Nurgul Aytan

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Publications

  • Published 12/6/2024

    Nicks R, Shah A, Stathas SA, Kirsch D, Horowitz SM, Saltiel N, Calderazzo SM, Butler MLMD, Cormier KA, Aytan N, Tu-Zahra F, Mathias R, Faheem F, Marcus S, Spurlock E, Fishbein L, Esnault CD, Boden A, Rosen G, Xia W, Daley S, Meng G, Martin BR, Daneshvar DH, Nowinski CJ, Alosco ML, Mez J, Tripodis Y, Huber BR, Alvarez VE, Cherry JD, McKee AC, Stein TD. Neurodegeneration in the cortical sulcus is a feature of chronic traumatic encephalopathy and associated with repetitive head impacts. Acta Neuropathol. 2024 Dec 06; 148(1):79. PMID: 39643767.

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  • Published 9/1/2024

    Adams JW, Kirsch D, Calderazzo SM, Tuz-Zahra F, Tripodis Y, Mez J, Alosco ML, Alvarez VE, Huber BR, Kubilus C, Cormier KA, Nicks R, Uretsky M, Nair E, Kuzyk E, Aytan N, Cherry JD, Crary JF, Daneshvar DH, Nowinski CJ, Goldstein LE, Dwyer B, Katz DI, Cantu RC, Stern RA, McKee AC, Stein TD. Substantia Nigra Pathology, Contact Sports Play, and Parkinsonism in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. JAMA Neurol. 2024 Sep 01; 81(9):916-924. PMID: 39008284.

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  • Published 8/26/2024

    Sampani K, Ness S, Tuz-Zahra F, Aytan N, Spurlock EE, Alluri S, Chen X, Siegel NH, Alosco ML, Xia W, Tripodis Y, Stein TD, Subramanian ML. Neurodegenerative biomarkers in different chambers of the eye relative to plasma: an agreement validation study. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2024 Aug 26; 16(1):192. PMID: 39187891.

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  • Published 3/9/2023

    Labadorf A, Agus F, Aytan N, Cherry J, Mez J, McKee A, Stein TD. Inflammation and neuronal gene expression changes differ in early versus late chronic traumatic encephalopathy brain. BMC Med Genomics. 2023 Mar 09; 16(1):49. PMID: 36895005.

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  • Published 1/21/2023

    Nicks R, Clement NF, Alvarez VE, Tripodis Y, Baucom ZH, Huber BR, Mez J, Alosco ML, Aytan N, Cherry JD, Cormier KA, Kubilius C, Mathias R, Svirsky SE, Pothast MJ, Hildebrandt AM, Chung J, Han X, Crary JF, McKee AC, Frosch MP, Stein TD. Repetitive head impacts and chronic traumatic encephalopathy are associated with TDP-43 inclusions and hippocampal sclerosis. Acta Neuropathol. 2023 Apr; 145(4):395-408. PMID: 36681782.

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Education

  • Marmara University, PhD
  • Marmara University, MSc
  • Hacettepe University, BSc