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Recent advances in neuroscience not only lead to a better understanding of neurologic and psychiatric diseases and developments of novel treatment strategies, but also provide valuable tools to reveal neurobiological mechanisms underlying higher cortical functions of healthy brain. Currently, understanding and explanation of complex mental functions that distinguishes human beings from other living organisms such as, thinking, planning, desicion making and predicting future seem possible. Those developments shed light in to the mind- body problem and generate new issues that need to be discussed collectively by many diciplines studying the brain and mind such as neurology, psychiatry, genetics, biochemistry, physiology, neuroimaging, anthropology, sociology, philosophy and theology. This paper includes abstracts of lectures presented in the 'Mind Problem: From Biology to Philosophy' symposium organized by Gazi University Neuropsyciatry Research Center between September 22nd - 23rd 2006 at Gazi University. The aim of the neurophilosophy symposium is to provide a platform for biological and social scientists to share their perspectives on mind concept. We hope that this interactive meeting would lead to a new synthesis in participants mind and raise new queries to search. Consistent with the aim of the symposium, each presentation is given with different subtitles in the paper.

Medical Technologies National Congress (TIPTEKNO) -- OCT 12-14, 2017 -- TRABZON, TURKEY, WOS: 000427649500045, In this paper, the effects of autapse (a kind of synapse formed between the axon or soma of a neuron and its own dendrites) on the weak signal detection capacity of a Hodgkin-Huxley (H-H) neuron are investigated. In the study, we consider that the H-H neuron has an inhibitory autapse modeled as a chemical synapse. The subthreshold sine wave is injected to the H-H neuron as a weak signal. Obtained results indicate that inhibitory autapse prominently increases the weak signal detection capacity of a H-H neuron when the proper autaptic time delay and autaptic conductance values are choosen., IEEE Turkey Sect

Medical Technologies National Congress (TIPTEKNO) -- OCT 12-14, 2017 -- TRABZON, TURKEY, WOS: 000427649500046, In this paper, the effects of autapse on the first spike latency of the stochastic H-H neuron are examined. In the study, it is considered that H-H neuron has an electrical autapse and by applying a suprathreshold periodic signal to neuron the first spike times has been observed. Obtained results show that the first spike latency of H-H neuron increases prominently in a certain autaptic time delay with the increasing of autaptic conductance. Also, the first spike latency decreases with the increasing of autaptic conductance in a different autaptic time delay interval. In the context of these results, we come to conclusion that the autapse have played important roles on the control of first spike latency of stochastic H-H neurons., IEEE Turkey Sect

24th Signal Processing and Communication Application Conference (SIU) -- MAY 16-19, 2016 -- Zonguldak, TURKEY, WOS: 000391250900535, In this paper, the effects of autapse (a kind of synapse formed between the axon or soma of a neuron and its own dendrites) on the firing regularity and the firing rate in single Hodgkin-Huxley neuron are investigated. We consider that Hodgkin-Huxley neuron has two autapses. It is supposed that one of them is electrical synapse and the other is chemical synapse. Obtained results indicate that autapse with proper parameter values (delay time and autaptic conductance) prominently increases the firing regularity and the firing rate of a Hodgkin-Huxley neuron., IEEE, Bulent Ecevit Univ, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Bulent Ecevit Univ, Dept Biomed Engn, Bulent Ecevit Univ, Dept Comp Engn