Dr. Laura Naomi Antar MD, PHD
Adolescent Psychiatrist | Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
162 Ridge Rd New City NY, 10956About
Dr. Laura Antar practices Child & Adolescent Psychiatry in New City, NY. Dr. Antar evaluates patients throughout childhood and adolescence using many different procedures, in order to determine what treatments must be carried out in order to properly assess their symptoms. Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists are trained and certified to administer psychotherapy, medication, and many other means of treatment. Dr. Antar seeks to improve each patients quality of life.
Education and Training
Albert Einstein College of Medicine MD, PhD 2006
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN- 2010
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Sunrise at the synapse: the FMRP mRNP shaping the synaptic interface.
- Metabotropic glutamate receptor activation regulates fragile x mental retardation protein and FMR1 mRNA localization differentially in dendrites and at synapses.
- Localization of FMRP-associated mRNA granules and requirement of microtubules for activity-dependent trafficking in hippocampal neurons.
- Local functions for FMRP in axon growth cone motility and activity-dependent regulation of filopodia and spine synapses.
Fellowships
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2010
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine Obsessive Compulsive Spectrum Disorders and Autism 2011
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