TACTILE PHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY

Research areas: Physiology of the sense of touch in humans and animals.

Facilities: Faraday cage. Dissection microscope. Electrodynamic shaker. Personal computer. A/D data input/output card. Digital and analog oscilloscopes. Amplified speakers. High-Z differential amplifiers. Micromanipulators. Isolated stimulator. Fotonic sensor. Aesthesiometer. Tuning forks. Semmes-Weinstein monofilaments. Digital multimeter. Temperature probe. Microelectrodes. Suction and hook electrodes. Electrode impedance meter. Cautery. Digital balance. Fotonic sensor. Window discriminator. Lock-in amplifier. Electrodynamic shaker. LVDT sensor and amplifier. Tissue bath system.

Ongoing projects:

Physiology of the Merkel cell-neurite complex..

Effects of serotonin agonists and antagonists on tactile fibers.

Immunohistochemistry of frog skin

Neural network model for depression in rats

Students: Sevinç Mutlu (M.S.), Elif Aydın (M.S.), Mehmet Doğan Aşık

M.S. theses completed:

1. Korcan Uçar (2006) "Classification of tactile units of frogs by using von Frey monofilaments."

LAB. PICTURES

SAMPLE RECORDINGS

          Single action potentials in a tactile fiber from the frog's sciatic nerve: