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Old 04-18-2016, 10:42 AM
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Default light with dopamine drops?

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Originally Posted by GerryW View Post
"Using the eyes as a treatment pathway, scientists delivered minute amounts of dopamine and other medications to the eye. The treatments resulted in rapid symptom recovery in the animals. Subsequent studies delivering drugs that block dopamine made symptoms worse. Because dopamine in the eye is activated by light, researchers experimented by administering light to the animals’ eyes and found a two-fold improvement over medication.

More: http://www.pharmiweb.com/pressreleas...46C1lQRMYUsing the eyes as a treatment pathway, scientists delivered minute amounts of dopamine and other medications to the eye. The treatments resulted in rapid symptom recovery in the animals. Subsequent studies delivering drugs that block dopamine made symptoms worse. Because dopamine in the eye is activated by light, researchers experimented by administering light to the animals’ eyes and found a two-fold improvement over medication.



yeah....I am wondering whether light alone can be as effective as the combination of dopamine w/light application......

- anyoone have ideas on how to formulate the dopamine eye drops?
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