DR. DEMETRIO SIERRA

PROFESSOR
dr-demetrio-sierra

Contact Information:

Office: 642
Lab: 02-03
Email: demetrio.sierra@upr.edu

EDUCATION:

  • Ph.D. in Biochemistry, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, P.R.
  • Postdoc, Neuropharmacology and Neurophysiology, Columbia University, New York, NY

RESEARCH INTEREST:

  • Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor
  • Monoamine Transporters and Receptors
  • Amphetamine-type Psychostimulants
  • Parkinson Disease and L-DOPA-induced Dyskinesia
  • Electrophysiology and Electrochemistry
  • Confocal and Two-photon Microscopy
  • Time-correlated Single Photon Counting
  • Molecular & Cell Biology
  • Behavioral Paradigms

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