Alicia
Izquierdo-Edler
Faculty
College of
Natural and Social Sciences
Department of Psychology
Office: King Hall A3038 Phone: 343-323-2264
E-mail:
aizquie@calstatela.edu |
INTRODUCTION
One of my main professional goals is to encourage
women and ethnic minorities to pursue research careers
in behavioral neuroscience. To this end, I try to expose
my students to the many career options within Psychology
and also try to infuse a passion for the puzzle-solving
nature of research in my teaching and mentoring.
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TEACHING INTERESTS
Because of my research background in cognitive and
behavioral neuroscience, I particularly enjoy teaching
Physiological Psychology, Experimental Research Methods,
as well as graduate seminars in Neuropsychology,
Neuropharmacology, and Advanced Experimental Design. In
order to better involve students in research I try to
stimulate critical thinking and encourage the
development of unique research questions in their area
of interest.
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RESEARCH
In addressing my research questions I favor the use
of an animal model. My main interests include:
Uncovering the neural mechanisms important for flexible
cognition and behavior, exploring the factors
contributing to reward-related decision-making, and
studying the neuropharmacology of executive function. I
hope that all such research can contribute to a
better understanding (and treatment) of diseases such as OCD, PTSD, addiction/relapse, and Impulse Control
Disorder.
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PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
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Title |
Date |
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Murray EA, Izquierdo A. Orbitofrontal cortex and
amygdala contributions to affect and action in
primates. Ann NY Acad Sci
in press. |
2007 |
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Izquierdo A, Newman TK, Higley JD, Murray EA
(2007). Genetic modulation of cognitive flexibility and socioemotional behavior in rhesus monkeys.
PNAS USA 104: 14128-14133. |
2007 |
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Wellman CL,
Izquierdo A, Garrett JE, Martin KP, Carroll J,
Millstein R, Lesch KP, Murphy DL, and Holmes A
(2007) Impaired stress-coping and fear
extinction and abnormal corticolimbic morphology
in serotonin transporter knock-out mice. The
Journal of Neuroscience 27: 684-691.
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2007 |
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Izquierdo A and
Murray EA (2007). Selective bilateral amygdala
lesions in rhesus monkeys fail to disrupt object
reversal learning. The Journal of
Neuroscience 27: 1054-1062. |
2007 |
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Izquierdo A,
Wellman CL, Holmes A (2006). Stress causes rapid
dendritic retraction in infralimbic cortex and
impairs fear extinction in mice. The Journal
of Neuroscience 26: 5733-5738. |
2006 |
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Izquierdo A,
Wiedholz LM, Millstein RA, Yang RJ, Bussey TJ,
Saksida LM, and Holmes A (2006). Genetic and
dopaminergic modulation of reversal learning in
a touchscreen-based operant procedure for mice.
Behavioural Brain Research 171: 181-188. |
2006 |
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Izquierdo A
and Murray EA
(2005). Opposing effects of amygdala and orbital
prefrontal cortex lesions on the extinction of
instrumental responding in macaque monkeys.
European Journal of Neuroscience 22:
2341-2346. |
2005 |
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Izquierdo A, Suda RK, and
Murray EA (2005). Comparison of the effects of
bilateral orbital prefrontal cortex lesions and
amygdala lesions on emotional responses in
rhesus monkeys. The Journal of Neuroscience
25: 8534-8542. |
2005 |
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Izquierdo A, Suda RK, and
Murray EA (2004). Bilateral orbital prefrontal
cortex lesions in rhesus monkeys disrupt choices
guided by both reward value and reward
contingency. The Journal of Neuroscience
24: 7540 – 7548. |
2004 |
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Izquierdo A and Murray EA
(2004). Combined unilateral lesions of the
amygdala and orbital prefrontal cortex impair
affective processing in rhesus monkeys.
Journal of Neurophysiology. 91: 2023-2039. |
2004 |
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Baxter MG, Parker A, Lindner
CCC, Izquierdo AD, Murray EA (2000). Control of
response selection by reinforcer value requires
interaction of amygdala and orbital prefrontal
cortex. The Journal of Neuroscience.
20(11): 4311-4319. |
2000 |
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Boothe RG, Louden T, Aiyer A,
Izquierdo A, Drews C, Lambert SR (2000). Visual
outcome after contact lens and intraocular lens
correction of neonatal monocular aphakia in
monkeys. Investigative Opthamology & Visual
Science. 41:110-119. |
2000 |
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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Ph.D. Cognitive Neuropsychology 2003
- The George Washington University
in partnership with
- The National Institutes of Health
Washington D.C. and Bethesda, MD
B.S. Biology and Psychology 1996
- Emory University
Atlanta, GA
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