Michael E. Ragozzino, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychology, Biological Sciences
Integrative Systems, Cognition/Learning
The main focus of my research focuses on understanding the neurobiology of learning and memory. The research involves in vivo neurochemistry techniques to understand neurotransmitter functions underlying learning and memory, as well as human brain.
Selected references
- McCool MF, Patel S, Talati R, Ragozzino ME.Differential involvement of M1-type and M4-type muscarinic cholinergic receptors in the dorsomedial striatum in task switching. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2008;89(2):114-24.
- Mohler EG, Shacham S, Noiman S, Lezoualc'h F, Robert S, Gastineau M, Rutkowski J, Marantz Y, Dumuis A, Bockaert J, Gold PE, Ragozzino ME.VRX-03011, a novel 5-HT4 agonist, enhances memory and hippocampal acetylcholine efflux. Neuropharmacology. 2007;53(4):563-73.
- Palencia CA, Ragozzino ME.The effect of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor blockade on acetylcholine efflux in the dorsomedial striatum during response reversal learning. Neuroscience. 2006;143(3):671-8.