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Re: Parkinson's and ADHD both involve Dopamine

Re: Parkinson's and ADHD both involve Dopamine2011-07-10T05:00:40+00:00

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Does this explain why the drugs are different for ADHD and Parkinson’s disease?

On the same theme: Could the antiparkinsonians (other than the anticholinergics) help ADHD? Could stimulants help Parkinson’s disease?

After all, a dopaminergic is a dopaminergic, and short of intrathecal administration, they have to make it past the blood-brain barrier somehow. So how could they be so picky as to which site of the brain they affect?

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