Awarded a Fullbright scholarship, Ledia comes to the Graybiel Lab with a degree in Biological Sciences and a PhD in Neuroscience from the Universidad Complutense, in Madrid, Spain.

For her PhD work, Ledia studied the interaction of neurotransmitters in multiple areas of the brain, including the basal ganglia. As a graduate student, she was awarded a fellowship to the Karolinska Institut, Sweden, to work at Kjell Fuxe’s lab.

Ledia will spend time in the Graybiel lab exploring basal ganglia function and electrophysiology. She is particularly interested in the changes involved in the development of Parkinson’s disease, its origin, evolution and the compensatory effects developed during the course of the disease.

PUBLICATIONS
Hernandez LF, Segovia G, Mora F.Changes in dopamine and acetylcholine in striatum of the awake rat after chronic treatment with a dopamine uptake blocker. Brain Res Bull. 2006 Feb 15;68(6):448-52.

Hernandez LF, Segovia G, Mora F. Effects of activation of NMDA and AMPA glutamate receptors on the extracellular concentrations of dopamine, acetylcholine, and GABA in striatum of the awake rat: a microdialysis study. Neurochem Res. 2003 Dec;28(12):1819-27.