Dr. Phyllis K Sher MD
Neurologist | Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology
2600 N Wyatt Dr Tucson AZ, 85712About
Dr. Phyllis Sher is a distinguished Neurologist in Tucson, AZ. Dr. Sher specializes in diagnosing, treating, and managing disorders of the brain and nervous system. With expertise in handling complex conditions like epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and migraines, Dr. Sher employs advanced techniques and personalized treatment plans to improve patient outcomes. As a neurologist, Dr. Sher is committed to staying abreast of the latest developments in neurological research and therapies.
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Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A longitudinal study of head growth in pre-term infants, I: normal rates of head growth.
- A longitudinal study of head growth in pre-term infants. II: differentiation between "catch-up" head growth and early infantile hydrocephalus.
- Neuroprotective effects of graded reoxygenation following chronic hypoxia in neuronal cell cultures.
- 2-APV and DGAMS are superior to MK-801 in preventing hypoxia-induced injury to developing neurons in vitro.
- The association of pauciarticular juvenile arthritis and myasthenia gravis.
- Increased glutamate uptake and glutamine synthetase activity in neuronal cell cultures surviving chronic hypoxia.
- Chronic hypoxia in neuronal cell culture: metabolic consequences.
- GABA accumulating neurons are relatively resistant to chronic hypoxia in vitro: an autoradiographic study.
- The effects of acidosis on chronically hypoxic neurons in culture.
- Benzodiazepine receptor development in murine glial cultures.
- Neurochemical correlates of cyanide-induced hypoxic neuronal damage in vitro.
- Cyanide-induced chronic partial asphyxia in vitro: neurochemical abnormalities and reversal by magnesium.
- Characteristics of benzodiazepine receptor binding in living cultures of mouse cerebral cortex at physiologic temperature.
- Autoradiographic localization of benzodiazepine receptor binding in dissociated cultures of fetal mouse cerebral cortex.
- Long-term exposure of cortical cell cultures to clonazepam reduces benzodiazepine receptor binding.
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