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Faranak Farzan is affiliated with Simon Fraser University in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with notable focus on Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology, Pharmacology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

Their scientific work encompasses a broad spectrum of topics, including Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, Treatment of Major Depression, Mental Health Research Topics, Neural dynamics and brain function, and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies.

Farzan has contributed to numerous publications in several journals. Frequent publication venues include Brain Stimulation, Biological Psychiatry, Clinical Neurophysiology, Scientific Reports, and Psychological Medicine.

  • TMS combined with EEG: Recommendations and open issues for data collection and analysis (2023, Brain Stimulation)
  • Machine learning in the prediction of depression treatment outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2021, Psychological Medicine)
  • Use of Machine Learning for Predicting Escitalopram Treatment Outcome From Electroencephalography Recordings in Adult Patients With Depression (2020, JAMA Network Open)
  • Training in the practice of noninvasive brain stimulation: Recommendations from an IFCN committee (2020, Clinical Neurophysiology)
  • Neurophysiological effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in treatment resistant depression (2021, Clinical Neurophysiology)

Farzan frequently collaborates with several other researchers. Key coauthors include Sidney H. Kennedy, Raymond W. Lam, Roumen Milev, Benício N. Frey, and Jane A. Foster.

Best Publications

  • Microstates in resting-state EEG: Current status and future directions

    Arjun Khanna;Alvaro Pascual-Leone;Christoph M. Michel;Faranak Farzan;Faranak Farzan

  • Clinical utility and prospective of TMS–EEG

    Sara Tremblay;Sara Tremblay;Nigel C. Rogasch;Isabella Premoli;Daniel M. Blumberger

  • Analysing concurrent transcranial magnetic stimulation and electroencephalographic data: A review and introduction to the open-source TESA software

    Nigel C. Rogasch;Caley Sullivan;Richard H. Thomson;Nathan S. Rose

  • Removing artefacts from TMS-EEG recordings using independent component analysis: Importance for assessing prefrontal and motor cortex network properties

    Nigel Craig Rogasch;Richard Hilton Siddall Thomson;Faranak Farzan;Bernadette Fitzgibbon

  • Long-interval cortical inhibition from the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex: a TMS-EEG study.

    Zafiris J Daskalakis;Faranak Farzan;Mera S Barr;Jerome J Maller

  • Optimal transcranial magnetic stimulation coil placement for targeting the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex using novel magnetic resonance image-guided neuronavigation

    Pablo M. Rusjan;Mera S. Barr;Faranak Farzan;Tamara Arenovich

  • Reliability of Resting-State Microstate Features in Electroencephalography

    Arjun Khanna;Alvaro Pascual-Leone;Faranak Farzan

  • TMS combined with EEG: Recommendations and open issues for data collection and analysis

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  • Intermittent theta-burst stimulation of the lateral cerebellum increases functional connectivity of the default network.

    Mark A. Halko;Faranak Farzan;Mark C. Eldaief;Jeremy D. Schmahmann

  • MicroRNAs 146a/b-5 and 425-3p and 24-3p are markers of antidepressant response and regulate MAPK/Wnt-system genes.

    Juan Pablo Lopez;Laura M. Fiori;Cristiana Cruceanu;Rixing Lin

  • Evidence for gamma inhibition deficits in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of patients with schizophrenia.

    Faranak Farzan;Mera S Barr;Andrea J Levinson;Robert Chen

  • Characterization of Glutamatergic and GABA A -Mediated Neurotransmission in Motor and Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Using Paired-Pulse TMS–EEG

    Robin F H Cash;Yoshihiro Noda;Yoshihiro Noda;Reza Zomorrodi;Natasha Radhu;Natasha Radhu

  • Can Repetitive Magnetic Stimulation Improve Cognition in Schizophrenia? Pilot Data from a Randomized Controlled Trial

    Mera S Barr;Faranak Farzan;Tarek K Rajji;Aristotle N Voineskos

  • Characterizing and Modulating Brain Circuitry through Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Combined with Electroencephalography

    Faranak Farzan;Marine Vernet;Mouhsin M. D. Shafi;Alexander Rotenberg

  • Discovering biomarkers for antidepressant response: protocol from the Canadian biomarker integration network in depression (CAN-BIND) and clinical characteristics of the first patient cohort

    Raymond W. Lam;Roumen Milev;Susan Rotzinger;Susan Rotzinger;Ana C. Andreazza;Ana C. Andreazza

  • Beyond the target area: an integrative view of tDCS-induced motor cortex modulation in patients and athletes

    Edgard Morya;Edgard Morya;Kátia Monte-Silva;Marom Bikson;Zeinab Esmaeilpour

  • A meta-analysis of the effects of aging on motor cortex neurophysiology assessed by transcranial magnetic stimulation

    Apoorva Bhandari;Natasha Radhu;Faranak Farzan;Benoit H. Mulsant;Benoit H. Mulsant

  • The Role of the Corpus Callosum in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Induced Interhemispheric Signal Propagation

    Aristotle N. Voineskos;Faranak Farzan;Mera S. Barr;Nancy J. Lobaugh

  • The EEG correlates of the TMS-induced EMG silent period in humans

    Faranak Farzan;Mera S Barr;Sylco Hoppenbrouwers;Paul Bernard Fitzgerald

  • Potentiation of gamma oscillatory activity through repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.

    Mera S Barr;Faranak Farzan;Pablo M Rusjan;Robert Chen

  • Evidence for excessive frontal evoked gamma oscillatory activity in schizophrenia during working memory

    Mera Barr;Faranak Farzan;Lisa Tran;Robert Chen

  • Gamma oscillations in schizophrenia: Mechanisms and clinical significance

    Yinming Sun;Faranak Farzan;Mera S Barr;Kenji Kirihara

Frequent Co-Authors

Zafiris J. Daskalakis
Zafiris J. Daskalakis University of California - San Diego School of Medicine
Paul B. Fitzgerald
Paul B. Fitzgerald Australian National University
Mera S. Barr
Mera S. Barr University of Toronto
Tarek K. Rajji
Tarek K. Rajji Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Robert Chen
Robert Chen University Health Network
Daniel M. Blumberger
Daniel M. Blumberger Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Alvaro Pascual-Leone
Alvaro Pascual-Leone Harvard University
Peter Giacobbe
Peter Giacobbe University of Toronto
Roumen Milev
Roumen Milev Queen's University
Rudolf Uher
Rudolf Uher Dalhousie University

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