作者: R Jeroen Vermeulen , Benjamin Drukarch , Erik C. Wolters , Johannes C. Stoof
DOI: 10.2165/00023210-199911020-00001
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摘要: The pharmacotherapy of Parkinson’s disease mainly consists treatment with levodopa and/or dopamine receptor agonists, which compensate for the loss in CNS that characterises disease. Although is more effective than former frequently causes serious adverse effects, e.g. wearing-off phenomena and dyskinesias. Levodopa (after conversion to dopamine) stimulates D1 D2 receptors, whereas presently available agonists act on receptors. Therefore, might be a potential target