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Alexandra Vargas-Elvira

    Education & Training

  • BA, University of Pennsylvania, 2021
Representative Publications

Nyema NT, McKnight AD, Vargas-Elvira AG, Schneps HM, Gold EG, Myers KP, Alhadeff AL. AgRP neuron activity promotes associations between sensory and nutritive signals to guide flavor preference. Mol Metab. 2023 Dec;78:101833. doi: 10.1016/j.molmet.2023.101833. Epub 2023 Nov 3. PMID: 37925021; PMCID: PMC10665654.

Nyema NT, McKnight AD, Vargas-Elvira AG, Schneps HM, Gold EG, Myers KP, Alhadeff AL. AgRP neuron activity promotes associations between sensory and nutritive signals to guide flavor preference. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2023 Sep 22:2023.09.19.558483. doi: 10.1101/2023.09.19.558483. Update in: Mol Metab. 2023 Dec;78:101833. doi: 10.1016/j.molmet.2023.101833. PMID: 37786670; PMCID: PMC10541598.

Research Interests

I am interested in the neuroscience of reward and motivated behavior.

Student Year
MS1
Career Advisor
Stephan Graham, MD, PhD
Program
Neuroscience (CNUP)
Trainee
Current
Training Start Year
2024