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Levodopa: the story so far

Abbott, Alison·2010·Nature

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  • l-DOPA is recognized by the large neutral amino acids transporter 1 on endothelial cells and transported across the blood-brain barrier for treatment of Parkinson's disease.

    “Specifically, l-DOPA can be recognized by the large neutral amino acids transporter 1 on endothelial cells and be transported across the BBB for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease29–31.”

    From Blood–brain-barrier-crossing lipid nanoparticles for mRNA delivery to the central nervous system (2025) · cites this paper as [29]

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Authors
Abbott, A.
Corresponding author
Abbott, Alison
Venue
Nature
Published
2010-08
Volume
466
Issue
7310
Pages
S6-S7
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W1974935871
Cited by
109
References
0
Citations by year
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FWCI
0.95
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neurology and Historical Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Historical Medical Research and Treatments
Keywords
levodopa, Parkinson's disease, history of medicine, drug development, Parkinson's disease treatment, dopamine precursor
MeSH terms
Antiparkinson Agents, Humans, Levodopa, Parkinson Disease, Drug Delivery Systems

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