Physician

Neurology

Laroy Penix practices Neurology. He researched medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is one of the top medical schools in the US. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is ranked 3/29 in Research/PrimaryCare. He received awards:"Top MD". Laroy Penix is a published MD. He published 17 publications, including: 'Ischemic strokes secondary to vitamin B12 deficiency-induced hyperhomocystinemia.' Laroy Penix accepts Medicare.

Publications

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• Dementia: new theories, new treatments.
• Genetics of ischemic stroke.
• Increased endothelial expression of interCellular adhesion molecule-1 in symptomatic versus asymptomatic human carotid atherosclerotic plaque.
• Homocysteine elicits a DNA damage response in neurons that promotes apoptosis and hypersensitivity to excitoToxicity.
• Apolipoprotein E and age at onset of Alzheimer's Disease in African American patients.
• Hypertension and cognitive performance in African Americans with Alzheimer Disease.
• Felbamate block of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor.
• Seizure-induced hippocampal damage and Chronic epilepsy: a hebbian theory of epileptogenesis.
• Pathophysiological mechanisms of Brain damage from status epilepticus.
• Ischemic strokes secondary to vitamin B12 deficiency-induced hyperhomocystinemia.
• Selective vulnerability to perforant path stimulation: role of NMDA and non-NMDA receptors.
• Selective protection of neuropeptide containing dentate hilar interneurons by non-NMDA receptor blockade in an animal model of status epilepticus.
• Development of susceptibility to audiogenic seizures following cardiac arrest Cerebral ischemia in rats.
• Inhibition of NO synthase increases the severity of kainic acid-induced seizures in rodents.
• Comparison of the effects of bicuculline and strychnine on Brain stem auditory evoked potentials in the cat.
• Preventing stroke in patients with transient ischemic attacks.

Schools

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• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

• Tulane University

• UCLA

• NIH

• Nih Stroke Br

Procedures Preformed

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• EEG (Electroencephalogram)

Conditions Treated

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• Alzheimer's Disease
• Anterior Horn Disease
• Ataxia
• Autonomic Disorders
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Doctors Specialties

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• Neurology

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Top MD

Education

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• UCLA Medical Center
• Tulane University
• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Hospital

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• Northeast Georgia Medical Center

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1396837225
Last Name Of The Provider	PENIX
First Name Of The Provider	LAROY
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