Dr. Melissa M Bowker-kinley MD
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
216 Vaughan St 3rd Floor Portland ME, 04102About
Dr. Melissa Bowker-kinley is a psychiatrist practicing in Portland, ME. Dr. Bowker-kinley is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Bowker-kinley diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Bowker-kinley 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. Bowker-kinley 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- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Mechanism responsible for inactivation of skeletal muscle pyruvate dehydrogenase complex in starvation and diabetes.
- Gene structure and expression of the targeting subunit, RGL, of the muscle-specific glycogen-associated type 1 protein phosphatase, PP1G.
- Regulation of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase expression by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha ligands, glucocorticoids, and insulin.
- Regulation of the activity of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex.
- Diversity of the pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase gene family in humans.
- Dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase-binding protein of the human pyruvate dehydrogenase complex. DNA-derived amino acid sequence, expression, and reconstitution of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex.
- Evidence for existence of tissue-specific regulation of the mammalian pyruvate
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