Pouya Movahed

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Pouya Movahed is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Pouya Movahed has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Pharmacology, 7 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 4 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Pouya Movahed's work include Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies (6 papers), Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (6 papers) and Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (5 papers). Pouya Movahed is often cited by papers focused on Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies (6 papers), Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (6 papers) and Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (5 papers). Pouya Movahed collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and United Kingdom. Pouya Movahed's co-authors include Edward D. Högestätt, Peter M. Zygmunt, David Julius, Olov Sterner, A. Scott Hinman, Sven‐Eric Jordt, Diana M. Bautista, Bo Jönsson, Anna Ermund and Bryndis Birnir and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Pouya Movahed

16 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Pungent products from garlic activate the sensory ion channel TRPA1
    2005 672 citations Diana M. Bautista, Pouya Movahed et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Pouya Movahed Sweden 10 684 525 447 378 193 18 1.5k
Mary Lou Lubin United States 13 783 1.1× 199 0.4× 442 1.0× 341 0.9× 270 1.4× 16 1.2k
Susan M. Huang United States 15 546 0.8× 1.5k 2.8× 925 2.1× 576 1.5× 378 2.0× 18 2.3k
S. Nasir United Kingdom 4 450 0.7× 429 0.8× 393 0.9× 310 0.8× 217 1.1× 6 1.1k
Nathaniel A. Jeske United States 26 1.2k 1.7× 287 0.5× 962 2.2× 1.0k 2.8× 702 3.6× 47 2.4k
Julie Gray United Kingdom 10 1.6k 2.4× 555 1.1× 845 1.9× 1.2k 3.1× 534 2.8× 10 2.6k
Darren Smart United Kingdom 26 837 1.2× 498 0.9× 890 2.0× 652 1.7× 775 4.0× 45 2.4k
Colin Stott United Kingdom 18 210 0.3× 1.8k 3.5× 598 1.3× 178 0.5× 198 1.0× 26 2.4k
Mark O. Urban United States 17 409 0.6× 155 0.3× 396 0.9× 487 1.3× 354 1.8× 27 1.2k
Dennis J. Stone United States 17 585 0.9× 134 0.3× 522 1.2× 526 1.4× 325 1.7× 33 1.4k
Péter Sántha Hungary 19 527 0.8× 232 0.4× 343 0.8× 599 1.6× 280 1.5× 55 1.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pouya Movahed

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All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Movahed, Pouya, et al.. (2024). Peripheral serotonin levels as a predictor of antidepressant treatment response: A systematic review. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 133. 111031–111031.
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Ekman, Carl Johan, Åsa Hammar, Mikael Landén, et al.. (2024). Seizure Duration and Electroconvulsive Therapy in Major Depressive Disorder. JAMA Network Open. 7(7). e2422738–e2422738. 9 indexed citations
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Ekstrand, Joakim, Akihiro Takamiya, Axel Nordenskjöld, et al.. (2023). Ketamine or ECT? What Have We Learned From the KetECT and ELEKT-D Trials?. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. 27(1). 7 indexed citations
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Rask, Olof, et al.. (2023). Safety of and response to electroconvulsive therapy during pregnancy: Results from population‐based nationwide registries. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 150(5). 360–371. 2 indexed citations
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Rask, Olof, Axel Nordenskjöld, Björn Johansson, & Pouya Movahed. (2022). Electroconvulsive therapy in children and adolescents: results from a population‑based study utilising the Swedish National Quality Register. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 32(12). 2649–2656. 8 indexed citations
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Berge, Jonas, et al.. (2021). Associations between off-label low-dose olanzapine or quetiapine and cardiometabolic mortality. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 149. 352–358. 12 indexed citations
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Ekstrand, Joakim, Pia Nordanskog, Jonas Åkeson, et al.. (2021). Racemic Ketamine as an Alternative to Electroconvulsive Therapy for Unipolar Depression: A Randomized, Open-Label, Non-Inferiority Trial (KetECT). The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. 25(5). 339–349. 59 indexed citations
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Johansson, Björn, et al.. (2021). Acute Mania and Catatonia in a Teenager Successfully Treated with Electroconvulsive Therapy and Diagnosed with Turner Syndrome and Bipolar Disorder. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2021. 1–7. 5 indexed citations
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Zygmunt, Peter M., Anna Ermund, Pouya Movahed, et al.. (2013). Monoacylglycerols Activate TRPV1 – A Link between Phospholipase C and TRPV1. PLoS ONE. 8(12). e81618–e81618. 131 indexed citations
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Patel, Vipul, et al.. (2007). Role of pharmacogenetics in variable response to drugs: focus on opioids. Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology. 4(1). 77–91. 53 indexed citations
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Movahed, Pouya, Bo Jönsson, Bryndis Birnir, et al.. (2005). Endogenous Unsaturated C18 N-Acylethanolamines Are Vanilloid Receptor (TRPV1) Agonists. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(46). 38496–38504. 150 indexed citations
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Movahed, Pouya, Vladimir Evilevitch, Tomas Andersson, et al.. (2005). Vascular effects of anandamide and N‐acylvanillylamines in the human forearm and skin microcirculation. British Journal of Pharmacology. 146(2). 171–179. 33 indexed citations
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Bautista, Diana M., Pouya Movahed, A. Scott Hinman, et al.. (2005). Pungent products from garlic activate the sensory ion channel TRPA1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(34). 12248–12252. 672 indexed citations breakdown →
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Movahed, Pouya, Edward D. Högestätt, & Jesper Petersson. (2003). Effect of hypoxia on vasodilator responses to S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine and levcromakalim in guinea pig basilar artery. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology. 367(5). 532–537. 8 indexed citations
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Ralevic, Vera, Dave Kendal, Michael D. Randall, et al.. (2000). Vanilloid receptors on capsaicin‐sensitive sensory nerves mediate relaxation to methanandamide in the rat isolated mesenteric arterial bed and small mesenteric arteries. British Journal of Pharmacology. 130(7). 1483–1488. 75 indexed citations
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Andersson, David A., Peter M. Zygmunt, Pouya Movahed, Tomas Andersson, & Edward D. Högestätt. (2000). Effects of inhibitors of small‐ and intermediate‐conductance calcium‐activated potassium channels, inwardly‐rectifying potassium channels and Na+/K+ ATPase on EDHF relaxations in the rat hepatic artery. British Journal of Pharmacology. 129(7). 1490–1496. 45 indexed citations
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Zygmunt, Peter M., et al.. (2000). The anandamide transport inhibitor AM404 activates vanilloid receptors. European Journal of Pharmacology. 396(1). 39–42. 237 indexed citations
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Movahed, Pouya, et al.. (1993). The role of IgM and IgG anti-toxoplasma gondii in abortion. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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