Dr. Maurice Ralph Picciotto M.D.
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
2209 Forest Hills Dr Suite 19 Harrisburg PA, 17112Rating
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Dr. Maurice Picciotto is a psychiatrist practicing in Harrisburg, PA. Dr. Picciotto is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Picciotto diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Picciotto 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. Picciotto treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Ciudad Universitaria MD
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Increased neurodegeneration during ageing in mice lacking high-affinity nicotine receptors.
- Modulation of morphine analgesia in alphaCGRP mutant mice.
- Two pharmacologically distinct components of nicotinic receptor-mediated rubidium efflux in mouse brain require the beta2 subunit.
- Centrally administered galanin blocks morphine place preference in the mouse.
- Knock-out mouse models used to study neurobiological systems.
- Testing the genetics of behavior in mice.
- Modulation of a calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase cascade by retinoic acid during neutrophil maturation.
- Involvement of alpha6 nicotinic receptor subunit in nicotine-elicited locomotion, demonstrated by in vivo antisense oligonucleotide infusion.
- Assessment of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit contributions to nicotine self-administration in mutant mice.
- Nicotinic receptors in the brain. Links between molecular biology and behavior.
- Pharmacological and null mutation approaches reveal nicotinic receptor diversity.
- Upregulation of galanin binding sites and GalR1 mRNA levels in the mouse locus coeruleus following chronic morphine treatments and precipitated morphine withdrawal.
- Gender differences in learned helplessness behavior are influenced by genetic background.
- Nicotinic modulation of mesoprefrontal dopamine neurons: pharmacologic and neuroanatomic characterization.
- Nicotinic-agonist stimulated (86)Rb(+) efflux and [(3)H]epibatidine binding of mice differing in beta2 genotype.
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