ORCID #0000-0001-8427-732X 
M.S., Universidad Central del Caribe
B.S., University of Puerto Rico at Cayey
Academic Program
Ph.D. Cellular and Molecular Biology
Department
Biochemistry
Publications
Ferchmin PA, Pérez D, Castro-Álvarez W, Penzo MA, Maldonado HM, Eterovic VA. y-Aminobutyric acid type a receptor inhibition triggers a nicotinic neuroprotective mechanisms. J Neurosci Res. 2013 Mar;91(3):416-25.
Morales J, Villa K, Gattis J, Castro W, Colon K, Lubkowski J, Sanabria P, Hunter R, Washington AV. Soluble TLT-1 Modulates Platelet-Endothelial Cell Interactions and Actin Polymerization. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis. 2010 21(3):229-36.
Presentations
Castro W, Martins AH, Grudziak G, Ferchmin P, Eterovic VA. Acute reemergence of neurological function following 4R treatment after ischemic stroke. Society for Neuroscience. Washington, DC. (November 2014)
Castro W, Martins AH, Grudziak G, Ferchmin PA, Eterovic V. Neuroprotection by 4R-Cembranoid Evaluated 24h and 7 days after Ischemic Stroke. 21st PR Neuroscience Conference. (December 2012).
Castro W, Martins AH, Grudziak G, Ferchmin PA, Eterovic V. DFP excitotoxicity and its reversal by 4R-cembranoid in the acute hippocampal slices. Society for Neuroscience. New Orleans, LA (October 2012).