Maria A. Gomez

Doctor in Veterianarian Medicine (Universidad Complutense,Madrid, Spain)

M.A in psychology (American University)

Year and program

Ph.D. in Behavioral Neuroscience, 5^th year.

"Effects of Cross Fostering on Open Field Behavior, Acoustic Startle, Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Corticosterone Release and Body Weight in Lewis and Fischer rats." Gomez-Serrano, M., Tonelli, L., Listwak, S.,Sternberg, E.M., Riley, A.L. Behavior Genetics, 2001, in press.

"Delta opoid discrimination learning in therat:assessment with the selective dlta agonist, SNC80." Stevenson, G., Canadas F., Gomez-Serrano, M., Ullrich, T.,Zhang, X., Rice, K., Riley, A.L. Pharmacol Biochem Behavior, 2001, in press pending revisions.

"Identification of a novel inflammation-protective locus in the Fischer rat." Mamm. Genome, 1999, 10:362-365.

"Intracerebroventricular transplantation of embryonic neuronal tissue from inflammatory resistant into inflammatory susceptible rats suppresses specific components of inflammation." Misiewicz, B., Poltorak, M., Raybourne, R.B., Gomez, M., Listwak, S., Sternberg, E.M.. Exp. Neurol., 1997 Aug, 146:2, 305-14.

"A comparative study of tissue distribution and excretion among three substances implicated in eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome." Adachi, J., Ueno, Y., Tatsuno, Y., Gomez, M., Smith, C.C., Sternberg, E.M.. Adv Exp Med Biol, 1996, 398:, 365-70.

"Intracerebroventricularly transplanted embryonic neuronal tissue from inflammatory-resistant F344/N rats decreases acoustic startle responses in inflammatory-susceptible LEW/N rats." Misiewicz, B., Poltorak, M., Gomez, M., Glowa, J.R., Gold, P.W., Sternberg, E.M.. Cell Transplant, 1996 Mar, 5:2, 287-91.

"The estrogen antagonist tamoxifen inhibits carrageenan induced inflammation in LEW/N female rats." Misiewicz, B., Griebler, C., Gomez, M., Raybourne, R., Zelazowska, E., Gold, P.W., Sternberg, E.M.. Life Sci, 1996, 58:16, PL281-6.

"Accumulation of 3-(phenylamino)alanine, a constituent in L-tryptophan products implicated in eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome, in blood and organs of the Lewis rats." Adachi, J., Gomez, M., Smith, C.C., Sternberg, E.M.. Arch Toxicol, 1995, 69:4, 266-70.

"The estrous cycle and pituitary-ovarian function in Lewis and Fischer rats." Smith, C.C., Cizza, G., Gomez, M., Greibler, C., Gold, P.W., Sternberg, E.M.. Neuroimmunomodulation, 1994 Jul, 1:4, 231-5.

"Effects of Cross Fostering on Open Field Behavior, Acoustic Startle, Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Corticosterone Release and Body Weight in Lewis and Fischer rats." Gomez-Serrano, M., Tonelli, L., Listwak, S.,Sternberg, E.M., Riley, A.L. College on the Problems of Drug Dependence, Inc. 2001.

"Drug discriminative control with the delta agonist SNC80 in rats." Cañadas, F., Stevenson, G.W., Gomez, M., Riley, A.L. College on the Problems of Drug Dependence, Inc. 2000.

"Effects of cross-fostering on body weight and inflammatory response in Fischer and Lewis rats." Gomez, M.A., Sternberg, E.M., Riley, A.L.. Presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, November 7-12, 1998.

"Maternal differences between Lewis and Fischer rat strains." Gomez, M.A., Riley, A.L., Sternberg, E.M.. Presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, October 25-30, 1997.

"Gonadotropic modulation of estrous and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis function in the LEW/N and F344/N rat." Smith, C.C., Cizza, G., Gomez, M., Greibler, C., Gold, P.W., Sternberg, E.M.. Presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, November 7-12, 1993.

Effects of maternal behavior on the immunresponse to the pro-inflammatory substance carrageenan.

Right now I am interested in the effects of maternal rearing in the addition of drugs

I collaborated with NIMH studying the effects of cross-fostering in F344 and Lewis rats to LPS injection and behavioral test (startle response and open field).