Man

Carlos andres Lafourcade Lopez

profesor

UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Endocannabinoids, electrophysiology (patch clamp, current clamp, extracelullar field potentials), stress, adult neurogenesis (subventricular zone) in a model of TSC (tuberous sclerosis complex), neurotransmission

Educación

  •  PhD, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Argentina, 2009

Experiencia Académica

  •   profesor Full Time

    universidad de los andes

    medicina

    santiago, Chile

    2014 - A la fecha

  •   postdoctoral fellow Full Time

    YALE UNIVERSITY

    New Haven, Estados Unidos

    2010 - 2013

  •   postdoctoral fellow Full Time

    UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH

    Zurich, Suiza

    2013 - 2014

  •   research assitant Full Time

    UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND - BALTIMORE

    Estados Unidos

    2004 - 2009

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Postdoctoral research Full Time

    University of Zurich

    Suiza

    2010 - 2014

  •   Research for PhD. Full Time

    University of Maryland

    Estados Unidos

    2004 - 2009

  •   profesor Full Time

    Universidad de los Andes

    Chile

    2014 - A la fecha

Formación de Capital Humano


Tutor of PhD students at Yale University (Tiffany Lin), Zurich University (Francine Deprez, Tilo Gschwind)


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Scholarship from “Funds for the improvement of University Quality

    UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES

    Argentina

    Proyect: Molecular toxicity mechanisms by aluminium in nervous cells. Interference with iron metabolism and induction of oxidative process

  •   Scholarship from the “National Agency for the promotion of Science and Technology”

    UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES

    Chile

    Proyect: Aluminium and Anemia, Mechanisms involved with the utilization of Iron and the production of Nitric Oxide

  •   OAS (Organization of American States) Scholarship

    UNIV. NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA

    Colombia

    “International Course of Computer Science applied to Molecular Biology and Proteins Chemistry”


 

Article (16)

Characterisation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase isoforms in the brain of the crab Chasmagnathus.
Kappa-B like DNA-binding activity is enhanced after spaced training that induces long-term memory in the crab Chasmagnathus
Rat Urinary Chemiluminescence: Effect of Ethanol and/or Hexachlorobenzene Uptake
A circuitry and biochemical basis for tuberous sclerosis symptoms: from epilepsy to neurocognitive deficits
Cannabidiol targets mitochondria to regulate intracellular Ca2+ levels
Distinctions among GABAA and GABAB responses revealed by calcium channel antagonists, cannabinoids, opioids, and synaptic plasticity in rat hippocampus
GABAergic striatal neurons project dendrites and axons into the postnatal subventricular zone leading to calcium activity
Human erythroid cells are affected by aluminium. Alteration of membrane band 3 protein
Human erythroid cells are affected by aluminium. Alteration of membrane band 3 protein
mTOR hyperactivity through constitutively Rheb leads to ectopic cell migration, premature neuronal differentiation, and abnormal dendritic morphogenesis in neuroblasts in postnatal wild-type mice
Neonatal Subventricular Zone Electroporation
Novel mGluR- and CB1R-independent suppression of GABA release caused by a preparation of the group I metabotropic glutamate receptor agonist, DHPG
Presynaptic mechanisms of endocannabinoid-mediated long term depression in the hippocampus
Rat urinary chemiluminescence: effect of ethanol and/or hexachlorobenzene uptake
 Characterisation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase isoforms in the brain of the crab Chasmagnathus
 Kappa-B like DNA-binding activity is enhanced after spaced training that induces long-term memory in the crab Chasmagnathus

BookSection (1)

Endocannabinoids, opioids and the regulation of hippocampal inhibition
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Carlos Lafourcade

profesor

Medicina

UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES

Santiago, Chile