Pharmacotherapy of Parkinson’s disease: Progress or regress?
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[Pharmacotherapy of Parkinson's disease: progress or regress?].
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic, progressive disease of the central nervous system (CNS), characterized by a slow loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra, leading to significant decrease in dopamine (DA) levels in the striatum. Currently used drugs, such as levodopa (L-DOPA), amantadine, dopamine agonists (D) or anticholinergic drugs, are not effective enough, and do not elim...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postępy Higieny i Medycyny Doświadczalnej
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1732-2693
DOI: 10.5604/17322693.1059684