Güven Toprak Psychologist (M.Sc.)
Psychologist (M.Sc.) | EMDR Therapy | Neuroscience | Brain stimulation methods (rTMS) | Neuropsychology | Electronorophysiological techniques
Languages: English | Turkish |German
Education-Certificates
2008 – 2013 Bachelor’s degree in Psychology
2013-2016 Master of Neuroscience
06/2013-12/2013 Istanbul Medical Faculty Capa Laboratory of Neuropsychology
2020-2021 Eye Movement Desensitization and ReprocessingTherapy (EMDR) Certificate, EMDR Association of Turkey
2020 National Alzheimer’s Congress, Course CertificateBehavioral Neurology,Türkiye
2019 Neuropsychological Evaluation Course, Neuropsychology Association(82 hrs)
2017 Certificate in Neuropsychological Assessment,Istanbul MedipolUniversity, (150 hrs)
2015 9th Bakırkoy Neuropsychiatry Congress TMS Course,Istanbul
2015 12th International Congress on Cognitive Neuroscience EEG analysis workshop
2015 12th International Cognitive Congress Neuroscience-Functional MR AnalysisWorkshop
2014 Istanbul Medipol University Research Center for Regenerative and Restorative Medicine, Laboratory Animal Course
2014 12th National Neuroscience Congress, FMRI analysis with SPM8
2013 Complete additional courses: Anatomy I-II, Physiology, neuroanatomy
Professional activities:
2022-Still Baysal Klinikum-as a psychologist-Hagen Germany
2013-2021 as a Neuropsychologist /EMDR Therapist / Researcher for Experimental
Methods, Istanbul Medipol University Hospital.
2015-2021 Lecturer, Department of Electroneurophysiology of Istanbul Medipol University
Lessons Given
Introduction to Clinical Neurophysiology
Devices Used in Clinical Electroneurophysiology
Other Electrophysiological Research (TMS, tDCS, ECT)
Electromyography and Waking Potentials
Electrourophysiology Applications (EEG, EMG, PSG)
International publications, presentations and posts
-Guven Toprak, Lutfu Hanoglu, Tansel Cakir, Bahar Guntekin, Halil Aziz Velioglu and Burak Yulug. DLPF Targeted Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation ImprovesBrain Glucose Metabolism Along with the Clinical and Electrophysiological Parameters in CBD Patients. Endocrine, Metabolic & Immune Disorders – Drug Targets. 2022. DOI: 10.2174/1871530322666220131120349
-Halil Aziz Velioglu , Lutfu Hanoglu , Zubeyir Bayraktaroglu , Guven Toprak ,Eray Metin Guler , Muhammed Yunus Bektay , Ozlem Mutlu-Burnaz , Burak Yulug.Left lateral parietal rTMS improves cognition and modulates resting brain connectivity in patients with Alzheimer’s disease: Possible role of BDNF and oxidative stress. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2021. PMID: 33610772https://DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2021.107410
-Mevhibe Saricaoglu, Lutfu Hanoglu, Güven Toprak, Nesrin Helvaci Yilmaz, Burak Yulug.The Multifactorial Role of Pre-supplementary Motor Area Stimulationinthe Freezing of Gait: An Alternative Strategy to the Classical Drug-Target Approach. Endocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets. 2021. doi: 10.2174/1871530321666211014170107
-Hanoglu L, Saricaoglu M, Toprak G, Yılmaz NH, Yulug B, PRELIMINARY FINDINGS ONTHE ROLE OF HIGH-FREQUENCY (5Hz) rTMS STIMULATION ON M1 AND Pre-SMA REGIONS IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE, Neuroscience Letters (2020), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2020.134837
-Velioglu HA, Hanoglu L, Bayraktaroglu Z, Toprak G, Saricaoğlu M.TheEffect of Lateral Parietal Cortex TMS Stimulation on Memory Fuctions and Brain Connection in Alzheimer Patients. 25th Annual Meeting Of Organisation For Human Brain Mapping. Poster number Th100, Rome 2019,Italy
-Velioğlu HA, Bayraktar Z, Toprak G, Yamanoğ lu M, Kadak K, Hanoğlu L. The effectof lateral parietal cortex TMS stimulation on memory functions in patientswith alzheimer disease. 16th National Neuroscience Congress Programand Abstract Book.Istanbul, 2018, Turkey
-G.Toprak, L.Hanoglu, B.Guntekin, B.Yulug, H.A.Velioglu, M.Budak, T.Çakır.P054The evaluation of transcranial magnetic stimulation rTMS in corticobasal degeneration (CBD): PET, QEEG and neuropsychological correlates. Clinical Neurophysiology Volume 128, Issue 3, March 2017, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2016.10.179
-Ogul E, Nasırlı HA, Toprak G, Berkman F, Hanogu L. Cognitive rehabilitation withTMS application in posterior cortical atrophy. A case report. 4th International Symposium “LowVisionandthe Brain’’ Berlin, 2017, Germany.
-Toprak G, Hanoglu L, Yulug B, Velioglu HA,Budak M, Cakır T. The evaluation of transcranial magnetic stimulation rTMS in corticobasal degeneration (CBD): PET,QEEG and Neuropsychological correlates 6th International Conferenceon Transcranial Brain Stimulation Congress Book,32(54). 2016, Germany.
-Yılmaz N, Yamanoglu M, Erdogan C, Hızarcı B, Yıldız S, Tezcan G, Kızılaslan D, Canpolat G, Toprak G, Oz H, Hanoglu L. Restingstate EEG study of hypoxiccoma patients; A preliminary report Toward a Science of Consciousness (June 2015, Helsinki Finland)
-Hanoglu L, Yamanoglu M, Yıldız S, Yılmaz N, Cadirci F, Mantar N, ToprakG SuzgunE, Yıldırım E, Yalciner B. The differences and similarities betweenthe consciousness of dream and wakefulness: A phenomenological and electrophysiological studyToward a Science of Consciousness (June 2015) Helsinki Finland.