Dopamine vs Levodopa - What's the difference?
dopamine | levodopa |
(label) A neurotransmitter associated with movement, attention, learning, and the brain’s pleasure and reward system.
A naturally-occurring amino acid found in food, converted into dopamine in the brain and body, and administered clinically in the management of Parkinson's disease and dopa-responsive dystonia.
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 4, author=Denise Grady, title=Studies Find Harm in 2 Parkinson’s Drugs, work=New York Times
, passage=But Dr. Okun said it would cost no more to switch patients to the old Parkinson’s standby drug, L-dopa or levodopa , which has side effects of its own, but has never been known to damage heart valves. }}
As nouns the difference between dopamine and levodopa
is that dopamine is a neurotransmitter associated with movement, attention, learning, and the brain’s pleasure and reward system while levodopa is a naturally-occurring amino acid found in food, converted into dopamine in the brain and body, and administered clinically in the management of Parkinson's disease and dopa-responsive dystonia.dopamine
English
(wikipedia dopamine)Noun
Abbreviations
* DAHypernyms
* catecholamine * phenethylamineSee also
* norepinephrine English words suffixed with -amine ----levodopa
English
Noun
(-) (wikipedia levodopa)citation
