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Dr. Patricia Amat graduated with honors in Biology from the
Universidad Central de Venezuela. Her thesis was in neurophysiology,
focusing on functional changes in cerebellar Purkinje cells
of the frog induced by lesioning one vestibular nerve. After
graduation, Dr. Amat worked as a Research Associate in the
Neurochemistry Laboratory of the Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones
Cientificas, where she worked until 1995. From 1995 to 1997,
she was a Research Associate in the Department of Psychology
at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Then from 1997 to
2001 she worked in the laboratory of Physiopathology in the
Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas. During
the years 1992-95, she also attended Graduate School in Venezuela
(Universidad Catolica Andres Bello) where she obtained a Diploma
as Professional in Child Development and its deviations. She
has had experience in neurophysiology, cell culture (mostly
from retinal cells), high pressure liquid chromatography,
in vivo microdialysis, protein purification, and enzyme linked
immunosorbant assays, among other techniques. Dr. Amat is
currently involved in research related to the role of the
hippocampus in memory and also on the effects of stress the
release of serotonin in the dorsal raphe nucleus.
Selected Publications:
Amat, J., Sparks, P. D., Matus-Amat, P., Griggs J., Watkins,
L. R., & Maier, S. F., The role of the habenular complex
in the elevation of dorsal raphe nucleus serotonin and interference
with escape behavior produced by uncontrollable stress. Brain
Research, 917 (2001) 188-126.
Amat, J., Matus-Amat, P., Watkins, L.R., & Maier, S.F.,
Escapable and inescapable stress differentially alter extracellular
levels of 5-HT in the basolateral amygdala of the rat, Brain
Res. 812 (1998) 113-120.
Amat, J., Matus-Amat, P., Watkins, L.R. & Maier, S.F., Escapable
and inescapable stress differentially and selectively alter
extracellular levels of 5-HT in the ventral hippocampus and
dorsal periaqueductal gray of the rat, Brain Research, 84
(1998) 306-310.
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