ORCID #0000-0002-6036-1217 
B.S., University of Puerto Rico at Bayamón
Academic Program
Ph.D. Cellular and Molecular Biology
Department
Biochemistry
Publications
Kucheryavykh LY, Dávila-Rodríguez J, Rivera-Aponte DE, Zueva LV, Washington AV, Sanabria P, Inyushin MY. Platelets are responsible for the accumulation of β-amyloid in blood clots inside and around blood vessels in mouse brain after thrombosis. Brain Res Bull. 2016 nov 28. S0361-9230(16)30321-5.
Rivera-Aponte DE, Méndez-González M, Rivera-Pagan AF, Kucheryavykh YV, Kucheryavykh LY, Skatchkov SN, Eaton MJ. Hyperglycemia reduces functional expression of astrocytic Kir4.1 channels and glial glutamate uptake. Neuroscience. 2015 Sep 24. S0306-4522(15)00863-5. PMID: 26404875.
Rivera-Pagán AF, Rivera-Aponte DE, Melnik-Martinez KV, Zayas-Santiago A, Kucheryavykh LY, Martins AH, Cubano LA, Skatchkov SN, Eaton MJ. Up-Regulation of TREK-2 Potassium Channels in Cultured Astrocytes Requires De Novo Protein Synthesis: Relevance to Localization of TREK-2 Channels in Astrocytes after Transient Cerebral Ischemia. PLoS One. 2015 Apr 17;10(4):e0125195.
Presentations
Rivera-Aponte DE, Méndez-González M, Tejeda-Bayron F, Malpica-Nieves C, Rivera-Pagán A, Kucheryavykh L, Kucheryavykh Y, Skatchkov SN, Eaton MJ. Hyerglycemia Reduces Astrocytic Potassium Channels and Function. 4th PR Cell Signaling Meeting. Ponce, PR (March 2017)
Rivera-Aponte DE. Hyperglycemia Reduces Astrocytic Kir4.1 Potassium Channels Expression and Function: Relevance to Stroke. 7th CaribeGLIA Symposium. Bayamon, PR (February 2017)
Rivera-Aponte DE, Méndez-González M, Miranda L, Cubano LA, Skatchkov SN, Eaton MJ. Reduction of Kir4.1 Potassium Channel Expression in Diabetic Mice: Relevance to Stroke. 25th Puerto Rico Neuroscience Conference. San Juan, PR (December 2016)
Rivera-Aponte DE, Méndez-González MP, Rivera-Pagán A, Kucheryavykh YV, Kucheryavykh LY, Skatchkov SN, Eaton MJ. Hyperglycemia Reduces Astrocityc Potassium Channels and Function. 2015 Society for Neuroscience. Chicago, IL (October 2015)
Rivera-Aponte DE, Méndez-González MP, Rivera-Pagán A, Kucheryavykh YV, Kucheryavykh LY, Skatchkov SN, Eaton MJ. Hyperglycemia Reduces Astrocytic Potassium Channels and Function. 2015 NEURAL Conference. Birmingham, AL (June 2015).
Awards:
*April 2016 – Honorable Mention – Ford Dissertation Fellowship
Travel Awards:
*June 2015 – NEURAL Conference Travel Awards – 2015 National Enhancement of Underrepresented Academic Leaders (NEURAL) Conference.