Alicia Rivera RamÃrez
Professor
Department of Cell Biology, Genetics and Physiology
Universidad de Malaga
Spain
Biography
She is a Full Professor at the Department of Cell Biology, Genetics and Physiology (Cell Biology) at the same university since 2010. She was previously a Lecturer at the University of Málaga (2000) Assistant (2002-2004) and Professor Contracted Doctor (2004-2010). During her predoctoral period, she studied at the Instituto Cajal (CSIC) in Madrid (1998-99) and during the postdoctoral period at the Department of Neuroscience of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm (Sweden) (2002). In the field of research co-author with Dr. Adelaida de la Calle a group that studies the dopaminergic system in the Central Nervous System, especially in relation to the dopamine receptors and the mechanisms of transmission in volume in the Basal Ganglia.
Research Interest
Formation of dopaminergic and opioid receptor heteromers and their involvement in morphine addiction
Publications
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Gago B .; Fuxe K .; Agnati L .; Penafiel A .; De La Calle A .; Rivera A. Dopamine D (4) receptor activation decreases the expression of mu-opioid receptors in the rat striatum. J. Comp. Neurol. 502: 358-366 (2007).
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Rivera A .; Agnati LF; Horvath TL; Valderrama JJ; From Calle A .; Fuxe K. Uncoupling protein 2/3 immunoreactivity and the ascending dopaminergic and noradrenergic neuron system. Relevance for volume transmission. Neurosci. 137: 1447-1461 (2006).
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Rivera A .; Trias S .; Penafiel A .; Narvaez JA; Diaz-Cabiale Z .; Moratalla R .; Of the A. Expression of D4 dopamine receptors in striatonigral and striatopallidal neurons in the rat striatum. Brain Res. 989: 35-41 (2003).
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Rivera A .; Cuéllar B .; Girón FJ .; Grandy DK .; From Calle A .; Moratalla R. Dopamine D4 receptors are heterogeneously distributed in the striosomes / matrix compartments of the striatum. J. Neurochem. 80: 219-229 (2002)
