Aliyu, Mansur https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4223-2788
Saboor-Yaraghi, Ali Akbar https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8612-4773
Sahraian, Mohamad Ali https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3224-8807
Noorbakhsh, Farshid https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4304-0048
Adamu, Al-Mukhtar Yahuza https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4583-4730
Sharif, Alhassan Abdullahi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3658-0927
Abdulqadir, Zainab Aliyu https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2181-9180
Funding for this research was provided by:
Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), International Campus (TUMS-IC), and the Neuroscience Institute, MS Research Centre, TUMS, Tehran, Iran (1400-2-99-54526)
Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), International Campus (TUMS-IC), and the Neuroscience Institute, MS Research Centre, TUMS, Tehran, Iran (1400-2-99-54526)
Article History
Received: 12 June 2025
Accepted: 19 December 2025
First Online: 13 February 2026
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