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Research image from The España Lab at Drexel University College of Medicine.

Welcome to the España Lab

Rodrigo España, PhD - Professor

Rodrigo España, PhD
Professor and Interim Chair

Our research focuses on monoaminergic and hypocretinergic modulation of arousal-related processes including motivated behavior, substance abuse disorders, stress, and sleep/wake function.

We use a multidisciplinary approach to investigate the involvement of hypocretins in reward and addiction processes. Techniques include, electrophysiological recordings of sleep/wake behavior, self-administration of drugs of abuse, fast-scan cyclic voltammetry, viral manipulations to control circuits of interest, and single and multi-unit recordings in behaving animals.

Images from the research at the España Lab.

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For more information, please contact:
Rodrigo España, PhD
Principal Investigator; Professor and Interim Chair
   215.991.8274 (Office)
   215.991.8471 (Lab)
  rae39@drexel.edu

 
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