Farzad Mortazavi, PhD
Assistant Professor, Anatomy & Neurobiology
Biography
Dr. Mortazavi received his B.A. in psychology from the University of South Florida, M.S at Central Michigan University, and his Ph.D. at Northeastern University in Experimental Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience. As a postdoctoral fellow, he was a Michel J. Fox Foundation Fellow in the Department of Neurology at UCLA where his studies focused on molecular and neuroanatomical changes in neurodegenerative disorders. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology and his primary research is focused on 3D farzad_2reconstruction of white-matter pathways and cortical columns using Confocal Microscopy, 2-photon Microscopy and statistical physics for analysis of these types of big data. He also collaborates with Drs. Moss, Rosene, Killiany, and Moore in the Laboratory for Cognitive Neurobiology. The laboratory focuses on the effects of normal aging on structure and function of cerebral cortex and cortical ischemia in a non-human primate model.
Dr. Mortazavi teaches the statistics course in the department of Anatomy and Neurobiology and has been training students in immunohistochemistry, cell counts and image analysis among other techniques. He is actively involved in the Forensic Anthropology program where he teaches Experimental Design and Analysis for Forensic Anthropologists.
Other Positions
- Graduate Faculty (Primary Mentor of Grad Students), Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences
Education
- Northeastern University, PhD
- Central Michigan University, MS
- University of South Florida, BA
Classes Taught
- AN704
Publications
- Published on 9/30/2024
Cheng CH, Guan Y, Chiplunkar VP, Mortazavi F, Medalla ML, Sullivan K, O'Callaghan JP, Koo BB, Kelly KA, Michalovicz LT. Nerve agent exposure and physiological stress alter brain microstructure and immune profiles after inflammatory challenge in a long-term rat model of Gulf War Illness. Brain Behav Immun Health. 2024 Dec; 42:100878. PMID: 39430882.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/16/2024
Vitantonio AT, Dimovasili C, Mortazavi F, Vaughan KL, Mattison JA, Rosene DL. Long-term calorie restriction reduces oxidative DNA damage to oligodendroglia and promotes homeostatic microglia in the aging monkey brain. Neurobiol Aging. 2024 Sep; 141:1-13. PMID: 38788462.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/22/2023
DeVries SA, Conner B, Dimovasili C, Moore TL, Medalla M, Mortazavi F, Rosene DL. Immune proteins C1q and CD47 may contribute to aberrant microglia-mediated synapse loss in the aging monkey brain that is associated with cognitive impairment. Geroscience. 2024 Apr; 46(2):2503-2519. PMID: 37989825.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/22/2022
Taylor EN, Huang N, Lin S, Mortazavi F, Wedeen VJ, Siamwala JH, Gilbert RJ, Hamilton JA. Lipid and smooth muscle architectural pathology in the rabbit atherosclerotic vessel wall using Q-space cardiovascular magnetic resonance. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2022 Dec 22; 24(1):74. PMID: 36544161.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/5/2022
Dimovasili C, Fair AE, Garza IR, Batterman KV, Mortazavi F, Moore TL, Rosene DL. Aging compromises oligodendrocyte precursor cell maturation and efficient remyelination in the monkey brain. Geroscience. 2023 Feb; 45(1):249-264. PMID: 35930094.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/4/2022
Nieder C, Rosene DL, Mortazavi F, Oblak AL, Ketten DR. Morphology and unbiased stereology of the lateral superior olive in the short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis (Cetacea, Delphinidae). J Morphol. 2022 04; 283(4):446-461. PMID: 35066941.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/13/2022
Eldridge SA, Mortazavi F, Rice FL, Ketten DR, Wiley DN, Lyman E, Reidenberg JS, Hanke FD, DeVreese S, Strobel SM, Rosene DL. Specializations of somatosensory innervation in the skin of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2022 03; 305(3):514-534. PMID: 35023618.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/16/2021
Brooks C, Shaafi Kabiri N, Bhangu J, Cai X, Pickering E, Erb MK, Auerbach S, Bonato P, Moore TL, Mortazavi F, Thomas K. The impact of chronotype on circadian rest-activity rhythm and sleep characteristics across the week. Chronobiol Int. 2021 11; 38(11):1575-1590. PMID: 34134581.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/22/2021
Buldyrev SV, Meng X, Reese TG, Mortazavi F, Rosene DL, Stanley HE, Wedeen VJ. Diffusion interactions between crossing fibers of the brain. Magn Reson Med. 2021 07; 86(1):429-441. PMID: 33619754.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/21/2020
Ho RX, Amraei R, De La Cena KOC, Sutherland EG, Mortazavi F, Stein T, Chitalia V, Rahimi N. Loss of MINAR2 impairs motor function and causes Parkinson's disease-like symptoms in mice. Brain Commun. 2020; 2(1):fcaa047. PMID: 32954300.
Read at: PubMed
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