Wanda Vélez
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., 1998; Tufts University, Boston, MA
Academic Department(s)
Biochemistry
Research Area
Neuroscience
Research Interest
Torpedo acetylcholine receptor
Publications
Dietary methionine effects on plasma homocysteine and HDL metabolism in mice. Velez-Carrasco W, Merkel M, Twiss CO, Smith JD. J Nutr Biochem. 2008 Jun;19(6):362-70. Epub 2007 Aug 17. PMID: 17707632
Vélez-Carrasco W, Merkel M, Twiss CO, and Smith JD. Dietary methionine effects on plasma homocysteine and HDL metabolism in mice. 2007. J Nutr Biochem; PMID 17707632.
Vélez-Carrasco W, Valdés S, Agresar L, Letich A, Guerra AY, and Hann RM. -Conotoxin residues that interact at close range with -tyrosine-111 and mutant -tyrosine-113 on the Torpedo nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Biochemistry 2004;43(39):12700-8.
Li Z, Lamon-Fava S, Otvos J, Lichteinstein AH, Vélez-Carrasco W, McNamara JR, Ordovas JM, Schaefer EJ. Fish consumption shifts lipoprotein subfractions to a less atherogenic pattern in humans. J Nutr. 2004;134(7):1724-8.
Contact Information
Universidad Central del Caribe
P.O. Box 60327
Bayamón, PR 00960-6032
Tel.: (787) 798-3001 x 2036
e-mail: wvelez@uccaribe.edu
This website is made possible by grant G11HD052352 and U54NS039408 from NIH