Dr. Myles Hugh Akabas M.D., PH.D.
Internist
1300 Morris Park Ave Dept. Of Physiology Bronx NY, 10461About
Dr. Myles Akabas is an internist practicing in Bronx, NY. Dr. Akabas specializes in the medical treatment of adults. Internists can act as a primary physician or a consultant to a primary physician. They manage both common and rare diseases. Dr. Akabas provides comprehensive care and manages treatment with surgeons as well. Internists establish long-term relationships with their patients and incorporate disease prevention and mental health care into their practice.
Education and Training
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Yeshiva University 1983
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Arg352 is a major determinant of charge selectivity in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator chloride channel.
- Gamma-aminobutyric acid increases the water accessibility of M3 membrane-spanning segment residues in gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptors.
- Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator. Structure and function of an epithelial chloride channel.
- Benzodiazepines induce a conformational change in the region of the gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor alpha(1)-subunit M3 membrane-spanning segment.
- Protein mobility and GABA-induced conformational changes in GABA(A) receptor
- Structural and electrostatic properties of the 5-HT3 receptor pore revealed by substituted cysteine accessibility mutagenesis.
- Evidence for distinct conformations of the two alpha 1 subunits in diazepam-bound GABA(A) receptors.
- Probing CFTR channel structure and function using the substituted-cysteine-accessibility method.
- Structural evidence that propofol stabilizes different GABA(A) receptor states at potentiating and activating concentrations.
- GABA(A) receptor M2-M3 loop secondary structure and changes in accessibility during channel gating.
- Acetylcholine receptor channel structure probed in cysteine-substitution mutants.
- Loose protein packing around the extracellular half of the GABA(A) receptor beta1 subunit M2 channel-lining segment.
- Defining the propofol binding site location on the GABAA receptor.
- Na+/Ca2+ exchange inhibitors: potential drugs to mitigate the severity of ischemic injury.
- Differential protein mobility of the gamma-aminobutyric acid, type A, receptor alpha and beta subunit channel-lining segments.
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