Taliana A. Salcedo Rosado
Undergraduate Student
Dept. of Biology Human Focus
University of Puerto Rico
Bayamón Campus
Home Research
Mentor: Demetrio Sierra Mercado, PhD
Project: Evaluating the effects of herbicide exposure on cellular activity in the amygdala
Project Description: High doses of glyphosate increase anxiety-like behavior in rats (Ait Bali et al., 2017; Baier CJ et al., 2017). Furthermore, grooming and rearing behaviors have been proposed as reliable anxiety markers (Kalueff et al. 2016; Sturman et al. 2018). We aim to determine the effects of 2.0mg/kg of glyphosate (EPA Chronicreference dose) on: Anxiety-like behaviorsCellular activity in the CeA, LA, and BA.
Summer Research
Mentor: Pending
Project: Pending
Project Description: Pending