Zeynep Balçıkanlı

Zeynep BALÇIKANLI graduated from Istanbul Bilgi University, Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation in 2016. She completed her MSc degree from Istanbul Medipol University, Department of Physiology in 2018. She is a PhD student in Neuroscience at Istanbul Medipol University-SABİTA. Her main research interests are neurodegenerative diseases and spinal cord injury. She is currently working in the Electrophysiology Lab under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Ertuğrul KILIÇ.

Selected Publications;

Phosphorylation of PI3K/Akt at Thr308, but not phosphorylation of MAPK kinase, mediates lithium-induced neuroprotection against cerebral ischemia in mice

Ates N, Caglayan A, Balcikanli Z, Sertel E, Beker MC, Dilsiz P, Caglayan AB, Celik S, Dasdelen MF, Caglayan B, Yigitbasi T, Ozbek H, Doeppner TR, Hermann DM, Kilic E. Phosphorylation of PI3K/Akt at Thr308, but not phosphorylation of MAPK kinase, mediates lithium-induced neuroprotection against cerebral ischemia in mice. 2022 Feb 2. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2022.113996.