Dr. Rexford S Ahima MD
Endocrinology-Diabetes | Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
3400 Civic Center Blvd West Pavilion 4th Fl Philadelphia PA, 19104About
Dr. Rexford Ahima practices Endocrinology in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Ahima specializes in preventing, diagnosing, and treating diseases related to hormone imbalance, and the bodys glands in the endocrine system. Endocrinologists are trained and certified to treat a variety of conditions, including menopause, diabetes, infertility, and thyroid disorders, among many others. Dr. Ahima examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses, and decides the best treatment methods.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Activation of SOCS-3 messenger ribonucleic acid in the hypothalamus by ciliary neurotrophic factor.
- Regulation of neuronal and glial proteins by leptin: implications for brain development.
- Programmed cell death and the morphogenesis of the hindbrain roof plate in the chick embryo.
- Distinct physiologic and neuronal responses to decreased leptin and mild hyperleptinemia.
- Leptin and the neuroendocrinology of fasting.
- Leptin.
- Adipose tissue as an endocrine organ.
- Postnatal regulation of hypothalamic neuropeptide expression by leptin: implications for energy balance and body weight regulation.
- The hormone resistin links obesity to diabetes.
- Expression profiling reveals metabolic and structural components of extraocular muscles.
- Appetite suppression and weight reduction by a centrally active aminosterol.
- Functional improvement of dystrophic muscle by myostatin blockade.
- Divergent effects of leptin in mice susceptible or resistant to obesity.
- Glucocorticoid regulation of preproenkephalin gene expression in the rat forebrain.
- Glucocorticoid receptors in LHRH neurons.
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