Rafael Vazquez-Torres

Emergency Medicine

Hospital Industrial-centro Medico
Bo. Monacillos
San Juan, PR 00936

Last Updated: 09/26/2026

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Mitochondrial carbonic anhydrase-VB inhibition rescues brain endothelial stress and memory in Alzheimer's disease models.

Mitochondrial carbonic anhydrase-VB inhibition rescues brain endothelial stress and memory in Alzheimer's disease models.

Journal: bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology

Published: March 27, 2026

Amyloid β Instigates Cardiac Neurotrophic Signaling Impairment, Driving Alzheimer's Associated Heart Disease.

Amyloid β Instigates Cardiac Neurotrophic Signaling Impairment, Driving Alzheimer's Associated Heart Disease.

Journal: Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)

Published: June 30, 2025

Reward-associated cues reduce H-current amplitude in midbrain dopamine neurons.

Reward-associated cues reduce H-current amplitude in midbrain dopamine neurons.

Journal: Neuropharmacology

Published: June 30, 2025

Amyloid β instigates cardiac neurotrophic signaling impairment, driving Alzheimer's associated heart disease.

Amyloid β instigates cardiac neurotrophic signaling impairment, driving Alzheimer's associated heart disease.

Journal: bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology

Published: July 28, 2023

FDA-approved carbonic anhydrase inhibitors reduce amyloid β pathology and improve cognition, by ameliorating cerebrovascular health and glial fitness.

FDA-approved carbonic anhydrase inhibitors reduce amyloid β pathology and improve cognition, by ameliorating cerebrovascular health and glial fitness.

Journal: Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association

Published: January 20, 2023

Locus coeruleus activation during environmental novelty gates cocaine-induced long-term hyperactivity of dopamine neurons.

Locus coeruleus activation during environmental novelty gates cocaine-induced long-term hyperactivity of dopamine neurons.

Journal: iScience

Published: September 30, 2021

Ih blockade reduces cocaine-induced firing patterns of putative dopaminergic neurons of the ventral tegmental area in the anesthetized rat.

Ih blockade reduces cocaine-induced firing patterns of putative dopaminergic neurons of the ventral tegmental area in the anesthetized rat.

Journal: Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry

Published: May 27, 2021

Alpha-1 Adrenergic Receptors Modulate Glutamate and GABA Neurotransmission onto Ventral Tegmental Dopamine Neurons during Cocaine Sensitization.

Alpha-1 Adrenergic Receptors Modulate Glutamate and GABA Neurotransmission onto Ventral Tegmental Dopamine Neurons during Cocaine Sensitization.

Journal: International journal of molecular sciences

Published: November 18, 2019

Corrigendum to "aPKC-mediated persistent increase in AMPA/NMDA ratio in the VTA participates in the neuroadaptive signal necessary to induce NAc synaptic plasticity after cocaine administration" [Neuroscience 392 (2018) 129-140].

Corrigendum to "aPKC-mediated persistent increase in AMPA/NMDA ratio in the VTA participates in the neuroadaptive signal necessary to induce NAc synaptic plasticity after cocaine administration" [Neuroscience 392 (2018) 129-140].

Journal: Neuroscience

Published: May 15, 2019

Protein and surface expression of HCN2 and HCN4 subunits in mesocorticolimbic areas after cocaine sensitization.

Protein and surface expression of HCN2 and HCN4 subunits in mesocorticolimbic areas after cocaine sensitization.

Journal: Neurochemistry international

Published: November 12, 2018

aPKC-Mediated Persistent Increase in AMPA/NMDA Ratio in the VTA Participates in the Neuroadaptive Signal Necessary to Induce NAc Synaptic Plasticity After Cocaine Administration.

aPKC-Mediated Persistent Increase in AMPA/NMDA Ratio in the VTA Participates in the Neuroadaptive Signal Necessary to Induce NAc Synaptic Plasticity After Cocaine Administration.

Journal: Neuroscience

Published: May 09, 2018

Cocaine sensitization increases subthreshold activity in dopamine neurons from the ventral tegmental area.

Cocaine sensitization increases subthreshold activity in dopamine neurons from the ventral tegmental area.

Journal: Journal of neurophysiology

Published: June 29, 2016

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Last Updated: 09/26/2026