The Bentil Group

Carley Rivers

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Ph.D. Student

Hometown: Austin, texas

 

Brief Biography

Carley Rivers is a graduate student in the Neuroscience Interdepartmental Graduate Program. They joined The Bentil Group in March 2024. In 2022, Carley received the Luxton Graduate Research Fellowship from Texas State University. Additionally, she completed her Master’s thesis, entitled “The Effect of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids on Neural Cytochrome c Oxidase Activity in Postpartum Rats,” in May of 2023.

 

Research Interests

  • Biomarkers for and progression of blast-induced traumatic brain injury
  • Neural effects of psychedelic therapy
  • Elucidating the connection between the brain and the gut microbiome

Education

  • Ph.D., Neuroscience, Iowa State University, in progress
  • M.S., Human Nutrition, Texas State University, 2023
  • B.S., Nutrition and Foods, Texas State University, 2015

 

Selected Publications

  • Farber, C., Renteria, K., Ritter, J., Muraida, J. D., Rivers, C., McKenzie, A., Zhu, J., Koh, G. Y., & Lane, M. A. (2023). Comparison of maternal versus postweaning ingestion of a high fat, high sucrose diet on depression-related behavior, novelty reactivity, and corticosterone levels in young, adult rat offspring. Behavioural brain research, 455, 114677. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2023.114677
  • Lamkin, K., Zhu, J., Liu, Y., Yang, K., Jia, J., Wu, H., Lu, L., Rivers, C., & Xu, L. (2022). Choline and Betaine Intakes During Pregnancy in Relation to Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Among Chinese Women. Current Developments in Nutrition, 6(Supplement_1), 681–681. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzac061.065
  • Rivers C., Farber C., Heath M., Gonzales E., Barrett D. W., Gonzalez-Lima F., & Lane M. A. (2024). Dietary omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids reduce cytochrome c oxidase in brain white matter and sensorimotor regions while increasing functional interactions between neural systems related to escape behavior in postpartum rats. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 18:1423966. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnsys.2024.1423966
  • Zuniga, K. E., Downey, D. L., McCluskey, R., & Rivers, C. (2017). Need for and Interest in a Sports Nutrition Mobile Device Application Among Division I Collegiate Athletes. International journal of sport nutrition and exercise metabolism, 27(1), 43–49. https://doi.org/10.1123/ijsnem.2015-0305

 

Hobbies

  • Board Games
  • Cooking
  • Camping