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Old 08-10-2016, 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by mrsD View Post
Dopamine is manufactured and used in the body in several tissues.

It does not cross the BBB as dopamine and has to be injected for medical use (mostly cardiac treatments).

Dopamine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
fwiw, l-dopa crosses the BBB

early human and pig transplants of dopamine producing cells, one adrenal glands and one cadaver retinas - i think peggy had this procedure - have been tried and stopped. one product was called spheramine.
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