Roger A. Gallegos--Assistant Professor of Physiology - COMP - Western University of Health Sciences

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Roger A. Gallegos--Assistant Professor of Physiology

Background

1991 B.A.: Psychology San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
1997 Ph.D.: Neuroscience and Psychology Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
1997-2004 Postdoctoral Fellow: Neuropharmacology The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
2004-2005 Staff Scientist: Neuropharmacology The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA

2005-present       Assistant Professor
                                Department of Basic Medical
                                Sciences, Western University of
                                Health Sciences, C.O.M.P.

Professional Affiliations:

Society for Neuroscience, Sleep Research Society

Current Course Listing:

Dr. Gallegos' training has been in the field of behavioral neuroscience, and will be teaching the core physiology course, including neurophysiology.

Selected Pbulications:

1. Gallegos, R., Lee, R.-S., Criado, J., Henriksen, S., Steffensen, S. Adaptive responses of GABAergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area to chronic ethanol. The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 291(3): 1045-53, 1999.

2. Huitrón-Reséndiz, S., Sánchez-Alavez, M., Gallegos, R., Berg, G., Crawford, E., Giacchino, J., Games, D., Henriksen, S., Criado, J. R. Age-independent and age-related deficits in visuospatial learning, sleep-wake states, thermoregulation and motor activity in PDAPP mice. Brain Research, 928: 126-137, 2002.

3. Laviolette, S., Gallegos, R., Henriksen, S., van der Kooy, D. Opiate state controls bi-directional reward signaling via GABAA receptors in the ventral tegmental area. Nature Neuroscience, 7(2): 160-169, 2004.

Research Interests:

Dr. Gallegos' research interests include:
1. the subcortical modulation of behavioral and cortical arousal
2. disorders of subcortical systems leading to psychopathology
3. mode of action of hypnogenic and anesthetic drugs

Selected Pulications:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=search&DB=pubmed&term="Gallegos%20RA"%20[au]

Last Updated:03/05/2007

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