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  • In addition, L-Dopa, which is used to treat Parkinson's disease (caused by a lack of dopamine), can produce schizophrenic symptoms in individuals with no history of the disorder (Grilly, 2002).

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  • In addition, L-Dopa, which is used to treat Parkinson's disease (caused by a lack of dopamine), can produce schizophrenic symptoms in individuals with no history of the disorder (Grilly, 2002).

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows psychexchange.co.uk@slideshare.net(psychexchange.c 2010

  • "Awakenings" -- the Oscar-nominated film starring Robin Williams as Dr. Oliver Sacks -- was based on Sacks 'work at Beth Abraham, a chronic-care hospital in the Bronx, where several of his patients, frozen solid for years by neurological illness, come alive for a while with the aid of a drug called L-Dopa.

    Vickie Karp: Third Screen: An Interview with Dr. Oliver Sacks 2008

  • Further to Hitler and "Awakenings": I was interested to watch yesterday's BBC Medical Mysteries documentary, Mystery of the Forgotten Plague, which reported the latest research into the early 1920s encephalitis lethargica epidemic, whose profile was famously raised by neurologist Oliver Sacks 'accounts of experimental L-Dopa treatment on post-encephalitic patients (accounts not universally admired; see The Making of Oliver Sacks).

    Archive 2004-07-01 Ray Girvan 2004

  • Further to Hitler and "Awakenings": I was interested to watch yesterday's BBC Medical Mysteries documentary, Mystery of the Forgotten Plague, which reported the latest research into the early 1920s encephalitis lethargica epidemic, whose profile was famously raised by neurologist Oliver Sacks 'accounts of experimental L-Dopa treatment on post-encephalitic patients (accounts not universally admired; see The Making of Oliver Sacks).

    Von Economo's disease: cause probably found Ray Girvan 2004

  • Therefore, there may be possible interactions with compounds such as Haldol, L-Dopa, Parlodel, and Wellbutrin or Zyban.

    THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003

  • One time was over the part when the hospital nurses and orderlies handed back their paychecks so that Robin Williams could buy more L-Dopa for his patients so that he could wake them from their comas the way he woke Robert De Niro.

    The Shadow Box Maxim, John R. 1996

  • R., and Davis, V. E. Effect of acute ethanol administration on brain levels of tetrahydropapaveroline in L-Dopa treated rats.

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • R., and Davis, V. E. Effect of acute ethanol administration on brain levels of tetrahydropapaveroline in L-Dopa treated rats.

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • L-Dopa is produced from the amino acid L-Tyrosine via the enzyme tyrosine

    Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34;Nutrition 2010

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