Murat Aksu

Prof. Murat Aksu is a board-certified clinical neurophysiologist with a medical specialization in Clinical Neurophysiology (2011). He has been practicing at Acıbadem Health Group since 2015, focusing on diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in neurophysiology and sleep disorders. His clinical interests include EEG and EMG studies, sleep medicine, and the diagnosis and management of restless legs syndrome. He is active in both national and international professional communities and holds memberships in the Turkish Neurology Association, Turkish Sleep Medicine Association, EEG-EMG Clinical Neurophysiology Society, World Association of Sleep Medicine, American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and both the International and European Restless Legs Syndrome Study Groups. Prof. Aksu combines clinical expertise with multidisciplinary collaboration to improve patient outcomes in neurological and sleep-related disorders.

Education

• 2011 Medical Specialization Board Clinical Neurophysiology
• 2006 Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine / Professor
• 1993 Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine Neurology
• 1988 Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine

Experience

• 2015 Acibadem Health Group
• 2006 – 2011 Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine Department of Neurology
• 1996 – 2006 Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine Department of Neurology
• 2002 – 2005 Special Scientist, National Institutes of Health, National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
• 1993 – 1996 Bilecik State Hospital

Memberships

• Turkish Neurology Association
• Turkish Sleep Medicine Association
• EEG-EMG Clinical Neurophysiology Society
• World Association of Sleep Medicine
• American Academy of Sleep Medicine
• International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group
• European Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group
• International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group

Publications

• Pseudoephedrine-induced nonconvulsive status epilepticus.
  Epilepsy Behav. 2011; 20:739-40 Ismailoğulları S, Yetkin MF, Erdogan F, Delibas E, Aksu M, Ersoy AÖ.
• Pseudoephedrine-induced nonconvulsive status epilepticus.
  Epilepsy Behav. 2011 Mar 26. [Epub ahead of print.] Ismailoğulları S, Yetkin MF, Erdogan F, Delibas E, Aksu M, Ersoy AO.
• Impact of Long-Term Gonadotropin Replacement Treatment on Sleep in Men with Idiopathic.
  J Sex Med. 2010 Dec 8. [Epub ahead of print] Ismailogullari S, Korkmaz C, Peker Y, Bayram F, Karaca Z, Aksu M
• Magnetic resonance spectroscopy in two siblings with chorea-acanthocytosis.
  Mov Disord. 2010 Dec 15;25(16):2894-7 Ismailogullari S, Caglayan AO, Bader B, Danek A, Korkmaz S, Sharifov E, Kurnaz,F, Aksu M.
• Involvement of insula and cingulate cortices in control and suppression of natural urges.
  Cereb Cortex. 2009; 19:218-23 Lerner A, Bagic A, Hanakawa T, Boudreau EA, Pagan F, Mari Z, Bara-Jimenez W, Aksu M, Sato S, Murphy DL, Hallett M.
• Sleep architecture in Sheehan’s syndrome before and 6 months after growth hormone replacement therapy.
  Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2009;34 :212-9 Ismailogullari S, Tanriverdi F, Kelestimur F, Aksu LVI (corr. author).
• Ocular blood flow in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS).
  Karakucuk S, Goktas S, Aksu M, Erdogan N, Demirci S, Oner A, Arda H, Gumus K. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2008;246: 129-34
• Neuroimaging of neuronal circuits involved in tic generation in patients with Tourette syndrome.
  Neurology. 2007 Jun 5;68(23):1979-87. PubMed PMID: 17548547 Lerner A, Bagic A, Boudreau EA, Hanakawa T, Pagan F, Mari Z, Bara-Jimenez W, Aksu M, Garraux G, Simmons JM, Sato S, Murphy DL, Hallett M.
• Correlation Between Putative Indicators ofPrimary Restless Legs Syndrome Severity.
  Sleep Medicine 2007;8: 84 89 Aksu M (corr. author)., Demirci S, Bara-Jimenez W.