Dr. Altagracia Aurora Alcantara M.D.
Endocrinology-Diabetes | Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
TT14 Calle 37 Bayamon PR, 00956About
Dr. Altagracia Alcantara practices Endocrinology in Bayamon, PR. Dr. Alcantara specializes in preventing, diagnosing, and treating diseases related to hormone imbalance, and the bodys glands in the endocrine system. Endocrinologists are trained and certified to treat a variety of conditions, including menopause, diabetes, infertility, and thyroid disorders, among many others. Dr. Alcantara examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses, and decides the best treatment methods.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Cholinergic interneurons of the nucleus accumbens and dorsal striatum are activated by the self-administration of cocaine.
- Exercise and the brain: angiogenesis in the adult rat cerebellum after vigorous physical activity and motor skill learning.
- 5B4-CAM expression parallels neurite outgrowth and synaptogenesis in the developing rat brain.
- Learning causes synaptogenesis, whereas motor activity causes angiogenesis, in cerebellar cortex of adult rats.
- Comparative study on the specific cellular immunity to HBs and HBe antigens of hepatitis B.
- Glial hypertrophy is associated with synaptogenesis following motor-skill learning, but not with angiogenesis following exercise.
- Developmental regulation of Fos and Fos-related antigens in cerebral cortex, striatum, hippocampus, and cerebellum of the rat.
- Antibodies directed against microtubule proteins from Drosophila melanogaster cross react with similar proteins in the rat brain.
- Motor-skill learning: changes in synaptic organization of the rat cerebellar cortex.
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