Dr. Alexander Joseph Mcdonald M.D.
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
2900 Evatt Ln Suite 106 North Charleston SC, 29405About
Dr. Alexander Mcdonald is a psychiatrist practicing in North Charleston, SC. Dr. Mcdonald is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Mcdonald diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Mcdonald 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. Mcdonald 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- Psychosomatic Medicine
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- GABAergic innervation of alpha type II calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase immunoreactive pyramidal neurons in the rat basolateral amygdala.
- Immunohistochemical characterization of somatostatin containing interneurons in the rat basolateral amygdala.
- Sex differences in delta opioid receptor immunoreactivity in rat medial amygdala.
- Synaptic connections of distinct interneuronal subpopulations in the rat basolateral amygdalar nucleus.
- Is there an amygdala and how far does it extend? An anatomical perspective.
- Immunohistochemical characterization of cholecystokinin containing neurons in the rat basolateral amygdala.
- Parvalbumin-containing interneurons in the basolateral amygdala express high levels of the alpha1 subunit of the GABAA receptor.
- Immunocytochemical localization of GABABR1 receptor subunits in the basolateral amygdala.
- Evidence for a perisomatic innervation of parvalbumin-containing interneurons by individual pyramidal cells in the basolateral amygdala.
- Coupled networks of parvalbumin-immunoreactive interneurons in the rat basolateral amygdala.
- Neuronal localization of Ca(v)1.2 L-type calcium channels in the rat basolateral amygdala.
- Pyramidal cells of the rat basolateral amygdala: synaptology and innervation by parvalbumin-immunoreactive interneurons.
- Physiological and morphological characterization of parvalbumin-containing interneurons of the rat basolateral amygdala.
- The role of delta opioid receptors in the anxiolytic actions of benzodiazepines.
- Postsynaptic targets of somatostatin-containing interneurons in the rat basolateral amygdala.
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