Dr. Timothy Michael Gomez D.D.S.
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
6471 N La Cholla Blvd Tucson AZ, 85741About
Dr. Timothy Gomez is an oral and maxillofacial surgeon practicing in Tucson, AZ. Dr. Gomez specializes in the treatment of problems related to the face, mouth and jaws. As an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, Dr. Gomez is a unique dental specialist who can provide emergency medicine, perform general surgery and give anesthesia. These medical doctors are the only type of medical care specialist who can administer anesthesia, besides anesthesiologists. Typical procedures performed by Dr. Gomez are tooth extractions, especially wisdom teeth, corrective jaw surgery, cleft palate surgery and reconstructive surgery after an injury. Oral and maxillofacial surgeons can also perform dental work including placing dental implants. These surgeons might also deal with conditions of sleep apnea, oral cancers and more.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Filopodial calcium transients regulate growth cone motility and guidance through local activation of calpain.
- The great escape; phosphorylation of Ena/VASP by PKA promotes filopodial formation.
- Src-dependent tyrosine phosphorylation at the tips of growth cone filopodia promotes extension.
- Adjacent pioneer commissural interneuron growth cones switch from contact avoidance to axon fasciculation after midline crossing.
- The molecular basis for calcium-dependent axon pathfinding.
- Rac1 and RhoA promote neurite outgrowth through formation and stabilization of growth cone point contacts.
- Ca2+ influx through mechanosensitive channels inhibits neurite outgrowth in opposition to other influx pathways and release from intracellular stores.
- Focal adhesion kinase signaling at sites of integrin-mediated adhesion controls axon pathfinding.
- An antiangiogenic neurokinin-B/thromboxane A2 regulatory axis.
- Retinotopic mapping requires focal adhesion kinase-mediated regulation of growth cone adhesion.
- Balanced Vav2 GEF activity regulates neurite outgrowth and branching in vitro and in vivo.
- Imaging adhesion and signaling dynamics in Xenopus laevis growth cones.
- Regulation of axonal outgrowth and pathfinding by integrin-ECM interactions.
- Pioneering studies on the mechanisms of neuronal morphogenesis.
- Focal adhesion kinase promotes integrin adhesion dynamics necessary for chemotropic turning of nerve growth cones.
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