Dr. James Henry Meador-woodruff MD
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
619 19th Street South Birmingham AL, 35233Rating
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Dr. James Meador-woodruff is a psychiatrist practicing in Birmingham, AL. Dr. Meador-woodruff is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Meador-woodruff diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Meador-woodruff may treat patients through a variety of methods including medications, psychotherapy or talk therapy, psychosocial interventions and more, depending on each individual case. Different medications that a psychiatrist might prescribe include antidepressants, antipsychotic mediations, mood stabilizers, stimulants, sedatives and hypnotics. Dr. Meador-woodruff treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Virginia Commonwealth University / Medical College of Virginia School of Medic 1984
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Glutamatergic modulation of subcortical motor and limbic circuits.
- Effects of clozapine and haloperidol on 5-HT6 receptor mRNA levels in rat brain.
- Nicotine withdrawal and psychiatric symptoms in cigarette smokers with schizophrenia.
- Ionotropic glutamate receptor modulation of 5-HT6 and 5-HT7 mRNA expression in rat brain.
- Metabotropic glutamate receptor mRNA expression in the schizophrenic thalamus.
- Glutamate receptor expression in schizophrenic brain.
- Nucleus-specific expression of ionotropic glutamate receptor subunit mRNAs and binding sites in primate thalamus.
- Ionotropic glutamate receptor modulation preferentially affects NMDA receptor expression in rat hippocampus.
- Ionotropic glutamate receptor binding and subunit mRNA expression in thalamic nuclei in schizophrenia.
- Acute feasibility and safety of a smoking reduction strategy for smokers with schizophrenia.
- Abnormal kainate receptor expression in prefrontal cortex in schizophrenia.
- Ontogeny of ionotropic glutamate receptor expression in human fetal brain.
- Expression of excitatory amino acid transporter transcripts in the thalamus of subjects with schizophrenia.
- Striatal ionotropic glutamate receptor expression in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder.
- Vesicular glutamate transporter transcript expression in the thalamus in schizophrenia.
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