
Mr. Philip Tracy Massa M.D.
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
6617 Sugar Creek Dr S Mobile AL, 36695About
Dr. Philip Massa is a psychiatrist practicing in Mobile, AL. Dr. Massa is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Massa diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Massa 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. Massa treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Meharry Med Coll Sch of Med, Nashville Tn 1992
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A mechanism for selective induction of 2'-5' oligoadenylate synthetase, anti-viral state, but not MHC class I genes by interferon-beta in neurons.
- Expression and function of the protein tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1 in oligodendrocytes.
- Specific deficiency in nuclear factor-kappaB activation in neurons of the central nervous system.
- Expression of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I genes in astrocytes correlates with the presence of nuclear factors that bind to constitutive and inducible enhancers.
- Characterization of an Na+/K+/Cl- co-transport in primary cultures of rat astrocytes.
- Inducibility of Ia molecules on keratinocytes reflects genetic control on astrocytes in the brain.
- Genetic regulation of class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC) antigen induction on astrocytes.
- Cell-cell junctional interactions and characteristic plasma membrane features of cultured rat glial cells.
- Sites of antigen presentation in T-cell mediated demyelinating diseases.
- Analysis and pathogenetic significance of class II MHC (Ia) antigen induction on astrocytes during JHM coronavirus infection in rats.
- Growth pattern of various JHM coronavirus isolates in primary rat glial cell cultures correlates with differing neurotropism in vivo.
- Viral particles induce Ia antigen expression on astrocytes.
- Analysis of Ia induction on Lewis rat astrocytes in vitro by virus particles and bacterial adjuvants.
- Inducibility of Ia antigen on astrocytes by murine coronavirus JHM is rat strain dependent.
- Tumor necrosis factor amplifies measles virus-mediated Ia induction on astrocytes.
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