Dr. Christopher W Ward D.O.
Family Practitioner
199 Reynolds Rd 130 Brentwood Dr Chester CA, 96020About
Dr. Christopher Ward is a family practitioner practicing in Chester, CA. Dr. Ward specializes in comprehensive health care for people of all ages. In addition to diagnosing and treating illnesses, family practitioners also put focus on preventative care with routine checkups, tests and personalized coaching on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Dr. Ward possesses immense general knowledge on maintaining health and today, family practitioners provide more care for the underserved and rural populations than any other medical specialty.
Education and Training
Ny Coll Of Osteo Med Of Ny Inst Of Tech- Old Westbury Ny 1988
Board Certification
Family MedicineAmerican Board of Family MedicineABFM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Interdomain interactions within ryanodine receptors regulate Ca2+ spark frequency in skeletal muscle.
- Initiation and termination of calcium sparks in skeletal muscle.
- Ca2+ sparks are initiated by Ca2+ entry in embryonic mouse skeletal muscle and decrease in frequency postnatally.
- Homer protein increases activation of Ca2+ sparks in permeabilized skeletal muscle.
- Ghost sparks.
- Local Ca2+ release events in skeletal muscle.
- In vivo restoration of physiological levels of truncated TrkB.T1 receptor rescues neuronal cell death in a trisomic mouse model.
- Ca2+ sparks and T tubule reorganization in dedifferentiating adult mouse skeletal muscle fibers.
- A functional insulin-like growth factor receptor is not necessary for load-induced skeletal muscle hypertrophy.
- Enhanced excitation-coupled calcium entry in myotubes expressing malignant hyperthermia mutation R163C is attenuated by dantrolene.
- Does a lack of RyR3 make mammalian skeletal muscle EC coupling a 'spark-less' affair?
- Leaky Ca2+ release channel/ryanodine receptor 2 causes seizures and sudden cardiac death in mice.
- Phosphorylation of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) regulatory subunit modulates PKA-AKAP interaction, substrate phosphorylation, and calcium signaling in cardiac cells.
- Amyloid-β protein impairs Ca2+ release and contractility in skeletal muscle.
- Changes in contraction-induced phosphorylation of AMP-activated protein kinase and mitogen-activated protein kinases in skeletal muscle after ovariectomy.
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