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Dopamine doesn’t cross the blood brain barrier— sorry to burst the bubble of a lot of the posts here. In fact, for the dopamine deficient disease, Parkinson’s,
by CapriciousCptl 7y ago
Dopamine doesn’t cross the blood brain barrier— sorry to burst the bubble of a lot of the posts here. In fact, for the dopamine deficient disease, Parkinson’s, L-dopa is the treatment because it does cross and is the converted to dopamine after crossing.
- eganist 7y agoThis doesn't rule out the effect of dopamine on the rest of the nervous system, including the hundred million neurons wrapping the gut as well as the neurons modulating heart function.