Physiology

Head of Department

Prof. Dr. Nurhan GÜMRAL

Academic Staff

Prof. Dr. Nurhan GÜMRAL

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa SAYGIN

Assist. Prof. Dr. Cennet AK

Lecturer Rahime ASLANKOÇ

Res. Assist. Dr. Oğuzhan KAVRIK

Contact

Head of Department: (0246) 211 36 03

Research Assistants: (0246) 211 36 06 - (0246) 211 36 10 - (0246) 211 36 11

HISTORY

The Department of Physiology was established on 17 July 1993. On 7 March 1994, Prof. Dr. Sadettin ÇALIŞKAN began working as the first faculty member and Head of the Department. After Prof. Dr. Sadettin ÇALIŞKAN left the Department in October 2011, Prof. Dr. Halis KÖYLÜ served as Head of the Department until November 2012. Prof. Dr. Ahmet KOYU then took over the position and served until September 2015. Subsequently, Prof. Dr. Nurhan GÜMRAL became the Head of our Department. Our Department currently has 3 faculty members, 1 lecturer, 1 research assistant, 7 doctoral students and 1 master's student. Five specialists in physiology, 8 doctors of science and 3 masters of science have been trained in our Department.

LOCATION AND CAPACITY

Our Department is located in the Morphology Building of the Faculty of Medicine. It has three laboratories: the General Physiology Student Laboratory; the Bioanalysis, Electrophysiology and Bioelectromagnetics Research Laboratory; and the Learning and Memory Laboratory.

RESEARCH ASSISTANT TRAINING PROCESS

The master's program lasts a total of two years, one year of coursework and one year of the thesis stage. Those who completed their undergraduate education in fields other than medicine may begin the master's program after taking one year of scientific preparation courses. The training period for research assistants pursuing doctoral and specialty education in physiology is four years. Advanced Physiology courses are taught in the first two years, and thesis work is carried out in the following two years. A seminar and journal club is held every Wednesday.

DEPARTMENT FIELDS OF STUDY

Electromagnetic field studies (900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2450 MHz); 50 Hz electric field studies; ghrelin hormone; melatonin hormone; electrophysiology; EEG, ECG and EMG studies; ischemia-reperfusion; sleep physiology; experimental sleep disorder models; oxidative stress; learning and memory analyses.

DEPARTMENT FACILITIES

Refrigerated centrifuge; polygraph device for experimental research; polygraph device for student experiments; -20 °C freezer; hematocrit centrifuge; pH meter; spectrophotometer; Faraday cage; precision balance; tissue mixer; water bath (bain-marie); muscle dynamometer; Western Blot running and blotting tank; Western Blot analysis device (ECL).

ANALYSES PERFORMED

Reduced glutathione (GSH) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px); lipid peroxidation (MDA); paraoxonase (PON); nitric oxide (NO); superoxide dismutase (SOD); catalase (CAT); hemoglobin determination; protein determination; electrophysiological measurements and recordings (for example, EEG, ECG, EMG, nerve conduction velocity and blood pressure measurement in laboratory animals); protein receptor determination by Western Blot.

SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS ACTIVITIES

The 1st International Symposium on Sleep Disorders was organized under the coordination of our Department on 11 December 2012.