Senior Research Associate
Psychology and Neuroscience
Education: PhD, Neurophysiology, University of Iowa, 1978
MD, Universidad de Oriente, Cuidad Bolivar, Venezuela, 1968
Research Interests: Stress resilience. Behavioral and neurochemical effects of controllable and uncontrollable stress. Central nervous system circuitry involved: ventro-medial prefrontal cortex, striatum and dorsal raphe nucleus.