Dr. Arman Fesharaki Zadeh

Biography

Arman Fesharaki-Zadeh is an Assistant Professor at Yale School of Medicine, specializing in Psychiatry and Neurology. He is a neuropsychiatrist and basic neuroscience researcher focusing on Traumatic Brain Injury and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. His diverse training background combines clinical adult psychiatry and behavioral neurology/neuropsychiatry with bench neuroscience skills, providing a unique perspective to enrich clinical treatment. His current research aims to develop a robust animal model for Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and to investigate potential treatment modalities. Fesharaki-Zadeh is also involved in collaborative research examining synaptic density alterations in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia. He completed his PhD in Neuroscience at SUNY Downstate Medical Center and is board certified in Behavioral Neurology/Neuropsychiatry by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties. His interests lie in studying the mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases and the efficacy of therapeutic regimens targeting Fyn and mGluR5 pathways, which are recognized for their roles in tau and amyloid-based neurodegenerative processes, including Alzheimer's Disease.

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