Dr. Thomas Patrick Jensen M.D.
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
Dumc 120 Civitan Building Durham NC, 27710About
Dr. Thomas Jensen is a psychiatrist practicing in Durham, NC. Dr. Jensen is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Jensen diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Jensen 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. Jensen treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
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Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Expression of plasma membrane Ca2+ ATPase family members and associated synaptic proteins in acute and cultured organotypic hippocampal slices from rat.
- Network stability through homeostatic scaling of excitatory and inhibitory synapses following inactivity in CA3 of rat organotypic hippocampal slice cultures.
- Presynaptic plasma membrane Ca2+ ATPase isoform 2a regulates excitatory synaptic transmission in rat hippocampal CA3.
- Electric fields due to synaptic currents sharpen excitatory transmission.
- Reduced expression of the "fast" calcium transporter PMCA2a during homeostatic plasticity.
- 5-HT7R/G12 signaling regulates neuronal morphology and function in an age-dependent manner.
- Cannabinoid- and lysophosphatidylinositol-sensitive receptor GPR55 boosts neurotransmitter release at central synapses.
- Neuronal adaptation involves rapid expansion of the action potential initiation site.
- Time-Resolved Imaging Reveals Heterogeneous Landscapes of Nanomolar Ca(2+) in Neurons and Astroglia.
- Nanoscale diffusion in the synaptic cleft and beyond measured with time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy imaging.
- Monitoring single-synapse glutamate release and presynaptic calcium concentration in organised brain tissue.
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