
Dr. Dean K Naritoku M.D.
Neurologist | Neurology
3301 Knollwood Dr Med Pk 4 Mobile AL, 36693About
Dr. Naritoku is a graduate of Northwestern University, Evanston IL (B.A., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1977) and the Chicago Medical School (M.D., 1981). He completed an internship in Internal ...
Education and Training
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science 1981
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN- Clinical Neurophysiology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Enhanced recognition memory following vagus nerve stimulation in human subjects.
- Intravenous loading of valproate for epilepsy.
- Revision and removal of stimulating electrodes following long-term therapy with the vagus nerve stimulator.
- Age-related changes in GABA(A) receptor subunit composition and function in rat auditory system.
- Prolongation of midazolam half-life after sustained infusion for status epilepticus.
- Intravenous valproate is well tolerated in unstable patients with status epilepticus.
- Prospective long-term study of vagus nerve stimulation for the treatment of refractory seizures.
- Modulation of audiogenically kindled seizures by gamma-aminobutyric acid-related mechanisms in the amygdala.
- Cardiac dysrhythmia associated with the immediate postictal state after maximal electroshock in freely moving rat.
- Self-inflicted vocal cord paralysis in patients with vagus nerve stimulators.
- Safety and tolerance of rapidly infused Depacon. A randomized trial in subjects with epilepsy.
- Effects of seizure severity and seizure repetition on postictal cardiac arrhythmia following maximal electroshock.
- Effects of seizure repetition on postictal and interictal neurocardiac regulation
- Glutamate in the inferior colliculus plays a critical role in audiogenic seizure initiation.
- Chronic vagus nerve stimulation increases the latency of the thalamocortical somatosensory evoked potential.
Treatments
- Headaches
- Parkinson's Disease
- Stroke
- Epilepsy
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Memory Loss
- Pain
- Migraine
- Transient Ischemic Attack (tia)
- Vascular Disease
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