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1995-1996 Post-doctoral
Research Associate, The Scripps Research Institute,
Dept. Neuropharmacology, San Diego, CA
1995-present Journal Reviewer, Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior,
Methods in Neurosciences
1996 Lecturer, Mesa College, Dept. Psychology, San Diego, CA
1997-1998 Post-doctoral Research Associate, University of Puerto Rico,
Dept. Biology
Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
1997-1998 Lecturer, University of Puerto Rico, Dept. Psychology, Rio Piedras,
Puerto Rico
1998-1999 Assistant Investigator, University of Puerto Rico, Dept. Biology,
Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
1999-present Assistant Professor, University of Puerto Rico, Dept. Biology
and Psychology, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
Honors and Awards
1990-1991 Northeastern University Graduate Student Fellowship
1991-1994 American Psychological Association - Minority Fellowship Program.
Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in Neuroscience
1991 American Psychological Association - Minority Fellowship Program-
Travel Award to the Workshop in Neuroscience, Marine Biological Laboratory
(MBL),
Woods Hole, MA
1991 National Institute of Drug Abuse- Minority Supplement Award
1991 Honorary Mention: National Science Foundation & Ford Foundation-
Minority Fellowship
1995-1996 American Psychological Association - Minority Fellowship Program.
Post- Doctoral Fellowship
1995 American College of Neuropharmacology (ACNP)/NIMH- Minority Travel
Award)
National Institute of Drug Abuse- Minority Supplement Post-doctoral Award
NIDA-R29 First award grant (1 R29 DA11665-01)
1999 Special Achievement Award-American Psychological Association-MFP
in Neuroscience
2000 2nd Prize Young scientist Award-GlaxoWellcome Research Awards
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Maldonado-Irizarry
C.S., Stellar J.R. , and Kelley A.E. (1994) "Effects of cocaine and
GBR-12909 on brain stimulation reward". Pharmacology, Biochemistry
and Behavior, 48(4): 915-920.
Maldonado-Irizarry
C.S. and Kelley A.E. (1994) "Differential behavioral effects following
microinjections of an NMDA antagonist into nucleus accumbens subregions"
Psychopharmacology, 116(1): 65-72.
Maldonado-Irizarry
C.S. and Kelley A.E. (1995) "Excitotoxic lesions of the core and
shell subregions of the nucleus accumbens differntially disrupt body weight
regulation and motor activity in rats". Brain Research Bulletin,
38(6): 551-559.
Maldonado-Irizarry
C.S. and Kelley A.E. (1995) "Excitatory amino acid receptors within
nucleus accumbens subregions differentially mediate spatial learning in
the rat" Behavioral Pharmacology, 6: 527-539.
Maldonado-Irizarry
C.S., Swanson C.J., and Kelley A.E. (1995) "Glutamate receptors in
the nucleus accumbens shell control feeding behavior via the lateral hypothalamus"
Journal of Neuroscience, 15(10): 6779-6788.
Koob G.F., Caine
S.B., Carrera R., Gold L., Heyser C., Maldonado-Irizarry, C.S., Markou
A., Parsons L., Roberts A., Stinus L., Walker J., Weissenborn R. and Weiss
F. (1998) "Substance dependence as a compulsive behavior" Psychopharmacology,
12(1): 39-48.
Peña de Ortíz
S., Maldonado-Vlaar C.S., Carrasquillo Y., Alvarez S., Cintrón
I. (2000) "Expression of the Orphan Nuclear Receptor hzf-3 during
acquisition of a food search reference and working memory task".
Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 74 (2): 161-178.
Weiss F., Maldonado-Vlaar
C.S., Parsons L.H., Kerr T.R., Smith D., Ben-Shahar O. (2000) "Control
of cocaine-seeking behavior by drug-predictive stimuli in rats: effects
on recovery of extinguished operant responding and extracellular dopamine
levels in amygdala and nucleus accumbens" Procedings in the National
Academy of Sciences, 97(8): 4321-4326.
Melnick S.M., Maldonado-Vlaar,
C.S., Trzcinska M. and Stellar J.R. (2001) "Effects of repeated GBR-12909
administration on brain stimulation reward" European Journal of Pharmacology,
419: 199-205.
Maldonado-Vlaar C.S.,
Sepulveda L.Y., Morales E., Colon C., Alvarez L. and Betancourt E. (2002)
"On the role of intracellular protein kinase C within striatal regions
in spatial learning" (submitted), Psychopharmacology.
Maldonado-Vlaar C.S.,
Sepulveda L.Y., Maldonado J., Alvarez L., Morales E., Gonzalez E. (2002)
"Effects of metabotropic receptor blockade within the dorsal and
ventral striatum on spatial learning in rats" Psychopharmacology,
(submitted).
Maldonado-Irizarry
C.S., Smith D.L., Koob G.F. and Weiss F. "Blockade of D-1 and D-2
dopamine receptors attenuates "relapse" elicited by cocaine-associated
environmental stimuli following prolonged extinction". Soc. Neurosci.
Abstr, 26, 1996.
Weiss F., Maldonado-Irizarry
C.S., Smith D.L. and Koob G.F. "Responding for cocaine-associated
stimuli is modified by pharmacological manipulation of dopamine and serotonin
transmission". Soc. Neurosci. Abstr, 26, 1996.
Maldonado-Irizarry
C.S., Smith D.L., Koob G.F. and Weiss F. "Pharmacological and behavioral
analysis of new models of cocaine seeking behavior". presented at
the ACNP meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1995.
Maldonado-Vlaar C.S.
and Peña de Ortíz S. "Molecular studies on the role
of the neostriatum in acquisition of a food search spatial learning task".
Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 27, 1997.
Maldonado-Vlaar C.S.,
Betancourt E., González R., Cintrón I., and Peña
de Ortíz S. "Role of intracellular protein kinase C within
nucleus accumbens subregions in spatial learning". Soc. Neurosci.
Abstr., 28:72.7, 1998.
Carrasquillo Y.,
Ren K., Cintrón I., Rodríguez D., Alvarez S., Maldonado-Vlaar
C.S. and Peña de Ortíz S. "Expression and function
of the inducible orphan nuclear receptor hzf-3 in the rat hippocampus
are associated with learning and memory". Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.,
28:171.13, 1998.
Maldonado-Vlaar C.S.,
Sepulveda L.Y., Morales E., Colon C., Alvarez L. and Betancourt E. "Blockade
of metabotropic glutamate receptors impairs spatial learning in rats"
Soc. Neurosci. Abstr, 29, 1999.
C.S. Maldonado-Vlaar,
K.Y. Salas, L.Y. Sepúlveda, J.E. Alvarez, L. Allende, J. Cortés,
J. Pérez, C. Borrero. "Blockade of glutamate metabotropic
receptor within the nucleus accumbens on learning in rats" Soc. Neurosci.
Abstr. 31, 2001.
L.J. Alvarez and
C.S. Maldonado-Vlaar. Molecular characterization of PKC in spatial learning
within the nucleus accumbens". Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 31, 2001.
K. Ren, J.L. Agosto,
M. Al-Banchaabouchi, M. Noel, J. Maldonado, E. Morales, S. Peña
de Ortíz and C.S. Maldonado-Vlaar " Effects of lithium treatment
on hzf-3 and protein kinase c in different brain regions" Soc. Neurosci.
Abstr. 31, 2001.
Maldonado-Vlaar,
C.S., Alvarez L., Betancourt E., Gonzalez R., Peña de Ortiz , S.
"Blockade of intracellular protein kinase C within Nucleus Accumbens
subregions in spatial learning" (2001) ISN Abstract, J Neurochem,
78 (Suppl), p.12
Maldonado-Vlaar,
C.S.,Sepulveda L.Y. and Maldonado J. " Effects of metabotropic receptor
blockade withion the dorsal and ventral striatum on spatial learning in
rats" (2001) ISN Abstract, J Neurochem, 78 (Suppl), p.12
Agosto J.L., Noel
M., Maldonado J., Morales E., and Maldonado-Vlaar, C.S "Lithium induce
differential redistribution of PKC in the rat brain" (2001) ISN Abstract,
J Neurochem, 78 (Suppl), p.145
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