Semnanian S., Hajizadeh S., Mirnajafizadeh J.
 
15th Iranian Congress of Physiology & Pharmacology - Nov. 5-8 2001, Shiraz, Iran
- New and cheap method for acquisition and analysis of biological signals
G. Pakdel, S. Semnanian, Y. Fathollahi, M. Firoozabadi
 
- The role of locus coeruleus in morphine dependence of paragigantocellular neurons in rats
Khadjui K., Semnanian S., Fathollahi Y.
 
- Effect of adenosine and caffeine on paragigantocellularis neuronal firing rate in morphine dependent rats
Khalili M., Semnanian S., Fathollahi Y.
 
- Differential effects of pentylentetrazole- kindling on long term potentiation of populationexcitatory postsynaptic potentials and population spikes in the CA1 region of rat hippocampus
Palizvan MR., Fathollahi Y., Semnanian S., Hajizadeh S., Mirnajafizadeh J.
 
- Different physiological role of nucleus Paragigantocellularis
Semnanian S.
 
5th Scientific Congress Federation of Asian & Oceanian Physiological Societies (FAOPS)
 
- In vivo measurements of noradrenaline in the Locus Coeruleus in formalin test: A microdialysis study
Sajedianfard J., Semnanian S., Khatami Sh., Naghdi N., Jorjani M.
 
Experimental Biology, Proceedings for the 3rd FAONS Congress,
Volume 11, 2, Supplement Sept 2002, Malaysia
 
- Effects of electrical stimulation of nucleus Paragigantocellularis on acute and chronic pain in morphine-dependent rats.
Jalalifar A., Semnanian S., Fathollahi Y.
 
Second Iranian Congress of Neuroscience, Oct 29-31 2002, Tehran
 
- Dose epileptogenic insult drive synapses of CA1 pyramidal cells to an asymptotic level or cause a shift in forms of long-term potentiation
M.R. Palizvan, Y. Fathollahi, S. Semnanian
 
16th Congress of Physiology and Pharmacology, Tehran, Iran, May 9-13, 2003
 
- Chronic morphine administration decreases spontaneous paragigantocellularis nucleus neuronal firing rate in rats.
Ghaderi Pakdel F., Semnanian S., Fathollahi Y.
 
- The effect of morphine injection in the priaqueductal gray matter on the neuronal response of nucleus reticularis paragigantocellularis to formalin.
N. Gheibi, S. Semnanian, Y. Fathollahi
 
- Differential effects of pentylentetrazol-kindling on long-term potentiation in the CA1 region of rat hippocampus.
M. R. Palizvan, Y. Fathollahi, S. Semnanian, S. Hajizadeh, Mirnajafizadeh J.
 
- Effect of cysteamine on titanic stimulus-induced long-term potentiation (LTP) in the CA1 region of rat hippocampal slices.
M. Rostampour, Y. Fathollahi, S. Semnanian, S. Hajizadeh, J. Mirnajafizadeh
 
- Measurement of noradrenaline and its metabolite in the locus coeruleus in formalin test by using HPLC-ECD.
J. Sajedianfard, S. Semnanian, S. Khatami, N. Naghdi, M. Jorjani
 
- Effect of forskolin on Paragigantocellularis neuronal firing rate: Single unit recording
Azhdari H., Semnanian S., Fathollahi Y., Ghaderi Pakdel F.
 
- Changes of cerebral blood flow in morphine dependent & morphine withdrawal rats: Effects of adenosine, theophiline & naloxone.
M. Zahedi, S. Hajizadeh, S. Semnanian, Y. Fathollahi
 
- Study on articles which have been presented in 10th to 15th Iranian congress of Physiology and Pharmacology
Bahrami F., Semnanian S., Sahraei H., Hajizadeh S., Norooz Zadeh A., Ghoshooni H., Fathollahi Y., Asgari A., Khoshbaten A.
 
2nd Symposium of Federation of Asian-Oceanic Neuroscience Societies (FAONS) & 3rd Iranian Congress of Neuroscience May 16-19 2004 Tehran, Iran
 
-                       Electrophysiological, pharmacological and behavioral studies of different physiological roles of the nucleus Paragigantocellularis
S. Semnanian
 
- The effect of ketamine on NMDA receptor mediated LTP depende on ketamine effects on non-NMDA mediated synaptic transmission in CA1 area of rat hippocampal slices
B. Rahmati, Y. Fathollahi, S. Semnanian, M.R.Vaez Mahdavi, M. Shafizadeh
 
- Cysteamine pretreatment reduces Mg2+ -free medium-induced plasticity in the CA1 region of the rat hippocampal slices
M.Rostampour, Y. Fahtollahi, S. Semnanian, S. Hajizadeh, J. Mirnajafizadeh
 
- The effect of morphine on some electrophysiological parameters of paragigantocellularis and locus coeruleus nuclei interconnections
F. Ghaderi Pakdel, S. Semnanian, Y. Fathollahi
 
American Society of Neuroscience Congress, 2004, Washington, DC
 
-                       Dependence of morphine enhances transient pentylentetrazole induced plastic and epileptic changes in rat hippocampal CA1 excitability
Y. Fathollahi, Z. Jafarzadeh, F. Nugent, A. Omrani, S. Semnanian
 
11th World Congress on pain, Sydney, Australia, 1995
 
- Effect of peripheral noxious stimulus on neuronal activity of the nucleus paragigantocellularis, in capsaicin treated morphine dependent rats.
Rohampour, Kambiz; Semnanian, Saeed; Fathollahi, Yaghoub
 
11th National health sciences research symposium. Understanding and managing Pain, Sept 6 & 7, 2006, Agha Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
 
- The role and interaction between the Locus Coeruleus and Nucleus Paragigantocellularis in pain sensation and opiate withdrawal
Saeed Semnanian
 
18th Congress of Physiology and Pharmacology, Mashad, Iran, Aug 26-30, 2007
 
- Chronic stress inhibition of ultra low dose morphine-induced hyperalgesia and HPA axis role
Fereidoni M., Semnanian s., Javan M., Ahmadiani A.
 
- Electrophysiological assessment and Pharmacological dissection of inputs to Locus Coeruleus neurons
Semnanian S., Kato F., Yamgucci K., Launey T., Ito M.
 
- The role of hippocampal CA1 GABAA receptors in formalin-induced pain
Alinaghi, Rohampour, Soleimannejad, Naghdi, Semnanian
 
- Pretreatment effect of morphine on serum BDNF level during Carrageenan induced inflammation
Hatami, Oryan, Ahmadiani, Semnanian, Negar, Kazemi
 
 
12th World Congress on Pain, August 17-22 2008, Glasgow, UK
 
- Electrophysiological assessment and Pharmacological dissection of inputs to Locus Coeruleus neurons
Semnanian S., Kato F., Yamagucci K., Launey T., Ito M.
 
- Ritanserin administered to the Ca1 region of the hippocampus could not improve formalin-induced spatial learning impairment
N. Naghdi, E. Soleimannejad, S. Semnanian, Y. Fathollahi, M. Javanshir
1st South Asian Conference of Physiological Societies
11th Biennial Conference of Pakistan Physiological Society
November 10 – 12, 2008

 
- Brain Sciences & Neuroethics

Saeed Semnanian (Plenary lecturer)
 
- Locus Coeruleus and Pain
Mir-Shahram Safari, Abbas Haghparast, Abolhasan Ahmadiani, Saeed Semnanian (Plenary lecturer)
The 6th Asian Biophysics Association (ABA) Symposium
11-15 Jan 2009 HKUST, Hong Kong
- Effect of reversible inactivation of the nucleus Locus Coeruleus on lateral hypothalamus induced antinociception in the rat
M Safari, A Haghparast, S Semnanian
 
- Effect of Rolipram, a type 4 specific phosphodiesterase inhibitor on unit activity of Paragigantocellularis neurons and withdrawal signs in morphine dependent rats
H Azizi, S Semnanian, Y Fathollahi, F G Pakdell, H Azhdari Zarmehri, K Rohampour
 
National journal articles:
52 articles published in Iranian Journals in Persian.
 
International journal articles:
 
1- The effect of Locus Coeruleus lesioning on tonic pain,
Dashti M., Semnanian S.
Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran, May 1994, (18)1.
 
2- The effect of clonidine on chorda tympani neural response to salt and sweet tastes in the rat
M. Kesmati, M.S. Nejad, S. Semnanian
Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences, Vol. 21, No 3&4 Dec 1996
 
3- Effect of reversible inactivation of the medial septal area on long term potentiation and recurrent inhibition of hippocampal population spikes in rats.
Rashidi-pour A., Motamedi F., Semnanian S., Zarrindast M.R.,
Brain Research, 734 (1996) 43-48.
 
4- Repeated administration of pentylentetrazole alters susceptibility of rat CA1 hippocampus primed-burst stimulation: evidence from in vitro study on hippocampal slices.
Fathollahi Y., Motamedi F., Semnanian S., Zartoshti M.
Brain Research, 738 (1996), 138-141.
 
5- Involvement of GABA-B receptors in the antinociception induced by baclofen in the formalin test.
Semnanian S., Zarrindast M.R., Shafizadeh M., Hashemi.
General Pharmacology, 28(4), 611-615, 1997.
 
6- Involvement of supraspinal alpha-adrenergic receptors in tonic pain.
Semnanian S., Hajsayah S., Zarrindast M.R.
Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 10(4), 1997.
 
7- Altered synaptic transmission in hippocampus of pentylentetrazole kindled rats: evidence from in vitro study on hippocampal slices.
Fathollahi Y., Motamedi F., Semnanian S., Zartoshti M.
Brain Research, 1997.
 
8- Examination of persistent effects of repeated administration of pentylentetrazole on rat hippocampal CA1: evidence from in vitro study on hippocampal slices.
Fathollahi Y., Motamedi F., Semnanian S., Zartoshti M.
Brain Research, 758, 1-2 1997.
 
9- Augmentation of LTP induced by primed-burst titanic stimulation in hippocampal CA1 area of morphine dependent rats.
Mansouri F., Motamedi F., Fathollahi Y., Atapour N., Semnanian S.
Brain Research, 769, 1997.
 
10- Antinociceptive effects of Trigonella foenum-graecum leaves extract.
Javan M., Ahmadiani A., Semnanian S., Kamalinejad.
Ethnopharmacology, 58, 1977.
 
11- The role of the noradrenergic system in electrical stimulation-induced analgesia
S. Semnanian, F. Motamedi
Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 11-3, 1997, 219-222
 
12- Influences of different adrenoceptor agonists and antagonists on apomorphine-induced climbing in mice.
Shafizadeh M., Semnanian S., Zarrindast M., Fathollahi Y.
Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behavior, 1998.
 
13- Involvement of NMDA receptors and voltage-dependent calcium channels on augmentation of Long Term Potentiation in hippocampal CA1 area of morphine dependent rats.
Pourmotabbed, Motamedi F., Fathollahi Y., Mansouri F., Semnanian S.
 Brain Research, 804, 1998.
 
14- Neurite outgrowth of dorsal root ganglia is delayed and arrested by aspirin.
Sabouni, Firoozi, Taghikhani M., Ziaee, Semnanian S.
 Biochemical & Biophysical Research Communication, 248, 165-167 (1998).
 
15- Antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory effects of Sambucus ebulus rhizome extract in rats.
Ahmadiani A., Fereidoni M., Semnanian S., Kamalinejad M., Saremi S.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 61, 1998.
 
16- Influence of different adrenoceptor agonists and antagonists on physostigmine-induced yawning in rats.
Zarrindast M. Fazl Tabaei S., Semnanian S., Fathollahi Y.
Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behavior. 1998.
 
17- Morphine tolerance and dependence in the nucleus paragigantocellularis: single unit recording study in vivo.
Haghparast A., Semnanian S., Fathollahi Y.
Brain Res. 1998 Dec 14;814(1-2):71-7
 
18- Effects of adrenoceptor agents on apomorphine licking behavior in rats
Zarrindast M. Fazl Tabaei S., Semnanian S., Fathollahi Y., Yahyavi S.H.
Pharmacology Biochemistry & Behavior, 65-2, pp. 275-279, 2000.
 
19- Primed-burst potentiation occludes the potentiation phenomenon and enhances the epileptiform activity induced by transient pentylentetrazole in the CA1 region of rat hippocampal slices.
Omrani A., Fathollahi Y., Mohajerani H.R., Semnanian S.
Brain Research, 877(2):176-183, 2000.
 
20- Differential effect of dark rearing on long-term potentiation induced by layer IV and white matter stimulation in rat visual cortex.
Salami M., Fathollahi Y., Semnanian S., Atapour N.
Neuroscience Research, 2000.
 
21- Antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory effects of Elaegnus angustifolia fruit extract.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 72 (2000) 287-292.
 
22- Systemic naloxone enhances cerebral blood flow in anesthetized morphine-dependent rats.
Zamani R., Semnanian S., Fathollahi Y., Hajizadeh S.
European Journal of Pharmacology 408 (2000) 299-304.
 
23- An accurate and simple method for measurement of paw edema
Fereidoni M., Ahmadiani A., Semnanian S., Javan M.
Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods 43 (2000) 11-14.
 
24- Influences of different adrenoceptor agonists and antagonists on amphetamine-induced climbing in mice.
Shafizadeh M., Zarrindast M., Fathollahi Y., Semnanian S.
Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran 14 (3) 2000
 
25- Occurrence of morphine tolerance and dependence in the nucleus paragigantocellularis neurons.
Saeipour M., Semnanian S., Fathollahi Y.
European Journal of Pharmacology 411 (2001) 85-92.
 
26- Anti-inflammatory and antipyretic effects of Trigonella foenum-graecum leaves extract in the rat.
Ahmadiani A., Javan M., Semnanian S., Barat E., Kamalinejad M.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 75 (2001) 283-286.
 
27- Differential effects of pentylenetetrazole-kindling on long-term potentiation of population excitatory postsynaptic potentials and population spikes in the CA1 region of rat hippocampus.
Palizvan M. Fathollahi Y., Semnanian S., Hajizadeh S., Mirnajafizadeh J.
Brain Research 898(2001)82-90.
 
28- Caffeine increases Paragigantocellularis neuronal firing rate and induces withdrawal signs in morphine-dependent rats.
Khalili M., Semnanian S., Fathollahi Y.
European Journal of Pharmacology (2001).
 
29- Effects of formalin as a peripheral noxious stimulus on the nucleus reticularis paragigantocellularis neurons of anesthetized rats.
N. Gheibi. S. Semnanian, Y. Fathollahi
Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran 15(2) 2001.
 
30- Intrahippocampal injections of Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) facilitate trace conditioning of the rabbit’s eyeblink response.
Zarifkar A., Oryan S., Semnanian S.
Iranian International Journal of Science 3(1). 2002. 1-10.
 
31- Formalin as a peripheral noxious stimulus causes a biphasic response in nucleus paragidantocellularis neurons.
E. Soleiman-Nejad, Y. Fathollahi, S. Semnanian
Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 15(4), 2002. 231-237.
 
32- Cysteamine pre-treatment reduces pentylentetrazole-induced plasticity and epileptiform discharge in the CA1 region of rat hippocampal slices.
M. Rostampour, Y. Fathollahi, S. Semnanian, S. Hajizadeh, J. Mirnajafizadeh, M. Shafizadeh.
Brain Research 955 (2002) 98-103.
 
33- The ability of hippocampal CA1 area for induction of long-term potentiation is persistently reduced by prior treatment with cysteamine: an in vitro study.
M. Rostampour, Y. Fathollahi, S. Semnanian, S. Hajizadeh, J. Mirnajafizadeh, M. Shafizadeh.
Neuropeptides (2002) 36 (4), 263-270
 
34- Intrahippocampal Injections of Thyrotropin-Releasing hormone (TRH) facilitates conditioning of the rabbit eyeblink response.
Zarifkar A., Oryan S., Semnanian S.
Iranian Int. J. Sci. 3(1), 2002, 1-10
 
35- Synthesis and evaluation of pharmacological activities of 3, 5-dialkyl 1, 4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-4-nitroimidazole-3, 5-pyridine dicarboxylates.
Miri R, Javidnia K, Kebriaie-Zadeh A, Niknahad H, Shaygani N, Semnanian S, Shafiee A.
Arch Pharm (Weinheim). 2003 Sep;336(9):422-8.
 
36- Dependence on morphine leads to a prominent sharing among the different mechanisms of long-term potentiation in the CA1 region of rat hippocampus
F. Salmanzadeh, Y. Fathollahi, S. Semnanian, M. Shafizadeh, A. Kazemnejad
Brain Research 963 (2003) 93-100.
 
37- Dependence on morphine impairs the induction of long-term potentiation in the CA1 region of rat hippocampal slices
F. Salmanzadeh, Y. Fathollahi S. Semnanian M. Shafizadeh
Brain Research 965 (2003), 108-113
 
38- Long term potentiation as an electrophysiological assay for morphine dependence and withdrawal in rats: an in vitro study
F. Salmanzadeh, Y. Fathollahi, S. Semnanian, M. Shafizadeh
Journal of Neuroscience Methods 124 (2003) 189-196
 
39- In vivo measurement of noradrenaline in the locus coeruleus of rats during the formalin test: A microdialysis study
Sajedianfard J., Khatami S. , Semnanian S., Naghdi N. , Jorjani M.
European Journal of Pharmacology 512 (2005) 153-156
 
40- Epileptogenic insult causes a shift in the form of long-term potentiation expression
M. R. Palizvan, Y. Fathollahi, S. Semnanian
Neuroscience 134 (2005) 415-423
 
41- Cerebral blood flow regulations in anesthetized morphine dependent rats: The role of the adenosine system
M. Zahedi, S. Hajizadeh, S. Semnanian, Y. Fathollahi
Medical Journal of Islamic Republic of Iran Feb 2005 18-4 353-359 
 
42- Microinjection or ritanserin into the dorsal hippocampal CA1 and dentate gyrus decrease nociception behavior in adult male rat
Soleimannejad E., Semnanian S., Fathollahi Y., Naghdi N.
Behav Brain Res. 2006 Apr 3; 168(2):221-5
 
43- Interaction of adenosine and naloxone on regional cerebral blood flow in morphine-dependent rats.
Khorasani MZ, Hajizadeh S, Fathollahi Y, Semnanian S.
Brain Res. 2006 Apr 21; 1084(1):61-6.
 
44- Antinociceptive effect of intra-hippocampal CA1 and dentate gyrus injection of MK801 and AP5 in the formalin test in adult male rats.
Eur J Pharmacol. 2007 May 7;562 (1-2):39-46.
 
45- Additive effect of dextromethorphan on the inhibitory effect of anti-NT4 on morphine tolerance.
Pharmacology. 2006;78(3):105-12.
 
46- Alterations of BDNF and NT-3 genes expression in the nucleus
paragigantocellularis during morphine dependency and withdrawal
Homeira Hatami, Shahrbanoo Oryan, Saeed Semnanian, Bahram Kazemi,
Mojgan Bandepour, Abolhassan Ahmadiani
Neuropeptides 41 (2007) 321–328
 
47- Administration of corticosterone after memory reactivation disrupts subsequent retrieval of a contextual conditioned fear memory: Dependence upon training intensity.
Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2007 Aug 14
 
48- Chronic forced swim stress inhibits ultra-low dose morphine-induced hyperalgesia in rats.
Behav Pharmacol. 2007 Nov;18(7):667-72.
 
49- Morphine dependence increases the response to a brief pentylenetetrazol administration in rat hippocampal CA1 in vitro
Zakaria Jafarzadeh, Yaghoub Fathollahi, Saeed Semnanian, Azar Omrani,
Feresteh Salmanzadeh, and Mahmoud Elahdadi Salmani
Epilepsia, **(*):1–12, 2008 doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01802.x
 
 
 
Thesis Supervision:
22 MSc and 6 PhD, Physiology and Biophysics students.
 
Books author:
Blood Physiology, 1990, Jihad Daneshgahi (in Persian).
Pain measurement, in:   Pains and their treatment, 1994 (in Persian).
Golchin Sher Haj, 2002, Mashar. (in Persian).
 
Book translation:
Human Physiology & Anatomy, by Solomon, 1992, Bonyad Pub. Co.
Zendegi Salem, Vigeh Nashr Publications, 2001
 
Research Grants:
- Assessing the effect of tonic pain on peripheral nerves and the brain stem nucleus paragigantocellularis. Tehran University, 1995
- Categorizing the specifications of nucleus paragigantocellularis neurons responsing to pain stimuli, using single unit recording. Tehran University, 1996.
- Comparing the effects of electrical stimulation and glutamate injection into the nucleus paragigantocellularis. Tehran University, 1998.
- Measuring the change in blood flow of different brain structures during chronic pain. Tehran University, 1998.
- Assessing the effect of hippocamapal 5HT 2A/2C receptors on the interaction of pain and learning
Pasteur Institute, 2004
- Assesing the effect of Ritanserin AP5 and MK801 injection in hippocampus on formalin pain.
Iranian National Science Foundation, 2006
 
Participated workshops:
- Intensive neuroscience workshop
Shanghai Institute of Physiology, Shanghai, China, 1989.
- Postdoctoral research workshop
Shanghai Brain Research Institute, Chinese academy of sciences, 1990.
- Intensive neuroscience workshop
All India Medical Sciences University, New Delhi, India, 1990.
- Postdoctoral workshop on neuroscience
Riken, Tokyo, Japan, 1991
- Postdoctoral workshop on neuroscience
University of British Colombia- Vancouver, Canada, 1992
- Research visit
Riken- Tokyo- Japan, July 2002
- Cellular and molecular mechanisms of pain (workshop)
Prague, Jul 7-9, 2003
 
Sabbatical:
-  July 2006- July 2007, Memory & Learning lab (Lab Head Professor Masao Ito), Brain Science Institute (BSI) Riken- Tokyo- Japan