My laboratory has a vast experience in studying the effects of cocaine sensitization on neurons of the ventral tegmental area (VTA). I have been studying the neurophysiology/neuropharmacology of cocaine addiction for decades. I am an expert in advanced electrophysiological and pharmacological techniques, and I apply these methods to drug abuse research.
I have been collaborating in several neuroscience related projects since a decade ago. The focus of those projects have been related to the role of neurons and glia in experimental models pertaining to ischemia, development of glioma and drug addiction. The latter group of studies have contributed to a better understanding of the role of adrenergic receptors in the activity of dopaminergic neurons of the VTA upon exposure to cocaine.
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Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, UC Davis MIND Institute, presented a seminar
Presented a seminar “Neural circuit reconstruction underlying a behavioral sequence at synaptic resolution”.
Dr. M. Chiara Manzini</strong Neurobiology & Cell Biology Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Dr. Jean A. King, Dean of Arts & Sciences, and Dr. Arne Gericke, Department Head, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Was invited to chair the Regulation of Homeostatic Behaviors session at the 2019
Attended the 8th Latin American School of Computational Neuroscience (LASCON 2020),
Bethzaida Birriel Grant Adminstrator