IDP Students


	Advanced Concentration	Neuroscience
	Mentor	Robert M. Caudle, Ph.D.
	Department	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Diagnostics Sciences
	Enrolled	August 2003
	Lab Room	D7-28
	Lab Phone	273-6762
	E-mail	delvalle@ufl.edu
Education
B.S., Natural Sciences, Univ. Puerto Rico
Dissertation Research
N-methyl-D-aspartate Receptors in the Enteric Nervous System
Publications
Del Valle-Pinero AY, Suckow SK, Zhou Q, Perez FM, Verne GN, Caudle RM. Expression of the N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor NR1 splice variants and NR2 subunit subtypes in the rat colon. Neuroscience. 2007 May 15; [Epub ahead of print] abstract
Zhou Q, Caudle RM, Price DD, Del Valle-Pinero AY, Verne GN. Selective up-regulation of NMDA-NR1 receptor expression in myenteric plexus after TNBS induced colitis in rats. Mol Pain. 2006 Jan 17;2:3. abstract
Caudle RM, Perez FM, Del Valle-Pinero AY, Iadarola MJ. Spinal cord NR1 serine phosphorylation and NR2B subunit suppression following peripheral inflammation. Mol Pain. 2005 Sep 2;1:25. abstract
Abstracts Presented at Meetings
N-methyl-D-aspartate Receptors Modulation of Colonic Contractility in a Rat Model of Colitis. 6th Annual University of Florida College of Dentistry Research Day. Gainesville, Florida. 2008
N-methyl-D-aspartate Receptors Modulation of Colonic Contractility in a Rat Model of Colitis. 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. San Diego, California. 2007
N-methyl-D-aspartate Receptors Modulation of Colonic Contractility in a Rat Model of Colitis. 6th Annual Comprehensive Center for Pain Research Day. Gainesville, Florida. 2007
Changes in NMDA receptor subtypes expression and gut contractility in a rat model of colitis. 6th Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS). Anaheim, California. 2006
N-methyl-D-aspartate Receptors Modulation of Contractile Activity in the Large Intestine of Rats. 5th Annual Comprehensive Center for Pain Research Day. Gainesville, Florida. 2006
N-methyl-D-aspartate Receptors Modulation of Contractile Activity in the Large Intestine of Rats. 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. Atlanta, Georgia. 2006
Expression of the NMDAR1 splice variants and the NMDAR2 subunit subtypes in the normal rat large intestine. 35th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. Washington D.C. 2005
Honors & Awards
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellowships (F31) to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease 2008
2nd Place in the 6th Annual UFCD Research Day, Ph.D./Post-Doc Level Poster Competition. 2008
Neuroscience Issue 147(1) cover. 2007