Dr. Ottavio Valerio Vitolo M.D.
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
660 S Euclid Ave Campus Box: 8134 Saint Louis MO, 63110About
Dr. Ottavio Vitolo is a psychiatrist practicing in Saint Louis, MO. Dr. Vitolo is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Vitolo diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Vitolo 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. Vitolo treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Endogenous APP derivatives oppositely modulate apoptosis through an autocrine loop.
- Improved NlaIII digestion of PAGE-purified 102 bp ditags by addition of a single purification step in both the SAGE and microSAGE protocols.
- Amyloid beta -peptide inhibition of the PKA/CREB pathway and long-term potentiation: reversibility by drugs that enhance cAMP signaling.
- Endoplasmic reticulum stress and the unfolded protein response in cellular models of Parkinson's disease.
- Persistent improvement in synaptic and cognitive functions in an Alzheimer mouse model after rolipram treatment.
- Ubiquitin hydrolase Uch-L1 rescues beta-amyloid-induced decreases in synaptic function and contextual memory.
- Amyloid beta peptide adversely affects spine number and motility in hippocampal neurons.
- The effect of sildenafil on quality of life.
- Challenges, solutions, and recommendations for Alzheimer's disease combination therapy.
- In vivo measurement of PDE10A enzyme occupancy by positron emission tomography (PET) following single oral dose administration of PF-02545920 in healthy male subjects.
- Biometric monitoring devices for assessing end points in clinical trials: developing an ecosystem.
- Adenosine and ADP prevent apoptosis in cultured rat cerebellar granule cells.
Awards
- cum laude graduate 1998
- NIMH outstanding resident award program 2006
- The Eli Robins award for excellence in research, teaching and clinica 2008
- The Dupont Warren Fellowship Award 2009
- Partners in Excellence Award-Partners HealthCare 2009
- Clinical Investigator Training Program - HMS 2010
Fellowships
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Brigham & Women's Hospital, Fellow:Neurology/Psychiatry 2008
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