dopa
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- noun
- /ˈdoʊpə/
- Specialized
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dopa
- And what you wind up seeing is if you give a Parkinsonian patient too much L dopa, they become psychotic.
- L-Dopa
- the drug L-Dopa
But what you'll find is that L dopa is converted into dopamine.
- But what you'll find is that L dopa is converted into dopamine.
- L tyrosine is the precursor to a couple other molecules like L dopa, etcetera that make dopamine.
- There is L dopa which helps to supplement the loss in dopamine cells, but there isn't an actual treatment for Parkinson's at the moment.
- Things like LL dopa makunipurines lead to longer baseline increases in dopamine.
Examples
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SAYER: Have you heard of the drug L-dopa?
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With our development of the drug L-dopa, we can, for the first time, promise the Parkinsonian patient a more normal life.
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Well, do you think L-dopa would help the situation?
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But what you'll find is that L dopa is converted into dopamine.
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And do you know what happens to someone who takes L-dopa that doesn't have Parkinson's?
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NEUROCHEMIST: As I was saying, by administering L-dopa...
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There is L dopa which helps to supplement the loss in dopamine cells, but there isn't an actual treatment for Parkinson's at the moment.
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It turns out when you give L dopa to people, it gets converted biochemically into natural dopamine, which then serves as its own agonist.
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And scientists in Italy have requested velvet bean, Mucuna pruriens, a source of the dopa that's converted by the brain to the neurotransmitter dopamine.
Academic text (1996) -
L-dopa is an important amino acid that is converted into dopamine in the brain.
Synonyms
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A medicine used to treat Parkinson's disease by replacing a chemical in the brain
A natural substance made in the body that the brain uses to make dopamine
Compounds
- Specialized
A medicine that lowers high blood pressure, often used during pregnancy
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word dopa is a short form of a longer chemical name and is the substance the body makes that becomes dopamine. A helpful way to remember it is to think of dopa as a 'building block' for dopamine, the brain 'messenger' that helps movement and mood, which is why dopa is important in medicine.