Dr. John Herbert Growdon MD
Neurologist | Neurology
15 Parkman St Neurology Associates Boston MA, 02114About
Dr. John Growdon is a distinguished Neurologist in Boston, MA. Dr. Growdon 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. Growdon employs advanced techniques and personalized treatment plans to improve patient outcomes. As a neurologist, Dr. Growdon is committed to staying abreast of the latest developments in neurological research and therapies.
Education and Training
Univ of Pa Sch of Med, Philadelphia Pa 1965
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 1965
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Biomarkers of Alzheimer disease.
- Risperidone treatment of behavioral disturbances in outpatients with dementia.
- Intact implicit memory for novel patterns in Alzheimer's disease.
- Presenilin 1 protein directly interacts with Bcl-2.
- Donepezil therapy in clinical practice: a randomized crossover study.
- Modulation of presenilin-1 processing by nitric oxide during apoptosis induced by serum withdrawal and glucose deprivation.
- Differences between Pick disease and Alzheimer disease in clinical appearance and rate of cognitive decline.
- Effects of proximal and distal muscles' groups contraction and mental stress on the amplitude and frequency of physiological finger tremor. An accelerometric study.
- Clozapine and risperidone treatment of psychosis in Parkinson's disease.
- Genetic association of a cystatin C gene polymorphism with late-onset Alzheimer disease.
- The selective muscarinic M1 agonist AF102B decreases levels of total Abeta in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with Alzheimer's disease.
- Treatment with the selective muscarinic agonist talsaclidine decreases cerebrospinal fluid levels of total amyloid beta-peptide in patients with Alzheimer's disease.
- Elevation of cystatin C in susceptible neurons in Alzheimer's disease.
- Diagnosing dementia with Lewy bodies.
- PARK3 influences age at onset in Parkinson disease: a genome scan in the GenePD study.
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