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BDNF val66met influences time to onset of levodopa induced dyskinesia in Parkinson's disease.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry - 1 Feb 2009
Foltynie T, Cheeran B, Williams-Gray C H, Edwards M J, Schneider S A, Weinberger D, Rothwell J C, Barker R A, Bhatia K P
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BACKGROUND: Levodopa induced dyskinesias (LID) are a common problem which ultimately limit the effective treatment of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). There is accumulating evidence that LID develop due to abnormal synaptic plasticity, which is in turn influenced by the release of brain de...
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