Vernon Garcia-Rivas, PhD

Vernon Garcia-Rivas PhD, is currently a trainee in Marina Picciotto’s laboratory who received his PhD in neuroscience from the University of Bordeaux, France. Recent progress includes:

• Garcia-Rivas, V., Thomas, M.A., Soares, A.R., Picciotto, M.R. and Mineur, Y.S. “Involvement of the Basolateral and Central Amygdala in Stress-induced Ethanol Intake in Female Mice”, presented at the Society for Neuroscience Conference, Washington DC, Nov 11-15 2023.
• Garcia-Rivas, V., Soares, A.R., Thomas, M.A., Mineur, Y.S. and Picciotto, M.R “Stress-induced Escalation of Ethanol Intake in Female Mice Requires Functional Microglia”, presented at the Research Society on Alcohol Annual Meeting, Bellevue WA, Jun 24-28 2023.