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Office
#68 Calle Santa Cruz Office
San Pablo Pathology Group 403-404 Torre San Pablo
Bayamon, PR 00961Phone+1 787-787-9481Fax+1 787-787-9533
Education & Training
- Baylor College of MedicineSurgical Pathology Fellowship, 1996 - 1997
- Drexel University College of Medicine/Hahnemann University HospitalResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1992 - 1996
- Drexel University College of Medicine/Hahnemann University HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 1991 - 1992
- University of Puerto Rico School of MedicineClass of 1991
Certifications & Licensure
- PR State Medical License 1996 - 2025
- American Board of Pathology Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 2 citationsIh blockade reduces cocaine-induced firing patterns of putative dopaminergic neurons of the ventral tegmental area in the anesthetized rat.Karl Bosque‐Cordero, Rafael Vázquez-Torres, Cristhian Calo-Guadalupe, Daisy Consuegra-Garcia, Giulia R. Fois
Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry. 2022-01-10 - Computational and theoretical insights into the homeostatic response to the decreased cell size of midbrain dopamine neuronsFrancisco Arencibia-Albite, Carlos A. Jiménez-Rivera
Physiological Reports. 2021-01-01 - 12 citationsAlpha-1 Adrenergic Receptors Modulate Glutamate and GABA Neurotransmission onto Ventral Tegmental Dopamine Neurons during Cocaine Sensitization.Maria Carolina Velasquez-Martinez, Bermary Santos-Vera, Maria E. Velez-Hernandez, Rafael Vázquez-Torres, Carlos A. Jiménez-Rivera
International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2020-01-25
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- United States and Canadian Academy of PathologyMember
Other Languages
- Spanish
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