DR. JOSÉ COLÓN
PROFESSOR
Contact Information:
Office: 642
Lab: 20-21
Email: jose.colonsaez@upr.edu
EDUCATION:
- Ph.D. in Pharmacology, City University of Minnesota Medical School
- Postdoctoral Fellow, NIEHS
RESEARCH INTEREST:
The research interests of my lab is focused towards understanding the role of nAChR’s in the development of inflammation and subsequent neurodegeneration which has been shown to be involved in the development of many disease states such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease as well as HIV associated neurocognitive disorders. Therefore, a better understanding on the factors associated in the modulation of nAChRs will allow us to target these receptors as a therapeutic approach.
- 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