DOPA
5-5-2021: Dopamine reference:
DOPA
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Dihydroxyphenylalanine. Exists as L-DOPA and D-DOPA.
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L-DOPA can cross the BBB. Converts to dopamine via AADC, I believe rather freely, that is, not very rate-limited
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- 65-75 years old. 25 or 100mg L-DOPA. Those who were treated showed slower progress in the verbal reasoning & visuospatial reasoning tests.
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I still don’t know if it doesn’t work. Supposedly it has a lot of side effects. Mucuna Pruriens as ~3.1-6.1% DOPA. I’ve heard that name a lot over the years but I’ve never paid attention to the herbal stuff lol