CafeTeam: Shahin Zanganehpour


Shahin Zangenehpour, PhD

Educational History:

BSc (Honours) Physiology, UBC, Canada (1991 - 94)
PhD (Dean's Honour List) in Psychology and Behavioural Neuroscience, McGill University, Canada (1997 - 2003)

Professional History:
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cognitive Neuroscience, Montreal Neurological Institute (2004 - Present)
Research Coordinator, Adult ADHD Clinic, Montreal Children's Hospital (2003 - 04)
Lecturer, Concordia University Psychology Dept (2005 - 2008)
Sessional Lecturer, McGill University Psychology Dept (2003 - Present)

Interests:

Evolutionary psychology, neurobiology of cognitive and perceptual processes, cosmology, economics, nature photography, whale-watching, preparing sushi, running 10K races

Publications:

Publications (peer-reviewed manuscripts)

1. Zangenehpour S, Lewkowicz D, Ghazanfar AA & Zatorre RJ (2008). Cross-modal binding of facial and vocal cues by developing vervet monkeys: Evidence for the phylogenetic basis of high-level cross-modal integration in human infants (under review at Proc Royal Soc London B).

2. Zangenehpour S & Zatorre RJ (2008). Cross-modal recruitment of auditory cortex in after brief exposure to bimodal stimuli (under review at Current Biology).

3. Zangenehpour S & Zatorre RJ (2008). Spatio-temporal determinants of cross-modal integration of auditory and visual stimuli: a functional neuroimaging study (under review at NeuroImage).

4. Zangenehpour S, Cornish K & Chaudhuri A (2008). Whole-brain expression analysis of FMRP in adult monkey and its relationship to cognitive deficits in fragile X syndrome (under review at Cerebral Cortex).

5. Zangenehpour S & Chaudhuri A (2005). Patchy organization and asymmetric distribution of the neural correlates of face processing in monkey inferotemporal cortex. Current Biology 15(11): 993-1005.

6. Farivar R, Zangenehpour S & Chaudhuri A (2004). Cellular-resolution activity mapping of the brain using immediate-early gene expression. Frontiers in Bioscience 9: 104-9.

7. Kogan CS, Boutet I, Cornish K, Zangenehpour S, Mullen KT, Holden JA, Der Kaloustian,VM, Andermann E & Chaudhuri A (2004). Differential impact of the FMR1 gene on visual processing in fragile X syndrome. Brain 127(3): 591-601.

8. Zangenehpour S & Chaudhuri A (2002). Differential induction and decay functions of câ€'fos and zif268 revealed through dual activity maps. Molecular Brain Research 109(1-2): 221-5.

9. Zangenehpour S, Chaudhuri A (2001). Molecular maps of neocortex and superior colliculus after multimodal sensory stimulation. Cerebral Cortex, 11(10): 924-35.

10. Kogan CS, Zangenehpour S, Chaudhuri A (2000). Developmental profiles of SMI-32 immunoreactivity in monkey striate cortex. Developmental Brain Research, 119(1): 85-95.

11. Chaudhuri A, Zangenehpour S, R-Dehghan F, Ye F (2000). Molecular maps of neural activity and quiescence. Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis 60(1): 403-10.

12. Ye F*, Zangenehpour S* & Chaudhuri A (2000). Light-induced down-regulation of the rat class 1 dynein-associated protein robl/LC7-like gene in visual cortex (*contributed equally). Journal of Biological Chemistry 275(35): 27172-6.

13. Kaminska B, Kaczmarek L, Zangenehpour S, Chaudhuri A (1999). Rapid phosphorylation of Elk-1 transcription factor and integration of MAP kinase signal transduction pathways at the AP-1 complex in response to visual stimulation. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, 13(6): 401-14.

14. Kaczmarek L, Zangenehpour S, Chaudhuri A (1999). Sensory regulation of immediate-early genes c-fos and zif268 in monkey visual cortex at birth and throughout the critical period. Cerebral Cortex 9(2), 179-87.

15. Chaudhuri A, Zangenehpour S, Matsubara JA, Cynader MS (1996). Differential expression of neurofilament protein in the visual system of the vervet monkey. Brain Research 709(1), 17-26.

Publications (abstracts)

1. Zangenehpour S, Lewkowicz DJ, Ghazanfar AA & Zatorre RJ (2007). Differential Responses of young vervet monkeys to socially relevant and irrelevant audiovisual stimuli, Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 33.

2. Zangenehpour S & Zatorre RJ (2006). Cross-modal recruitment of auditory and visual cortices following brief exposure to bimodal stimuli, The 12th Annual Meeting of Human Brain Mapping (HBM), Florence, Italy.

3. Zangenehpour S & Zatorre RJ (2006). Cross-modal recruitment of auditory and visual cortices following brief exposure to bimodal stimuli, The 6th International Multisensory Research Forum (IMRF), Dublin, Ireland.

4. Zangenehpour S & Zatorre RJ (2006). Cross-modal interactions of audio-visual information defined by time and space: A PET study, Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 32.

5. Koukoui S, Zangenehpour S & Chaudhuri A (2006). Quantitative analysis of whole brain FMRP expression profiles in the adult vervet monkey, Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 32.

6. Zangenehpour S & Zatorre RJ (2005). Cross-modal interactions of audio-visual information defined by time and space: A functional neuroimaging study, Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 31.

7. Chaudhuri A, & Zangenehpour S (2005). Whole brain expression profiles of FMRP in the developing and adult monkeys, Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 31.

8. Zangenehpour S & Zatorre RJ (2005). Cross-modal interactions of audio-visual information defined by time and space: A PET study, The 5th International Multisensory Research Forum (IMRF), Rovereto, Italy.

9. Zangenehpour S, Bruen R & Chaudhuri A (2004). Adult expression profiles of FMRP in the monkey brain, Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 30.

10. Zangenehpour S, Lachance PE, Kogan CS, Lalonde J & Chaudhuri A (2004). Cercopithecus aethiops: The other primate model for neuroscience research, Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 30 (Education of Neuroscience).

11. Zangenehpour S, Kogan CS & Chaudhuri A (2004). Developmental expression of fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP) in rat brain, The Fourth FENS Forum, Lisbon, Portugal.

12. Zangenehpour S, Chaudhuri A (2003). Bilateral clustering of face-selective neurones in monkey temporal lobe, The Sixth IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience, Prague, Czech Republic.

13. Zangenehpour S, Farivar R & Chaudhuri A (2002). Focal clustering of face-selective neurons in monkey temporal lobe, Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 28.

14. Kogan CS, Zangenehpour S, Chaudhuri A (2001). Persistent patterns of c-Fos expression in monkey area V1, Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 27.

15. Zangenehpour S, Chaudhuri A (2001). Neural Activity Maps of Monkey Inferotemporal Cortex with Immediate-Early Genes, Soc Neurosci Abstr 27.

16. Kogan CS, Zangenehpour S, R-Dehghan F, Ye F, Chaudhuri A (2000). Enucleation reveals persistent sensory-driven c-Fos expression in monkey but not rat visual cortex, Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 26, 2193.

17. Zangenehpour S, R-Dehghan F, Darghouth S, Chaudhuri A (2000). Dual activity maps with inducible transcription factors: Combined fluorescent immunocytochemistry and in situ hybridization, Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 26.

18. Ye F, Zangenehpour S, & Chaudhuri A (1999). Immediate-early repression of mammalian bithoraxoid-like gene in visual cortex after sensory stimulation, Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 25(2): 2190.

19. Zangenehpour S, Chaudhuri A (1999). Multisensory neurons of the superior colliculus revealed by dual fluorescent ICC/ISH labelling using c-fos and zif268 expression profiles, Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 25(2): 1414.

20. Zangenehpour S, Chaudhuri A (1998). Functional mapping of the unisensory and multisensory structures in the rat brain using c-fos and zif268 immunohistochemistry, Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 24(1): 1162.

Publications (book chapters)

1. Chaudhuri A, Zangenehpour S, "Molecular Activity Maps of Sensory Function" in Handbook of Chemical Neuroanatomy Vol. 19: Immediate Early Genes and Inducible Transcription Factors in Mapping of the Central Nervous System Function and Dysfunction, L. Kaczmarek and H.J. Robertson, editors, 2002 Elsevier Science, 103-45.

Invited Talks

1. Zangenehpour S, "Cross-modal interactions of audio-visual information defined by time and space: A PET study", at the Tucker-Davis Symposium on Advences and Perspectives in Auditory Neurophysiology, Atlanta, GA, October 13, 2006.

2. Zangenehpour S, "Neural Correlates of Face Processing in Monkey Brain", at the Douglas Hospital Research Centre Seminar Series, September 19, 2005.

3. Zangenehpour S, "Molecular Activity Maps of Monkey Inferotemporal Cortex: Implications for Hemispheric Asymmetry", at the Annual Hebb Showcase, Department of Psychology, McGill University, September 5, 2003.

4. Zangenehpour S & Chaudhuri A, "Molecular Activity Maps in Monkey IT Cortex" at the Symposium on the Regulation of Gene Expression, Heron Island, Australia, Jan 22-25, 2003.

Presentation in Cafe Litt:

CafeLitt 74: Cognitive evolution and the evolution of language

Contacts and sites:

email: shahinz@mac.com
phone: 514.994.7700
website: http://www.linkedin.com/in/shahinzangenehpour
website: http://www2.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/research/people/postdoc/profile_shazan000

About us

CaféLitt is not a place; it is a gathering of minds. We are a group of mostly Persian young students, scholars and professionals who gather every Thursday evening around 19h00 to discuss various subjects and share different ideas, ranging vastly from history to science, from literature to fine arts. We started these gatherings on Jan 17th, 2006 with 5 people and have reached an average weekly audience of about 40 people. Each week, one of us takes the responsibility of presenting a topic for about an hour in a subject s/he is intimately familiar with or has an expertise in. Afterwards, the evening turns into a discussion forum and all members of the audience will have an opportunity to ask their question(s) and share their points of view.

Some new and exciting ideas were born out of CaféLitt sessions. We have started a series of monthly meetings called CaféCinema during which a movie is presented and discussed in some detail afterward. This year's program of CaféCinema revolves around the history of Iranian cinema. Some Cinema students hold these sessions (mainly conducted in English) on the last Sunday of each month.

Likewise, CaféLitt BookClub is an activity where people who like books decide to read a book each month and discuss it during a cozy Café session on the second Sunday of every month.

CafĂ©Theatre is a series of semi-rehearsed sessions in which we select a play, divide the roles among different people and read the play from the text in front of an audience. Similar to other CafĂ©Litt sessions, each CafĂ©Theatre session will end with a discussion of that day's play.  

CaféScience and CaféPhilo are our plans for near future. The purpose of CaféScience is to provide a forum for the public discussion and understanding of all scientific findings and ideas, with an emphasis on new, interesting and publicly relevant topics. During CaféPhilo sessions, we will talk about philosophy, its history and all its related aspects.

CaféLitt is pen to all comments, suggestion and new ideas. CaféLitt provides an unparalleled opportunity for learning about culture, science and philosophy in a relaxed and friendly environment, and for sharing your knowledge and expertise with like-minded members of your community.

CafeLitt is a nonpartisan, nonreligious and nonpolitical entity.
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