Dr. Robert A. Yount M.D.
Neurosurgeon
100 Navarre Pl Suite 6600 South Bend IN, 46601About
Dr. Robert Yount practices Neurological Surgery in South Bend, IN. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Yount prevents, diagnoses, evaluates, and treats disorders of the autonomic, peripheral, and central nervous systems. Neurological Surgeons are trained to treat such disorders as spinal canal stenosis, herniated discs, tumors, fractures, and spinal deformities, among many others.
Education and Training
In Univ Sch of Med, Indianapolis In 1979
Indiana University School of Medicine 1979
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Inhibition of hepatic lipogenesis by adenine nucleotides.
- Inhibition of hepatic lipogenesis by adenine nucleotides.
- Increased cyclic GMP in the end-plate region of denervated frog muscle.
- Increased cyclic GMP in the end-plate region of denervated frog muscle.
- Early platelet dysfunction in a rodent model of blunt traumatic brain injury reflects the acute traumatic coagulopathy found in humans.
- The resting impedance and control of cellular volume in cat cerebral cortex.
- Cerebral histoplasmoma. Case report.
Treatments
- Stroke
- Back Pain
- Pinched Nerve
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Herniated Disc
- Birth Defects
- Spinal Stenosis
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