S. Buğra Baltacı

S. Bugra Baltaci received his Ph.D. in Medical Physiology from Selcuk University where he worked as a research assistant for 3 years. His research interests focused on synaptic plasticity and its relation to neurodegenerative disorders. After completing his Ph.D. thesis work on the metabolic disturbances in Alzheimer’s disease, he joined Prof. Dr. Ertuğrul Kılıç’s group in SABITA as a postdoctoral fellow to carry out his TUBITAK project on mitochondria transfer after cerebral ischemia. He has experience with immunobloting, spectrophotometry, and surgical procedures in laboratory animals. He is a popular science writer on well-known outlets such as Evrim Agaci and Eksi Sozluk.

Selected Publications;

Molecular Mechanisms of Early and Late LTP.

Baltaci, Saltuk Bugra, Rasim Mogulkoc, and Abdulkerim Kasim Baltaci. "Molecular Mechanisms of Early and Late LTP." Neurochemical research 44.2 (2019): 281-296.

"The Role of Zinc Status on Spatial Memory, Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity, and Insulin Signaling in icv-STZ-Induced Sporadic Alzheimer’s-Like Disease in Rats.

Baltaci, Saltuk Bugra, et al. "The Role of Zinc Status on Spatial Memory, Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity, and Insulin Signaling in icv-STZ-Induced Sporadic Alzheimer’s-Like Disease in Rats." Biological Trace Element Research (2021): 1-11