Dr. George Alfred Brooks MD PHD
Family Practitioner
1806 Humble Place Dr Humble TX, 77338About
Dr. George Brooks is a family practitioner practicing in Humble, TX. Dr. Brooks specializes in comprehensive health care for people of all ages. In addition to diagnosing and treating illnesses, family practitioners also put focus on preventative care with routine checkups, tests and personalized coaching on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Dr. Brooks possesses immense general knowledge on maintaining health and today, family practitioners provide more care for the underserved and rural populations than any other medical specialty.
Education and Training
Univ of Miami Sch of Med, Miami Fl 1983
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine 1983
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Changes in MCT 1, MCT 4, and LDH expression are tissue specific in rats after long-term hypobaric hypoxia.
- Lactate shuttle -- between but not within cells?
- Luteal and follicular glucose fluxes during rest and exercise in 3-h postabsorptive women.
- Measurement of gluconeogenesis in exercising men by mass isotopomer distribution analysis.
- Metabolic and cardiorespiratory responses to "the lactate clamp".
- Effects of oral contraceptives on peak exercise capacity.
- Effects of oral contraceptives on glucose flux and substrate oxidation rates during rest and exercise.
- Lactate and glucose interactions during rest and exercise in men: effect of exogenous lactate infusion.
- Peroxisomal membrane monocarboxylate transporters: evidence for a redox shuttle system?
- Pyruvate shuttling during rest and exercise before and after endurance training in men.
- Menstrual cycle phase and oral contraceptive effects on triglyceride mobilization during exercise.
- Chronicle of the Institute of Medicine physical activity recommendation: how a physical activity recommendation came to be among dietary recommendations.
- MCT1 confirmed in rat striated muscle mitochondria.
- Catecholamine response is attenuated during moderate-intensity exercise in response to the "lactate clamp".
- Hematological and acid-base changes in men during prolonged exercise with and without sodium-lactate infusion.
Treatments
- Vascular Disease
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Practice At 1806 Humble Place Dr
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