: a phenolic amino acid C9H11NO4 occurring naturally (as in fava beans) or prepared synthetically (as from tyrosine) compare l-dopa
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Yet with time and training, the kittens were able to walk again on treadmills, without any L-dopa or electrode stimulation at all.
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Nate Berg, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2013
Even so, the amount of L-dopa that actually reaches its destination varies widely from patient to patient for reasons that only recently became clear.
—Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2020
Balskus and her team, meanwhile, are testing a molecule that would stop bacteria from breaking down L-dopa.
—Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2020
As a result, for CNS diseases like Parkinson’s disease, physicians are limited to prescribing symptomatic treatments like L-dopa and a long list of drugs developed more than 50 years ago for psychiatric disorders.
—Amar Dhand, STAT, 26 June 2019
Noradrenaline is synthesized in the body from dopamine, which in turn is metabolized from L-dopa.
—Denise Gellene, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2018
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Nate Berg, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2013
Even so, the amount of L-dopa that actually reaches its destination varies widely from patient to patient for reasons that only recently became clear.
—Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2020
Balskus and her team, meanwhile, are testing a molecule that would stop bacteria from breaking down L-dopa.
—Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2020
As a result, for CNS diseases like Parkinson’s disease, physicians are limited to prescribing symptomatic treatments like L-dopa and a long list of drugs developed more than 50 years ago for psychiatric disorders.
—Amar Dhand, STAT, 26 June 2019
Noradrenaline is synthesized in the body from dopamine, which in turn is metabolized from L-dopa.
—Denise Gellene, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2018
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dopa
noun
do·pa
ˈdō-pə, -(ˌ)pä 
: an amino acid C9H11NO4 that in the levorotatory form is found in the broad bean and is used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease
called also dihydroxyphenylalanine
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