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Originally Posted by VICTORIALOU
In a corresponding study there at Karolinska
http://ki.se/ki/jsp/polopoly.jsp?l=e...20&newsdep=130
It was shown that dopamine is acting as a "switch" to turn on or off production of new neurons, brain cells.
I thought it was particularly interesting that in the salamanders that were being treated with l-dopa, this function of dopamine is inhibited- so that no new stem cells are created!!
"When the salamanders were treated with L-dopa, the production of new dopamine-producing neurons was almost completely inhibited and the animals were unable to recover..." |
we seem to be no different than any other addict. i may as well start smoking again. can't be more deadly that l-dopa. i definitely would be smoking marijuana if i could get it. nothing is safe so why not. sorry it's my grumpy mumbly rambling time of day. this is not due to pd - it's from the meds.
girija, how would we measure that music helps? i might have missed something i 'm distracted by another post saying sinemet is killing us. it's a harsh reality that -quite frankly -about which i wish i could remain in denial.