Research | Hashemi Lab

We focus on a wide range of topics to better the understanding of mental health illnesses. From developing new biomaterials and medical devices to creating novel imaging, analysis and diagnostic tools for disease detection. Our goal is to translate our research into tangible solutions that can improve people's lives, whether by providing better healthcare, addressing environmental challenges, or advancing our understanding of fundamental biological processes.

We are committed to open science and encourage collaboration and knowledge-sharing within our lab and with the broader scientific community.

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Real-Time, Selective Detection of Copper(II) Using Ionophore-Grafted Carbon-Fiber Microelectrodes

Fast serotonin voltammetry as a versatile tool for mapping dynamic tissue architecture: I. Responses at carbon fibers describe local tissue physiology

Ultrafast Detection and Quantification of Brain Signaling Molecules with Carbon Fiber Microelectrodes

Frontiers in electrochemical sensors for neurotransmitter detection: towards measuring neurotransmitters as chemical diagnostics for brain disorders

Fiber-Based Electrochemical Biosensors for Monitoring pH and Transient Neurometabolic Lactate

In vivo histamine voltammetry in the mouse premammillary nucleus

In vivo Hippocampal Serotonin Dynamics in Male and Female Mice: Determining Effects of Acute Escitalopram Using Fast Scan Cyclic Voltammetry

The coaction of tonic and phasic dopamine dynamics

Hexter, M., Van Batenburg–Sherwood, J., Hashemi, P.

Novel, User-Friendly Experimental and Analysis Strategies for Fast Voltammetry: 3. A Troubleshoot-Free Flow Cell for FSCV Calibrations

Berger, S., Baumberger, S., Samaranayake, S., Hersey, M., Mena, S., Bain, I., Duncan, W., Reed, M. C., Nijhout, F., Best, J., Hashemi, P.

An In Vivo Definition of Brain Histamine Dynamics Reveals Critical Neuromodulatory Roles for This Elusive Messenger

Hersey, M., Reneaux, M., Berger, S., Mena, S., Buchanan, A., Ou, Y., Tavakoli, N., Reagan, L. P., Clopath, C., Hashemi, P.

A Tale of Two Transmitters: Serotonin and Histamine as In Vivo Biomarkers of Chronic Stress in Mice

Holmes, J., Thorsten, L., Saylor, R., Fernández-Novel, N., Hersey, M., Keen, D., Hampel, L., Horschitz, S., Ladewig, J., Parke, B., Reed, M. C., Nijhout, H. F., Best, J., Koch, P., Hashemi, P.

A Voltammetric Approach for Characterizing the Biophysical and Chemical Functionality of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Serotonin Neurons

Witt, C. E., Mena, S., Honan, L. E., Batey, L., Salem, V., Ou, Y., Hashemi, P.

Low Frequency Oscillations in Ambient, In Vivo Extracellular Brain Serotonin

Mena, S. Dietsch, S, Berger, S; Witt, C., Hashemi, P.

Novel, User-friendly Experimental and Analysis Strategies for Fast Voltammetry: 1. “The Analysis Kid" for FSCV

Holmes, J., Keen, D, Buchanan, A., Witt, C., Batey, L., Hersey, M., Hashemi, P.

Glutamate Electropolymerization on Carbon Increases Sensitivity to Neurotransmitters: An Auspicious In Vivo Phenomenon in Mice?

Hersey, M., Samaranayake, S., Berger, S.N., Tavakoli, N., Nijhout, F. H., Reed, M.C., Best, J., Blakely, R., Reagan, L.P, Hashemi, P.

LPS Impairs the Capacity of SSRI to Increase Hippocampal Extracellular Serotonin

Abdalla, A., Atcherley, C., Pathirathna, P., Qiang, B., Pena, E., Morgan, S., Heien, M., Hashemi, P.

In Vivo Ambient Serotonin Measurements at Carbon Fiber Microelectrodes

Samarnayake, S., Abdalla, A., Robke, R., Nijhout, F., Reed. M., Best. J., Hashemi, P.

A Voltammetric and Mathematical Analysis of Histaminergic Modulation of Serotonin in the Mouse Hypothalamus

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