Research Instructor
Albany College of Pharmacy, Union University
Albany, NY USA

 

• Cholinergic neuropharmacology
• Opioidergic neuropharmacology
• Behavioral pharmacology

Research Instructor , Basic and Pharmaceutical Sciences (2002-present), Albany College of Pharmacy, Union University, Albany, NY, USA.

PhD, Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology (2002), Medical School , Uludag Universitesi, Bursa, Turkey.

MD, Medicical School, Department of Pharmacology(1997), Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey.

• 2002-present, Neurobiology of hemorrage
• 2004-present, Pharmacotherapy for opiate addiction and toxicity

• Goktalay G, Cavun, S, Levendusky MC, Hamilton J, Millington WR.Glycyl-Glutamine inhibits nicotine conditioned placed preference and withdrawal. Eur J Pharmacol. (In press). [view]
• Goktalay G, Cavun, S, Levendusky MC, Resch GE, Veno PA, Millington WR.Hemorrage activates proopiomelanocortin neurons in the rat hypothalamus. Brain Res. (In press). [view]
• Cavun, S,Goktalay G, Millington WR. Glycyl-Glutamine, an endogenous {beta}-endorphin-derived peptide, inhibits morphine-induced conditioned place preference, tolarence, dependence, and withdrawal. J. Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2005 Nov 315(2):949-58. [view]
• Goktalay G, Levendusky MC, Millington WR. Muscimol injection into the lateral hypothalamus inhibits the hypotension and bradycardia caused by somato-visceral nociception. Brain Res. 2004 Dec 10;1029(1):124-30. [view]
• Cavun S, Goktalay G, Millington WR. The hypotension evoked by visceral nociception is mediated by delta opioid receptors in the periaqueductal gray. Brain Res. 2004 Sep 3;1019(1-2):237-45.[view]
• Savci V, Goktalay G, Cansev M, Cavun S, Yilmaz MS, Ulus IH. Intravenously injected CDP-choline increases blood pressure and reverses hypotension in haemorrhagic shock: effect is mediated by central cholinergic activation. Eur J Pharmacol. 2003 May 9;468(2):129-139. [view]
• Savci V,Goktalay G, Ulus IH. Intracerebroventricular choline increases plasma vasopressin and augments plasma vasopressin response to osmotic stimulation and hemorrhage. Brain Res. 2002 Jun 28;942(1-2):58-70. [view]
• Savci V, Cavun S, Goktalay G, Ulus IH. Cardiovascular effects of intracerebroventricularly injected CDP-choline in normotensive and hypotensive animals: the involvement of cholinergic system. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol. 2002 May;365(5):388-98. [view]

• Goktalay G, Hamilton J, Cavun S, Levendusky MC, Millington WR. (2005). "The beta-endorphine derived peptide gycyl-glutamine inhibits nicotine conditioned place preference and withdrawal", International Narcotic Research Conference (INRC), Abstract M45, Annapolis, MD/USA.
• Goktalay G, Levendusky M, Cavun S, Hamilton J, Millington WR. (2005). "Hemorrage induces for expression in beta-endorphine immunoreactive neurons", Experimental Biology, Abstract B 186, San Diego, CA/USA.
• Goktalay G, Levendusky M, Cavun S, Millington WR. (2004). "Evidence that lateral hypothalamus mediates the hemodynamic response to hemorrhage", Experimental Biology, Abstract LB573 , Washington, DC/USA.
• Goktalay G, Savci V, Ulus IH. (2002). "Merkezi ve periferik yolla verilen CDP-kolin sonrasi beyinde ekstrasellüler kolin düzeyi degisiklikleri: In vivo Mikrodiyaliz Çalismasi", 1. Ulusal Sinirbilimleri Kongresi.
• Goktalay G, Aydin S, Savci V, Cansev M, Ulus IH. (2001). "Kolin Verilmesi Sonrasi Degisik Beyin Bolgelerinde Kolin Dagiliminin Incelenmesi: In vivo Mikrodiyaliz Çalismasi", Türk Farmakoloji Dernegi 16. Ulusal Farmakoloji Kongresi Bildiri Özetleri.
• Goktalay G, Savci V, Cansev M, Aydin S., Ulus IH. (2001). "Normal ve hipotansif kosullarda CDP-kolin sonrasi hipotalamustaki kolin duzey degisiklikleri: In vivo Mikrodiyaliz Çalismasi", Türk Farmakoloji Dernegi 16. Ulusal Farmakoloji Kongresi Bildiri Özetleri.