About Us
History
Functional Neurosurgery Research Center was proposed and approved by the University Research Council on October 4, 2007, and was established in 2008 at the Shohadaye Tajrish Educational Hospital with the approval of the Development Council of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education.
This center has various research activities in the field of diagnosis and treatment of neurological diseases. Moreover, the center collaborates with stem cell research centers and Royan Stem Cell Technology Company in the field of stem cells to study the treatment of spinal cord injuries and cerebral palsy.
Date of principal agreement: March 2, 2009
Date of final agreement: May 13, 2013
Field of activities
The areas of activity of the Functional Neurosurgery Research Center are as follows:
1.Accepting, supporting, organizing and registering research projects sent to the center.
2.Holding national and international webinars, seminars, conferences, congresses and scientific and educational symposiums.
3.Acceptance and publication of scientific articles in the scientific-research journals of the center entitled:
Distinctive features and capabilities of Functional Neurosurgery Research Center
· The center is prominent in the country and the region with experienced and renowned professors.
· Existence of active stereotactic ward in Shohadaye Tajrish Educational Hospital.
· Existence of electrode and DBS device for patients with Parkinson's and other motor diseases.
· Existence of stereotactic clinic and stereotactic subspecialists.
· Linking to the ward and with experienced professors of neurology of Shohadaye Tajrish Educational Hospital.
· Carrying out research projects related to patients with brain tumors, Parkinson's and movement disorders.
· The center also has a unique activity in the field of stem cells for the treatment of spinal cord injuries, cerebral palsy, discopathies and gene therapy in the field of brain tumors.
Strengths of Functional Neurosurgery Research Center
· High capacity and capability of the center, professors, residents and researchers of the center.
· Coherence in the center's research priorities.
· Performing specialized research-related therapies.
· Carrying out specialized research-related laboratory tests.
· Carrying out intra-central and inter-central, inside the university, and outside the university research projects and compiling new research projects.
· Carrying out cellular and molecular projects.
· Holding workshops in the field of cell culture and stem cells.
· Holding national and international congresses in the field of neurosurgical diseases (strokes and aneurysms and brain tumors), Parkinson’s and other movement disorders, Alzheimer’s disease, MS, ALS, neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, pain and neuromodulation.
· Holding retraining workshops on the use of stem cells in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, modern pain treatments, TMS, rTMS and toxicology of neuropsychiatric drugs.
· Codified training programs in the field of neurology, general weakness, cognitive disorders, head traumas, headaches, back pain and spinal biomechanic.
· Collaboration with master, Phd and Specialized Thesis.
· Consulting in writing proposals, Thesis and articles.
· Compilation and translation of specialized books.
· Access to reference books in the field of neurology, spinal cord, neurology, neuropharmacology and pain in the library.