 Levodopa
"Levodopa" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The naturally occurring form of DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE and the immediate precursor of DOPAMINE. Unlike dopamine itself, it can be taken orally and crosses the blood-brain barrier. It is rapidly taken up by dopaminergic neurons and converted to DOPAMINE. It is used for the treatment of PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS and is usually given with agents that inhibit its conversion to dopamine outside of the central nervous system.
| Descriptor ID |
D007980
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.092.311.200.480 D12.125.072.050.685.400.500 D12.125.072.050.875.130.500
|
| Concept/Terms |
Levodopa- Levodopa
- L-3,4-Dihydroxyphenylalanine
- L 3,4 Dihydroxyphenylalanine
- L-Dopa
- L Dopa
- 3-Hydroxy-L-tyrosine
- 3 Hydroxy L tyrosine
Dopaflex- Dopaflex
- Medphano Brand of Levodopa
Dopar- Dopar
- Roberts Brand of Levodopa
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Levodopa".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Levodopa".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Levodopa" by people in this website by year, and whether "Levodopa" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
To return to the timeline, click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Levodopa" by people in Profiles.
-
Lucas-Teixeira VA, Hussain T, Serrão P, Soares-da-Silva P, Lokhandwala MF. Intestinal dopaminergic activity in obese and lean Zucker rats: response to high salt intake. Clin Exp Hypertens. 2002 Jul; 24(5):383-96.
-
Vieira-Coelho MA, Serrão P, Hussain T, Lokhandwala MF, Soares-da-Silva P. Salt intake and intestinal dopaminergic activity in adult and old Fischer 344 rats. Life Sci. 2001 Sep 14; 69(17):1957-68.
-
Vieira-Coelho MA, Hussain T, Kansra V, Serrao MP, Guimaraes JT, Pestana M, Soares-Da-Silva P, Lokhandwala MF. Aging, high salt intake, and renal dopaminergic activity in Fischer 344 rats. Hypertension. 1999 Oct; 34(4 Pt 1):666-72.
-
Lokhandwala MF, Buckley JP. The effect of L-dopa on peripheral sympathetic nerve function: role of presynaptic dopamine receptors. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 1978 Feb; 204(2):362-71.
|
People  People who have written about this concept. _
Similar Concepts
People who have written about this concept.
_
Top Journals
Top journals in which articles about this concept have been published.
|