PERSONAL DETAILS:

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Family name, First name: Güntekin, Bahar
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Date of birth: 1977.05.01; Nationality: Turkish, Marital status: Daughter born in 2008; Divorced in 2013.

ORCID: 0000-0002-0860-0524
Scopus Author ID: 15044484600

​Web of Science ResearcherID:  A-4974-2018

Prof. Dr. Bahar Güntekin!

CITATIONS:

Web of Science: 2927; h index: 32

Scopus: 3379 h index: 34

Google Scholar: 5037, h index: 41

*updated on 3rd of November 2022, author search: Guntekin B.or Guentekin B.

Professor of Biophysics,
Istanbul Medipol University

1)School of Medicine,, Department of Biophysics,
2) SABITA, Neuroscience Research Center

email: bguntekin@medipol.edu.tr

RESEARCH:

Cognitive Neuroscience, Brain Dynamics, EEG, EEG Signal Processing, Event Related Oscillations, Delta, Theta, Alpha, Beta, Gamma, EEG-Coherence, Alzheimer's Disease, Cognitive Disorders, Affective Neuroscience, Face Recognition, IAPS

Prof. Dr. Bahar Güntekin

Istanbul Medipol University

​International School of Medicine

My research interests have always centred around studying Event-Related Brain Oscillatory Dynamics in different ages of healthy controls and brain pathologies, and their differentiated dynamics compared to spontaneous EEG. In the last 20 years, I have searched for event-related oscillatory markers of cognitive and emotional processes in children, young adults, and the elderly. I have used this knowledge to look for EventRelated EEG biomarkers in different dementia patients. Among other noteworthy results, my research showed that frontal-central delta (0,5-3,5 Hz) and theta (4-7 Hz) responses are gradually affected by cognitive decline, and these responses could be used as biomarkers to differentiate between healthy elderly, AD, and PD dementia. My new research projects further delve on this topic, by focusing on how the modulation of abnormal EEG Event-related oscillations in healthy controls and AD patients can improve cognitive functions. We used individual EEG Brain oscillations to find the best frequency for personalised tACS applications, and 40 Hz visual-auditory entrainment for better cognitive performance on healthy controls and house-type applications of 40 Hz visual-auditory entrainment for AD patients. 

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​ REVIEWER FOR THE FOLLOWING JOURNALS:

Alzheimer's&Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment, Disease Monitoring, Behavioural Brain Research, Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, Biological Psychology, Bipolar Disorders, Brain and Cognition, Brain Informatics, Brain Imaging and Behavior , BMC Neuroscience, BMC Psychiatry, Brain Research, Cerebral Cortex, Clinical EEG and Neuroscience, Clinical Neurophysiology, Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, Cognitive Neurodynamics, Cognitive Systems Research, Computers in Biology and Medicine , Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Consciousness and Cognition, Cortex, Current Pharmaceutical Design, Experimental Brain Research, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Frontiers in Life Science, Frontiers in Psychology, Frontiers in Psychiatry, Heliyon, Human Brain Mapping, International Journal of Psychophysiology, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, Journal of Affective Disorders, Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Journal of Neural Transmission, Journal of Neuroscience Research, Journal of Psychophysiology, Journal of Psychiatric Research, Motivation and Emotion, Neurobiology of Aging, Neuroimage, Neuroimage Clinical, Neuropsychologia, Neuroscience, Neuroscience Letters, Neurological Sciences and Neurophysiology, Oncotarget, PeerJ, Plos One, Psychophysiology, Scientific Reports, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, Social Neuroscience, Turkish Neurological Sciences, Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

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HONORS AND AWARDS

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E. Roy John Award, Electroencephalography and Clinical Neuroscience Society 2023

METU Parlar Foundation Young Investigator Award 2016

Turkish Academy of Sciences Young Scientist Outstanding Achievement Award, 2015

3rd Alzheimer’s Disease Congress, 2nd best poster award, 2013, Istanbul, Turkey

Istanbul Kultur University Academic Success Award (she has been awarded each year between 2006-2016)

Awarded as the highest ranking graduate of Ph.D. students, 2006  Dokuz Eylül University Graduate School of Health Sciences 2006

EDITORIAL ROLES: 

• ​Scientific Reports-Editorial Board Member- 2021-
  
• Frontiers in Network Physiology Associate Editor 2021-
  
• Aging Brain- Associate Editor 2020-
  
• International Journal of Psychophysiology- Associate Editor 2020-
  
• BioMedical Engineering OnLine-Associate Editor 2019-
  
• Frontiers in Psychopathology Associate Editor 2017-
  
• Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience Associate Editor 2017-
  

Invited Special Issues, Role as Guest Editor:

• Scientific Reports, Guest Editor-2023, “Cognitive ageing”- Edited by Martina Amanzio, Bahar Güntekin, Hannah Keage, Louise Brown Nicholls
  
• Clinical EEG and Neuroscience-Guest Editor-2022,  “Update on neural oscillations in neuropsychiatric disorders” Edited by Brian O’Donnel, Bahar Güntekin
  
• International Journal of Psychophysiology-Guest Editor 2021, “EEG, ERPs, and EROs in patients with neurodegenerative dementing disorders: A neurophysiological window. Edited by Bahar Güntekin, Claudio Babiloni
  
• Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, Guest Editor-2021, ”The Modification of Working Memory Function” Edited by Kevin D Beck, Bahar Güntekin
  
• International Journal of Psychophysiology-Guest Editor 2016-Research on Brain Oscillations and Connectivity in A New Take-Off State Edited by Erol Başar, Bahar Güntekin, Görsev Yener, Canan Başar-Eroğlu
  

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