Oleh Hornykiewicz

edited by Stepan S Moskaliuk

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Extent: 336 pages

Publisher: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press

Subjects: Medicine

Series: Classics of World Science

Series volume number: 9

Language: English

(Paperback) (Published)

(November 2003)

ISBN: 9783700131632

Price: $18.00

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Contents:1. Research on Neurotransmitter Treatments for Neurological Disease,1.1 The first public scientific presentation of the discovery of the dopamine deficit in Parkinson’s diseases;1.2. Distribution of noradrenaline and dopamine (3-hydroxytyramine) in the human brain and their behavior in diseases of the extrapyramidal system;1.3 The effect of L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (=DOPA) on akinesia in parkinsonism;1.4 Dopamine (3-hydroxytyramine) and brain function;1.5 The occurrence of dopamine (3-hydroxytyramine) in the central nervous system: Its relationship to Parkinsonism.2. Reminiscences and outside Commentaries;2.1 How L-DOPA was discovered as a drug for Parkinson’s disease 40 years ago;2.1 Outside commentaries.3 Autobiographical and Bibliographical Writings;3.1 A Personal research record: Mostly Dopamine and mostly Parkinson’s disease;3.2 Curriculum vitae;3.3 List of publications

  • Edited by Stepan S Moskaliuk