Dopamine, a key neurotransmitter in the brain, plays a vital role in regulating movement, emotion, and cognition. It is central to the pathology of several major neurological and psychiatric ...

In March 2023, a young girl came to Boston Children’s Hospital unable to hold up her head — one striking symptom of aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) deficiency. This rare neurological ...

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by the loss of nerve cells in a part of the brain called substantia nigra. This anomaly affects the level of dopamine. Dopamine is a ...

Dopamine is an inotropic agent that has vasodilatory effects at low doses. It is a common belief that low-dose dopamine may be helpful in the prevention and treatment of acute renal failure and is ...

Restless legs syndrome (RLS) appeared to be associated with a subsequent Parkinson's disease diagnosis, data from a Korean ...

Within the framework of the strategic project "Human Health in the Era of Digital Transformation of Society" under the Priority 2030 program, SUSU neuroscientists are working on solving a problem of ...

Dopamine drops naturally as we age. In fact, according to a report in the journal Oxidative Medicine and Cell Longevity, each decade we lose up to 10% of the cells that produce and process dopamine. 2 ...