Q-Lab focuses on revealing the neural circuits behind a certain function by using specific neurostimulation techniques such as optogenetics – chemogenetics and recording electrophysiological and behavioral changes.
Our strength comes from that great team, who are smiling at each other, love cats and poetry. Of course, the effort to understand this wonderful universe that surrounds us is part of this.
Q-Lab provides us with an environment where science, art and social life are blended and inspired by these chaotic interactions.
Glucose was the main energy source for the brain. The decrease in blood glucose was incompatible with the continuity of life. For this, maintaining the blood sugar level was secured by many alternative systems. Increased appetite was one of the main protection mechanisms against hypoglycemia.
Medipol Üniversitesi Rejeneratif ve Restoratif Tıp Araştırmaları Merkezi bünyesinde faaliyet gösteren Elektrofizyoloji ve Davranış Laboratuvarımızda vücudumuzda meydana gelen olayların arkasında yatan sinir ağları inceleniyor.
Changing nutrition and living habits with the industrial revolution made metabolic diseases an important global public health problem. Now, compared to a hundred years ago, we provide food more easily, consume more and act less to obtain food.
Q-lab team got together for dinner. The intensity of new projects and the reward for long work. The team are excited and happy.
Behavioral effects of high fat diet on glutamatergic neurons in the hypothalamus.
