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Rafieh Alizadeh

Researcher at Iran University of Medical Sciences

Publications -  57
Citations -  1537

Rafieh Alizadeh is an academic researcher from Iran University of Medical Sciences. The author has contributed to research in topics: Stem cell & Dopaminergic. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 52 publications receiving 914 citations. Previous affiliations of Rafieh Alizadeh include Tehran University of Medical Sciences.

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More than smell. COVID-19 is associated with severe impairment of smell, taste, and chemesthesis

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- 24 May 2020 - 
TL;DR: The results show that COVID-19-associated chemosensory impairment is not limited to smell, but also affects taste and chemesthesis, and suggest that SARS-CoV-2 infection may disrupt sensory-neural mechanisms.
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Proinflammatory Cytokines in the Olfactory Mucosa Result in COVID-19 Induced Anosmia.

TL;DR: Elevated levels of the proinflammatory cytokine TNF-α were seen in the olfactory epithelium in patients with COVID-19, suggesting that direct inflammation of the Olfactory Epithelium could play a role in the acuteOlfactory loss described in many patients in this study.
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Conductive hydrogels based on agarose/alginate/chitosan for neural disorder therapy.

TL;DR: The results of this study represent the first steps in designing and implementing advanced platforms based on conductive polysaccharide hydrogels for neural disorder therapies, such as the treatment of Parkinson's disease.