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Student Profiles
Hugo Tejada
Neuroscience
Area of Doctoral Study: Neuroscience, UMB
Undergraduate Institute: University of Texas at El Paso
Description of Research
My research interests involve long-term changes in neurochemistry associated with drug dependence. More specifically, I am interested in the role of the endogenous opioid system in modulating drug reward and withdrawal. Additionally, I am interested in the mechanisms that mediate enhanced susceptibility to drug addiction during the adolescent period of development.Publications:
O’Dell, L.E., Torres, O.V., Natividad, L.A. and Tejeda, H.A. (2007). Adolescent nicotine exposure produces less affective measures of withdrawal relative to adult nicotine exposure in male rats. Neurotoxicolgy and Teratology. 29(1):17-22.
Torres OV, Tejeda HA, Natividad LA, O'Dell LE. (2008). Enhanced vulnerability to the rewarding effects of nicotine during the adolescent period of development. Pharmacol Biochem Behav.90(4):658-663.