Dopamine
Dopamine (DA) is a catecholamine according to its chemical structure and a neurotransmitter of special importance for drug addiction. DA is a decarboxylated form of dopa (an amino acid) found...
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Dopamine
Dopamine is one of a class of neurotransmitters known as catecholamines. A neurotransmitter is a chemical messenger released from a presynaptic nerve cell or neuron at its terminal into a syn...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People who just can't stop
eating may be able to blame their genes, at least in part, U.S.
researchers said Monday. They said up to 50 percent of the population carries a ge...
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Abstract
Drugs that act to increase dopamine activity are the mainstay of pharmacologic treatment for restless legs syndrome (RLS), a sensomotor disorder that usually manifests as an urge t...
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LONDON, Jan 2 (Reuters) - A glitch in the way cells clear
damaged proteins could be the trigger for the symptoms of
Parkinson's disease, researchers said in a finding that could
lead to new treatm...
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Concern over possible valvulopathy with the use of certain ergot-derived dopamine agonists is further supported by 2 studies published in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) regarding the in...
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The first dozen Parkinson's patients to have holes drilled in their skulls for a novel gene therapy attempt weren't harmed _ and hints at some improvement have researchers embarking on a larger stu...
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Colin Campbell walked out of the support group for Parkinson's disease in shock: His fellow patients were all 20 or 30 years older, with symptoms very different from his own _ leading him...
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BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM
Nonergot dopamine agonist approved for the treatment of primary restless legs syndrome
Pramipexole was approved on November 7, 2006, for the treatment of moder...
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Your brain is supposed to fire a "hold your horses" signal when faced with a tough choice. But a brain implant that stops the tremors of Parkinson's disease may block that signal — a new expl...
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A brain implant that stops the tremors of Parkinson's disease may block a signal from the brain to exercise caution — a new explanation for why some Parkinson's patients become hugely impulsi...
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Dopamine
Dopamine
Can't stop eating? Blame your dopamine
