More than 400 publications and abstracts 1.Chong ZZ, Souayah N. Radixin: Roles in the Nervous System and Beyond. Biomedicines, 12 (10): 2341, 2024 2.Chong ZZ, Menkes DL, Souayah N. Targeting neuroinflammation in distal symmetrical polyneuropathy in diabetes. Drug Discov Today, 29(8):104087, 2024. 3.Zhdanava, M., J. Pesa, P. Boonmak, S. Schwartzbein, Q. Cai, D. Pilon, Z. Choudhry, M. H. Lafeuille, P. Lefebvre, and N. Souayah. 2024. "Predictors of High Healthcare Cost Among Patients with Generalized CIDP: A Combined Machine Learning and Regression Approach from a US Payer Perspective." Appl Health Econ Health Policy. doi: 10.1007/s40258-024-00897-x. 4.Sharma R, Chong ZZ, Menkes DL, Souayah N. Unraveling the Pathogenic Mechanisms of Diabetic Distal symmetric diabetic polyneuropathy: The Interplay of Oxidative Stress and Neuroinflammation. Clinical Trials and Analysis, The Geek Chronicles, 1(1): 1-13, 2024 5.Souayah N, Chen H, Chong ZZ, Patel T, Pahwa A, Menkes DL, et al. Novel strategy: Identifying new markers for demyelination in diabetic distal symmetrical polyneuropathy. Heliyon. 2024;10(9):e30419 6.Zhdanava, M., Pesa, J., Boonmak, P., Cai, Q., Pilon, D., Choudhry, Z. and Souayah, N. Economic burden of generalized myasthenia gravis (MG) in the United States and the impact of common comorbidities and acute MG-events. Curr Med Res Opin 2024:1-9 7.Yahaira Naaldijk, Lauren S Sherman, Natalia Turrino, Yannick Kenfack, Mariusz Z. Ratajczak, Nizar Souayah, Pranela Rameshwar, Henning Ulrich. Mesenchymal stem cell - macrophage crosstalk provides specific exosomal cargo to direct immune response licensing of macrophages during inflammatory responses. Stem Cell Reviews and Reports. Accepted 2023 8.Souayah, N., Pahwa, A., Jaffry, M., Patel, T., Nasar, A., Chong, Z. Z., & Sander, H. W. (2023). Electrodiagnostic profile of conduction slowing in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Heliyon, 9(8), e18400. doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18400 9.Chong ZZ, Menkes DL, Souayah N. Pathogenesis underlying hexanucleotide repeat expansions in C9orf72 gene in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Rev Neurosci 2023 10.Bril, Vera; Hadden, Robert; Brannagan, Thomas ; Bar, Michal; Chroni, Elisabeth; Rejdak, Konrad; Rivero, Alberto; Andersen, Henning; Latov, Norman; Levine , Todd; Pasnoor, Mamatha; Sacconi, Sabrina; Souayah, Nizar; Anderson-Smits, Colin; Duff, Kim; Greco, Erin; Hasan, Shabbir; Li, Zhaoyang; Yel, Leman; Ay, Hakan Hyaluronidase-facilitated subcutaneous immunoglobulin 10% as maintenance therapy for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy: The ADVANCE-CIDP 1 randomized controlled trial. J Peripher Nerv Syst 2023. 11.J. Bradley Layton, Mary E. Ritchey, Zhongwen Huang, Shailesh Chavan, Hakan Ay, Nizar Souayah; Colin Anderson-Smits. Intravenous Immunoglobulin Initiation in Patients with Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy: A US Claims-based Cohort Study. Neurol Ther 2023;12:1171-1186. 12.Colin Anderson-Smits, Mary E. Ritchey, Zhongwen Huang, Shailesh Chavan, Nizar Souayah, Hakan Ay and J. Bradley Layton. Intravenous Immunoglobulin Treatment Patterns and Outcomes in Patients with Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy: A US Claims Database Analysis. Neurol Ther 2023;12:1119-1132. 13.Jaffry M, Aftab O, Mostafa F, Faiz I, Jaffry K, Mandava K, Rosario S, Jedidi K, Khan H, Souayah N. Optic Neuritis After COVID-19 Vaccination: An Analysis of the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System. J Neuroophthalmol 2023. 14.Chong ZZ and Souayah N. Review on “Brain-targeted Autoimmunity is Strongly Associated with Long COVID and Its Chronic Fatigue Syndrome as Well as Its Affective Symptoms”. Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases, https://rrid.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/ahxlwdh2. Nov, 2023 15.Jaffry M, Menkes DL, Shaikh A, Mandava K, Kothari O, Jaffry K, Souayah N. Neonatal Fc Receptor Inhibitor Therapeutics in Neuromuscular Disease. J Clin Neuromuscul Dis 2023;24:188-198 16.Jaffry, M., F. Mostafa, K. Mandava, S. Rosario, Y. Jagarlamudi, K. Jaffry, J. Kornitzer, K. Jedidi, H. Khan and N. Souayah (2022). "No significant increase in Guillain-Barre syndrome after COVID-19 vaccination in adults: A vaccine adverse event reporting system study." Vaccine 40(40): 5791-5797. 17.Jaffry M, Mandava K, Shaikh A, Jaffry K, Kothari O, Menkes D, Souayah N. Neonatal Fc Receptor Inhibitor Therapeutics in Neuromuscular Disease. JCND.2022. In Press. 18.Jaffry M, Bouchachi S, Ahmed M, Gad SN, Sathe S, Souayah N. Expanding the Phenotypic Spectrum of Dejerine-Sottas Syndrome caused by the Trembler Mutation. Neurogenetics. 2022; In Press. 19.Jaffry M, Faiz I, Jaffry K, Souayah N. Neurological Manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 Infection and the Role of Complement Activation. Touch Neuro 2022. 20.Yacoub AH, Castro-Apolo R, Aziz D, BA, Suri C, Lee H, Souayah N. Facial Diplegia Associated with a Reversible Splenial Lesion due to Influenza B Viral Infection. HealthCare Research Journal Volume 3.2022. 21.Patlolla R, Malerba S; Abu Nasar, Souayah N. Nerve conduction studies: Normative data from side-to-side comparison (Accepted 2021) HealthCare Research Journal Volume 2 22.Malerba. S; Patlolla R; Ahadi S, Yacoub H, Lee Huey-Jen , Abu Nasar , Souayah N. Is Diabetes Mellitus Associated with Increased Prevalence of Central Nervous System Demyelination? A Retrospective MRI-Imaging Study (Accepted 2021). HealthCare Research Journal Volume 2 23.Chong ZZ, Souayah N. SARS-CoV-2 Induced Neurological Manifestations Entangles Cytokine Storm That Implicates For Therapeutic Strategies. Curr Med Chem 2021. 24.Thepmankorn P, Gomez F,El-Ghanem M, Abu, N, Souayah N. Influenza Vaccination and Occurrence of Guillain-Barré Syndrome in Adults: Analysis of Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) and Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). HealthCare Research Journal Volume 2(1); January, 2021 25.Thepmankorn P, Bach J, Lasfar A, Zhao X, Souayah S, Chong ZZ, Souayah N. Cytokine storm induced by SARS-CoV-2 infection: The spectrum of its neurological manifestations. Cytokine. 2020;138:155404 26.Bach JR, Chiarello G, Weiss W, Souayah N. Is there value in using randomized placebo controlled trials in neuromuscular disease? Expert Rev Neurother. 2021;21(1):5-7 27.Chen, H. and Souayah N, Immunoglobulins Reduced Oxidative Stress in Human Microglial Cells Induced by High Dose of Acetoacetate. Brain Res, 2020: p. 147054. 28.Kornitzer, J., Abdulrazeq, H. F., Zaidi, M., Bach, J. R., Kazi, A., Feinstein, E., Dander, H.W, Souayah, N. (2020). Differentiating Flail Limb Syndrome from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. doi:10.1097/PHM.0000000000001438. PubMed PMID: 32251109 29.Souayah N, Pahwa A, Burawski L, Opila T, Sander HW. A Retrospective Analysis of the Safety Profile of Intravenous Immunoglobulin in 1176 Patients Receiving Home Infusion Therapy. J Clin Neuromuscul Dis, 2018.19 (4):p.181-195. 30.Yacoub HA, Goldstein I, El-Ghanem M, Sharer L, Souayah N. Spinal racemose cysticercosis: case report and review. Hosp Pract (1995) 2017:1-5. 31.El-Ghanem M, Malik A, Azzam A,. Yacoub HA, Qureshi AI, Souayah N, Occurrence of femoral nerve injury among patients undergoing transfemoral percutaneous catheterization procedures in the United States. J Vasc Interv Neurol, 2017. 9 (4): p. 54-58. 32.Al-Qudah ZA, Yacoub H, Souayah N. Cranial Nerve-VI Palsy as the Main Clinical Manifestation of Neurosarcoidosis. Neurologist 2016;21:109-111. 33.Opila T, George A, El-Ghanem M, Souayah N. Trends in Outcomes and Hospitalization Charges of Infant Botulism in the United States: A Comparative Analysis Between Kids' Inpatient Database and National Inpatient Sample. Pediatr Neurol 2017;67:53-58. 34.Chen H, Chong ZZ, De Toledo SM, Azzam EI, Elkabes S, Souayah N. Delayed activation of human microglial cells by high dose ionizing radiation. Brain Res 2016;1646:193-198. 35.Charles JA, Souayah N, Narayanaswami P, et al. Critically re-evaluating a common technique: Accuracy, reliability, and confirmation bias of EMG. Neurology 2016;87:645 36.Salameh, J.S., Deeb, W., Burawski, L., Wright, S. & Souayah, N. Safety and Efficacy of Subcutaneous Immunoglobulin in the Treatment of Neuromuscular Disorders. J Clin Neuromuscul Dis 17, 110-119 (2016). 37.Al-Qudah ZA, Yacoub HA, Souayah N. Disorders of the Autonomic Nervous System after Hemispheric Cerebrovascular Disorders: An Update. J Vasc Interv Neurol 2015;8:43-52 38.Yacoub HA, Al-Qudah ZA, Khan HM, Farhad K, Ji AB, Souayah N. Trends in Outcome and Hospitalization Cost among Adult Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke in the United States. J Vasc Interv Neurol 2015;8:19-23. 39.Quinn C, Salameh JS, Smith T, Souayah N. Necrotizing myopathies: an update. J Clin Neuromuscul Dis 2015;16:131-140. 40.Chen H, Goodus MT, de Toledo SM, Azzam EI, Levison SW, Souayah N. Ionizing Radiation Perturbs Cell Cycle Progression of Neural Precursors in the Subventricular Zone Without Affecting Their Long-Term Self-Renewal. ASN Neuro 2015;7. 41.Yacoub H, Al-Qudah ZA, Souayah N. Cranial neuropathies in sarcoidosis. Word Journal of Ophthalmology. 2015, 5(1)16-22. 42.Philip M, Kornitzer J, Marks D, Lee HJ, Souayah N. Alice in Wonderland Syndrome associated with a temporo-parietal cavernoma. Brain Imaging Behav 2015 Dec;9(4):910-2. 43.Yacoub HA, Al-Qudah ZA, and Souayah N. Cranial neuropathies in sarcoidosis. World Journal of Ophthalmology. February 12 2015;5(1):16-22. 44.Al-Qudah, Z, Yacoub HA, Souayah N. Serial Heart Rate Variability Testing for the Evaluation of Autonomic Dysfunction after Stroke. J Vasc Interv Neurol 7, 12-17 (2014). 45.Souayah N, Siao Tick Chong P. Cervical Root Stimulation in anti-MAG (myelin associated glycoprotein) Neuropathy. Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience. Volume 1, Issue 6, 221-223, November 2013. 46.Souayah N, Noopur R, Siao Tick Chong P. Beneficial effects of Rituximab in patients with anti-MAG (Myelin Associated Glycoprotein) neuropathy: Case Reports. Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology. 2013 October;35 (5): 622-4. 47.Charles AJ, Souayah N. Electromyography and Nerve Conduction Studies in the Evaluation of Spine Trauma with Radicular Symptoms. Neurology: Clinical Practice February 2013; Vol 3 no 1 8-14. 48.Farhad K, Khan HM, Ji AB, Yacoub HA, Qureshi AI, Souayah N. Trends in outcomes and hospitalization costs for traumatic brain injury in adult patients in the United States. Journal of neurotrauma 2013;30:84-90. 49.Souayah N, Saadeh P, Krivitskaya N, Sander HW. Abnormal spontaneous muscle activity in plegic limb appears to initiate distal to the upper motor neuron: a case report in a stroke patient. Journal of vascular and interventional neurology 2013;5:1-3. 50.Souayah N, YH, Khan H, Farhad K, Mehyar L, Maybodi L, Menkes D, Qureshi AI. Guillian-Barre Syndrome after Influenza Vaccination in the United States. A Report from the CDC/FDA Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System. (1990-2009). J Clin Neuromuscul Dis 2012;14:66-71. 51.Salameh JS, Souayah N, Chong PS. Role of Activity-Dependent Conduction Block in the Diagnosis of Primary Demyelinating Polyneuropathy. J Clin Neuromuscul Dis 2012;14:40-44. 52.Garcia CC, Potian JG, Hognason K, et al. Acetylcholinesterase Deficiency Contributes to Neuromuscular Junction Dysfunction in Type 1 Diabetic Neuropathy. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2012;303:E551-561. 53.Souayah N, Yacoub HA, Khan HM, et al. Analysis of Data From the CDC/FDA Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (1990-2009) On Guillain-Barre Syndrome After Hepatitis Vaccination in the USA. J Clin Neurosci 2012;19:1089-1092. 54.Souayah N, Shafiq Mehyar L, Khan HM, et al. Trends in Outcome And Hospitalization Charges of Adult Patients Admitted With Botulism in the United States. Neuroepidemiology 2012;38:233-236. 55.Souayah N, Yacoub HA, Khan HM, et al. Guillain-Barre Syndrome After H1N1 Vaccination in the United States: A Report Using the CDC/FDA Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (2009). Neuroepidemiology 2012;38:227-232. 56.Yacoub HA, Al-Qudahl ZA, Lee HJ, Baisre A, Souayah N. Tumefactive Multiple Sclerosis presenting as Acute Ischemic Stroke. J Vasc Interv Neurol 2011;4:21-23. 57.Souayah N, Hasan A, Khan HM, Yacoub HA, Jafri M. The safety profile of home infusion of intravenous immunoglobulin in patients with neuroimmunologic disorders. J Clin Neuromuscul Dis 2011;12 Suppl 4:S1-10. 58.Souayah N, Coakley KM, Chen R, Ende N, McArdle JJ. Defective neuromuscular transmission in the SOD1 G93A transgenic mouse improves after administration of human umbilical cord blood cells. Stem Cell Rev 2012;8:224-228. 59.Souayah N, Michas-Martin PA, Nasar A, et al. Guillain-Barre syndrome after Gardasil vaccination: data from Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System 2006-2009. Vaccine 2011;29:886-889. 60.Bitel CL, Feng Y, Souayah N, Frederikse PH. Increased expression and local accumulation of the prion protein, Alzheimer Abeta peptides, superoxide dismutase 1, and nitric oxide synthases 1 & 2 in muscle in a rabbit model of diabetes. BMC Physiol 2010;10:18. 61.Souayah N, Hassan AE, Krivitskaya N, et al. Neurosarcoidosis presenting as an anterior horn syndrome. J Neuroimmunol 2010;225:132-136. 62.Souayah N, Khella SL. A prospective double-blind, placebo-controlled study of thalidomide sensory symptoms in an elderly population with age-related macular degeneration. J Clin Neurosci 2010;17:571-573. 63.Souayah N, Tick Chong PS. Asymmetric phenotype associated with rare myelin protein zero mutation. J Clin Neuromuscul Dis 2010;11:110-113. 64.Yacoub HA, Johnson WG, Souayah N. Serotonin syndrome after administration of milnacipran for fibromyalgia. Neurology 2010;74:699-700. 65.Souayah N, Ajroud-Driss S, Sander HW, Brannagan TH, Hays AP, Chin RL. Small fiber neuropathy following vaccination for rabies, varicella or Lyme disease. Vaccine 2009;27:7322-7325. 66.Souayah N, Nasar A, Suri MF, Qureshi AI. Guillain-Barre syndrome after vaccination in United States: data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Food and Drug Administration Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (1990-2005). J Clin Neuromuscul Dis 2009;11:1-6. 67.Souayah N, Potian JG, Garcia CC, et al. Motor unit number estimate as a predictor of motor dysfunction in an animal model of type 1 diabetes. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2009;297:E602-608. 68.Souayah N, Nasar.A, MFK Suri, Kirmani J, Ezzeddine M QA. Trends in Outcomes and Hospitalization Charges Among Mechanically Ventilated Patients with Myasthenia Gravis in the United State. Int J Biomed Sci 2009;Volume 5:209-214. 69.Souayah N, Chin RL, Brannagan TH, et al. Effect of intravenous immunoglobulin on cerebellar ataxia and neuropathic pain associated with celiac disease. Eur J Neurol 2008;15:1300-1303. 70.Souayah N, Sharovetskaya A, Kurnellas MP, Myerson M, Deitch JS, Elkabes S. Reductions in motor unit number estimates (MUNE) precede motor neuron loss in the plasma membrane calcium ATPase 2 (PMCA2)-heterozygous mice. Exp Neurol 2008;214:341-346. 71.Souayah N, Nasar A, Suri MF, Qureshi AI. National trends in hospital outcomes among patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome requiring mechanical ventilation. J Clin Neuromuscul Dis 2008;10:24-28. 72.Souayah N, Krivitskaya N, Lee HJ. Lateral rectus muscle metastasis as the initial manifestation of gastric cancer. J Neuroophthalmol 2008;28:240-241. 73.Souayah N, Chodos A, Krivitskaya N, Efthimiou P, Lambert WC, Sharer LR. Isolated severe vasculitic neuropathy revealing sarcoidosis. Lancet Neurol 2008;7:756-760. 74.Souayah N, Cros D, Stein TD, Chong PS. Relapsing Guillain Barre Syndrome and nephrotic syndrome secondary to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. J Neurol Sci 2008;270:184-188. 75.Souayah N, Bhatt M, Sander HW. Posterior antebrachial cutaneous nerve conduction study technique. Neurol Neurophysiol Neurosci 2007:5. 76.Souayah N, Tick Chong PS, Dreyer M, Cros D, Schmahmann JD. Myotonic dystrophy type 1 presenting with ventilatory failure. J Clin Neuromuscul Dis 2007;9:252-255. 77.Souayah N, Mian NF, Gu Y, Ilyas AA. Elevated anti-sulfatide antibodies in Guillain-Barre syndrome in T cell depleted at end-stage AIDS. J Neuroimmunol 2007;188:143-145. 78.Souayah N, Seltzer WK, Brannagan TH, Chin RL, Sander HW. Rare myelin protein zero sequence variant in late onset CMT1B. J Neurol Sci 2007;263:177-179. 79.Khella SL, Souyah N, Dalmau J. Thymoma, myasthenia gravis, encephalitis, and a novel anticytoplasmic neuronal antibody. Neurology 2007;69:1302-1303. 80.Souayah N, Nasar A, Suri MF, Qureshi AI. Guillain-Barre syndrome after vaccination in United States a report from the CDC/FDA Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System. Vaccine 2007;25:5253-5255. 81.Souayah N, Sander HW, Menkes DL, Khella SL. Hepatitis C virus acute quadriparetic vasculitic neuropathy responsive to cyclophosphamide. Neurol Neurophysiol Neurosci 2006:5. 82.Souayah N, Karim H, Kamin SS, McArdle J, Marcus S. Severe botulism after focal injection of botulinum toxin. Neurology 2006;67:1855-1856. 83.Moon JS, Souayah N. Guillain-Barre syndrome triggered by influenza vaccination in a recipient of liver transplant on FK506. Liver Transpl 2006;12:1537-1539. 84.Souayah N, Sander HW. Lumbosacral magnetic root stimulation in lumbar plexopathy. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2006;85:858-861. 85.Souayah N, Chong PS, Cros D. Acute sensory neuronopathy as the presenting symptom of Sjogren's syndrome. J Clin Neurosci 2006;13:862-865. 86.Souayah N, Khella SL. Low Dose of Cyclosporine in Myasthenia Gravis. J Clin Neuromuscul Dis. 2006;8:75-79. J Clin Neuromuscul Dis 2006;8:75-79. 87.Pavone P, Barbagallo M, Parano E, Pavone L, Souayah N, Trifiletti RR. Clinical Heterogeneity in Familial Congenital Ptosis: Analysis of Fourteen Cases in One Family Over Five Generations. Pediatr Neurol 2005;33:251-254. 88.Ahmed S, Kirmani JF, Janjua N, Alkawi A, Khatri I, Yahia AM, Souayah N, Qureshi AI. An Update on Myasthenic Crisis. Curr Treat Options Neurol 2005;7:129-141. 89.Souayah N, Greenstein JI. insights into Neurologic Localization by Rhazes, A Medieval Islamic Physician. Neurology 2005;65:125-128. 90.Souayah N, Sander HW. Bilateral Crocodile Tears after Guillain-Barre Syndrome. J Clin Neuromuscul Dis 2005;6:193-194. 91.Cunningham TJ, Souayah N, Jameson B, Mitchell J, Yao L. Systemic Treatment of Cerebral Cortex Lesions in Rats with a New Secreted Phospholipase A2 Inhibitor. J Neurotrauma 2004;21:1683-1691. 92.Khella SL, Souayah N. Hepatitis C: A Review of It’s Neurologic Complications. Neurologist 2002;8:101-106.
