ORCID #0000-0002-4900-2248 
M.S., Universidad Central del Caribe
B.S., University of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras Campus
Academic Program
Ph.D. Cellular and Molecular Biology
Department
Physiology
Publications
Electron microscopy in rat brain slices reveals rapid accumulation of Cisplatin on ribosomes and other cellular components only in glia. Zueva L, Rivera Y, Kucheryavykh L, Skatchkov SN, Eaton MJ, Sanabria P, Inyushin M. Chemother Res Pract. 2014;2014:174039. PMID: 25610648
Unidirectional Photoreceptor-to-Muller Glia Coupling and Unique K+ Channel Expression in Caiman Retina. Zayas-Santiago A, Agte S, Rivera Y, Benedikt J, Ulbrich E, Karl A, Dávila J, Savvinov A, Kucheryavykh Y, Inyushin M, Cubano LA, Pannicke T, Veh RW, Francke M, Verkhrastsky A, Eaton MJ, Reichenbach A, Skatchkov SN. PLoS One. 2014 May 15;9(5):e97155. PMID: 24831221
Intracellular polyamines enhance astrocytic coupling.Benedikt J, Inyushin M, Kucheryavykh YV, Rivera Y, Kucheryavykh LY, Nichols CG, Eaton MJ, Skatchkov SN. Neuroreport. 2012 Dec 5;23(17):1021-5.
Presentations
Rivera Y, Inyushin M, Eaton MJ, Skatchkov SN, Kucheryavykh Y. Polyamines protect from acidification-induced connexin 43 uncoupling. PR Physiological Society Annual Meeting. San Juan, PR (February 2015).
Rivera Y. Accumulation of polyamines without synthesis in glia. Glia in Health and Disease Meeting. New York, NY. (July 2014).
Rivera Y, Inyushin M, Kucheryavykh YV, Sala-Rabanal M, Kucheryavykh LY, Benedikt J, Zayas-Santiago A, Veh RW, Nichols CG, Eaton MJ, Skatchkov SN. Pathways for physiological accumulation of polyamines in astrocytes. 22nd Puerto Rico Neuroscience Conference. Ponce, PR (December 2013)
Rivera Y, Inyushin M, Kucheryavykh YV, Sala-Rabanal M, Kucheryavykh LY, Benedikt J, Zayas-Santiago A, Veh RW, Nichols CG, Eaton MJ, Skatchkov SN. Pathways for physiological accumulation of polyamines in astrocytes. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA (November 2013).
De La Cruz-Landrau A, Rivera Y, Quesada O, González C, Inyushin MY, Skatchkov S, Rojas L. Thyroid Hormone Precursor Transport and Conversion in Astrocytes. 2nd Satellite CaribeGLIA Symposium. Bayamón, PR (January 2013).
Travel Awards:
*2012 – 2012 ASCB – 18th Annual Institute on Teaching and Mentoring