Dr. Nicholas M. Barbaro MD
Neurosurgeon
1801 N Senate Blvd Suite 535 Indianapolis IN, 46202About
Dr. Nicholas Barbaro practices Neurological Surgery in San Francisco, CA. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Barbaro 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
Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med, Pittsburgh Pa 1979
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 1979
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Effect of pallidotomy on postural control and motor function in Parkinson disease.
- Preoperative proton MR spectroscopic imaging of brain tumors: correlation with histopathologic analysis of resection specimens.
- Phosphatidylserine-dependent phagocytosis of apoptotic glioma cells by normal human microglia, astrocytes, and glioma cells.
- Vagus nerve stimulation for the treatment of bilateral independent temporal lobe epilepsy.
- False lateralization by subdural electrodes in two patients with temporal lobe epilepsy.
- 1H MRSI predicts surgical outcome in MRI-negative temporal lobe epilepsy.
- Focal cooling suppresses spontaneous epileptiform activity without changing the cortical motor threshold.
- Effects of antiepileptic drugs on induced epileptiform activity in a rat model of dysplasia.
- Potentially misleading extratemporal lobe lesions in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy.
- Challenging the clinical utility of the 14-3-3 protein for the diagnosis of
- Trigeminal neuralgia in a patient with a dural arteriovenous fistula in Meckel's
- Motor cortex stimulation for central and neuropathic pain: current status.
- Thalamic deep brain stimulation for essential tremor: relation of lead location to outcome.
- Primary brachial plexus tumors: imaging, surgical, and pathological findings in
- Resection of dominant opercular gliosis in refractory partial epilepsy. Report of two cases.
Awards
- 2013 Dr. Barbaro was named to Indianapolis Monthly magazine's 2013 Top Doct
Treatments
- Nerve Injury, Nerve Tumors, Surgical Procedures And More
- Cerebral Palsy
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Stroke
- Brain Tumor
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
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