New Parkinson's Disease Study Findings Have Been Reported by Researchers at Central University.
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Biotech Week -- A new study on Parkinson's disease is now available. According to news reporting originating from Bayamon, Puerto Rico, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, "Astrocyte endfeet surround brain blood vessels and can play a role in the delivery of therapeutic drugs for Parkinson's disease. However, there is no previous evidence of the presence of LAT transporter for L-DOPA in brain astrocytes except in culture."
Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from Central University, "Using systemic L-DOPA administration and a combination of patch clamp, histochemistry and confocal microscopy we found that L-DOPA is …
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