email: nasserf@physci.ucla.edu
phone: (310) 206-4343
office: 4817 LS
homepage: http://www.physci.ucla.edu/farahbakhsh
research interests: Transport Physiology, Signal Tansduction, Calcium Homeostasis,
Research Interests
CURRENT INTEREST: Calcium homeostasis in the ciliary body epithelium -- in particular mechanisms mediating synergistic calcium increases. SPECIAL INTEREST: Intracellular signal transduction (G-proteins, lipases, kinases, phosphatases, receptors, etc.), Second messengers (cAMP, cGMP, IP3, Ca2+, etc.), Ion transporting mechanisms (channels, transporters, pumps, etc.) GENERAL INTEREST: Electrophysiology, Epithelial Physiology, Imaging, Simulation
Selected Publications
Farahbakhsh, NA and Narins, PM. 2006. Slow motility in hair cells of the frog amphibian papilla: Ca2+-dependent shape changes Hear Res 212 140-159 .
Farahbakhsh, NA. 2003. Purinergic signaling in the rabbit ciliary body epithelium J Exp Zoolog A Comp Exp Biol 300 14-24 .
Farahbakhsh, NA. 2003. Ecto-nucleotidases of the rabbit ciliary body nonpigmented epithelium Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 44 3952-3960 .
Farahbakhsh, NA and Cilluffo, MC. 2002. P2 purinergic receptor-coupled signaling in the rabbit ciliary body epithelium Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 43 2317-2325 .
Cilluffo, MC, Esqueda, E. and Farahbakhsh, NA.. 2000. Multiple receptor activation elicits synergistic IP formation in nonpigmented ciliary body epithelial cells American Journal of Physiology 279C 734-743 .
Cilluffo, MC, Xia, S-L, Farahbakhsh, NA and Fain GL.. 1998. Synergistic receptor-activated calcium increases in single nonpigmented ciliary body epithelial cells Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci 39 1429-1435 .
Farahbakhsh, NA and Cilluffo, MC.. 1997. Synergistic increase in Ca2+ produced by A1 adenosine and muscarinic receptor activation via a pertussis-toxin-sensitive pathway in epithelial cells of the rabbit ciliary body Exp. Eye Res 64 173-179 .
Xia, S-L, Fain, GL and Farahbakhsh, NA.. 1997. Synergistic increase in Ca2+ procuced by somatostain and acetylcholine in epithelial cells of the rabbit ciliary body Exp. Eye Res 64 627-635 .
Cilluffo MC, Farahbakhsh NA and Fain GL.. 1997. Functional and morphological differentiation of nonpigmented ciliary body epithelial cells on collagen rafts In Vitro 33 546-552 .
Farahbakhsh, NA, Cilluffo, MC, Chronis, C. and Fain, GL.. 1994. Dihydropyridine-sensitive Ca2+ spikes and Ca2+ current in rabbit ciliary body epithelial cells Exp. Eye Res 58 197-206 .