Dr. Ganesh M Shankar MD, PHD
Neurosurgeon
55 Fruit St. Massachusetts Genera Boston MA, 02114About
Dr. Ganesh Shankar practices Neurological Surgery in Boston, MA. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Shankar prevents, diagnoses, evaluates, and treats disorders of the autonomic, peripheral, and central nervous systems. Neurological Surgeons are trained to treat such disorders as spinal canal stenosis, herniated discs, tumors, fractures, and spinal deformities, among many others.
Education and Training
Harvard Medical School 2006
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Protein aggregation in the brain: the molecular basis for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.
- Soluble oligomers of amyloid Beta protein facilitate hippocampal long-term depression by disrupting neuronal glutamate uptake.
- Alzheimer's disease: synaptic dysfunction and Abeta.
- Complement component C3 and complement receptor type 3 contribute to the phagocytosis and clearance of fibrillar Aβ by microglia.
- Metastatic adrenal cortical carcinoma to T12 vertebrae.
- BAP1 mutations in high-grade meningioma: implications for patient care.
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