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candice.chavez@rutgers.edu
Candice is a post-doctoral researcher whose background is in learning, memory, auditory neurophysiology, and auditory cortical plasticity.
She is interested in basal forebrain circuitry and how it contributes to cortical plasticity.
Education
California State University San Bernardino |
B.A., Psychology |
California State University San Bernardino |
M.A., General Experimental Psychology |
University of California Irvine |
Ph.D., Neurobiology and Behavior |
Publications
Chavez CM, McGaugh JL, Weinberger NM. Activation of the basolateral amygdala induces long-term enhancement of specific memory representations in the primary auditory cortex. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2012 Dec 22;101C:8.
Chavez CM, McGaugh JL, Weinberger NM. (2012). Amygdala Strengthening of Cortical Memory Representations, The Amygdala - A Discrete Multitasking Manager, Dr. Barbara Ferry (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-51-0908-2, InTech, DOI: 10.5772/53677. Available from: http://www.intechopen.com/books/the-amygdala-a-discrete-multitasking-manager/amygdala-strengthening-of-cortical-memory-representations
Butt AE, Chavez CM, Flesher MM, Kinney-Hurd BL, Araujo GC, Miasnikov AA, Weinberger NM. Association learning-dependent increases in acetylcholine release in the rat auditory cortex during auditory classical conditioning. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2009 Oct;92(3):400-9.
Hui GK, Wong KL, Chavez CM, Leon MI, Robin KM, Weinberger NM. Conditioned tone control of brain reward behavior produces highly specific representational gain in the primary auditory cortex. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2009 Jul;92(1):27-34.
Chavez CM, McGaugh JL, Weinberger NM. The basolateral amygdala modulates specific sensory memory representations in the cerebral cortex. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2009 May;91(4):382-92.
Cabrera SM, Chavez CM, Corley SR, Kitto MR, Butt AE. Selective lesions of the nucleus basalis magnocellularis impair cognitive flexibility. Behav Neurosci. 2006 Apr;120(2):298-306.
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