Dr. Jacob R Rachlin M.D.
Neurosurgeon
1101 Beacon St Brookline MA, 02446About
Dr. Jacob Rachlin practices Neurological Surgery in Brookline, MA. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Rachlin 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 Chicago, Pritzker Sch of Med, Chicago Il 1982
University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine 1985
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Pseudo-Kümmel's disease: a unique application for vertebroplasty.
- Examination of the utility of the rat as an animal model for human anticoagulation.
- Evaluation of the risks of anticoagulation therapy following experimental craniotomy in the rat.
- Effect of contrast media on radioimmunoassay of beta-endorphin in cerebrospinal fluid.
- beta-Endorphin-like immunoreactivity increases in human lumbar cerebrospinal fluid following routine metrizamide myelography.
- Elevated beta-endorphin in cerebrospinal fluid after electrical brain stimulation: artifact of contrast infusion?
- Changes in food intake with electrical stimulation of the ventromedial hypothalamus in dogs.
- Shunts.
Treatments
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Pinched Nerve
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Spinal Stenosis
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