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Yvonne M. Hernandez Associate Professor of Pharmacology |
I am the Course Director for Medical Pharmacology, a second year Medical School Course. In this position, I organize the curriculum for the course and act as a representative from the Department of Pharmacology in the Medical School. I am involved in the selection process for medical students, and I serve on a committee devoted to bettering education for Medical Students at Georgetown University and across the country.
Selected Publications:
Wasserman AM, Ferreira M Jr, Sahibzada N,
Hernandez YM, Gillis RA:
GABA-mediated neurotransmission in the ventrolateral NTS
plays a role in respiratory regulation in the rat.
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol.
283:R1423-41, 2002 Wasserman AM, Sahibzada N, Hernandez YM,
Gillis RA:
Specific subnuclei of the nucleus tractus solitarius play a
role in determining the duration of inspiration in the rat.
Brain
Res. 880:118-30, 2000 McManigle JE, Gillis RA, Dretchen KL,
Taveira Da Silva AM, Hernandez YM:
Respiratory depression produced by intravenously
administered NBQX.
Pharmacology.
56:285-90, 1998 Hernandez YM, Raczkowski VF, Dretchen KL,
Gillis RA:
Cocaine inhibits sympathetic neural activity by acting in
the central nervous system and at the sympathetic ganglion.
J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 277:1114-21, 1996 Gillis RA, Hernandez YM, Erzouki HK,
Raczkowski VF, Mandal AK, Kuhn FE, Dretchen KL:
Sympathetic nervous system mediated cardiovascular effects
of cocaine are primarily due to a peripheral site of action
of the drug.
Drug Alcohol Depend. 37:217-30, 1995 Chen K, Hernandez YM, Dretchen KL, Gillis
RA:
Intravenous NBQX inhibits spontaneously occurring
sympathetic nerve activity and reduces blood pressure in
cats.
Eur J Pharmacol. 252:155-60, 1994 Raczkowski VF, Hernandez YM, Erzouki HK,
Abrahams TP, Mandal AK, Hamosh P, Friedman E, Quest JA,
Dretchen KL, Gillis RA:
Cocaine acts in the central nervous system to inhibit
sympathetic neural activity.
J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 257:511-9, 1991 Gillis RA, Bachenheimer LC, Dretchen KL,
Erzouki HK, Hernandez YM, Jain RK, Jain MK, Kuhn FE, Quest
J, Schaer GL:
Role of the sympathetic nervous system in the cardiovascular
effects of cocaine.
NIDA Res Monogr. 108:92-109, 1991
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