Stephen Alsdorf, MD
Assistant Professor, Family Medicine
Biography
Stephen Alsdorf, MD is a family physician practicing at a federally-qualified community health center in the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts. As an undergraduate and before medical school, Dr. Alsdorf lived in France and Japan, and loves learning foreign languages. During medical school and residency he spent time abroad to learn Spanish, and he enjoys caring for a large number of Spanish-speaking patients in his current practice.
An avid runner, biker and skier, he serves as a volunteer on the Board of Directors of the Berkshire Natural Resources Council, and is dedicated to the preservation of land for the enjoyment of the public and preservation of natural habitats. His preferred prescription is time outdoors.
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Publications
- Published on 1/1/2001
Orlando LR, Alsdorf SA, Penney JB, Young AB. The role of group I and group II metabotropic glutamate receptors in modulation of striatal NMDA and quinolinic acid toxicity. Exp Neurol. 2001 Jan; 167(1):196-204. PMID: 11161608.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/29/1999
Cha JH, Frey AS, Alsdorf SA, Kerner JA, Kosinski CM, Mangiarini L, Penney JB, Davies SW, Bates GP, Young AB. Altered neurotransmitter receptor expression in transgenic mouse models of Huntington's disease. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 1999 Jun 29; 354(1386):981-9. PMID: 10434296.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/26/1998
Cha JH, Kosinski CM, Kerner JA, Alsdorf SA, Mangiarini L, Davies SW, Penney JB, Bates GP, Young AB. Altered brain neurotransmitter receptors in transgenic mice expressing a portion of an abnormal human huntington disease gene. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 May 26; 95(11):6480-5. PMID: 9600992.
Read at: PubMed