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Why would a physician give L-DOPA to a patient with Parkinson's disease?it is converted to...

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Why would a physician give L-DOPA to a patient with Parkinson's disease?it is converted to dopamine and can increase the dopamine production in surviving dopaminergic neuronsit cannot cross the blood-brain barrier and so it helps with the tremor and other motor symptomsit is converted to serotonin and helps to make the substantia nigra look more dark againit is converted to dopamine and can cause the dopaminergic neurons to regenerate

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