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A Novel Prodrug of Acamprosate for Treatment of L-DOPA-Induced Dyskinesias
… if a prodrug of acamprosate could inhibit L-DOPA induced dyskinesias (LID). Functional interactions between the … acamprosate effectively and safely reduced levodopa induced dyskinesias (LID) in animal pre-clinical model of this … cause unwanted side effects. … Symptoms & Side Effects … Dyskinesia … Therapeutic Development … California … United …
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Ask the MD: Dyskinesia and Parkinson's Disease
September 14, 2017
… Dyskinesia is involuntary, irregular movement that can occur … or bothersome. Others actually prefer the extra movement of dyskinesia to being rigid or otherwise unable to move because of PD. (Dyskinesia is typically present when other Parkinson's …
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Effect of Novel Neuronal Nicotinic Receptor Compounds on Treatment of Levodopa-induced Dyskinesia in Parkinson's Disease
… of L-dopa-induced abnormal involuntary movements (AIMs), or dyskinesias, stemmed from preclinical studies showing that … optimal therapeutic benefit for treatment of L-dopa-induced dyskinesias in PD, with a minimum of side effects. Project … and it leads to disabling complications, including AIMs or dyskinesias that can be as debilitating as PD itself. …
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Pre-clinical characterization of 5-HT1A/1B receptor agonists for the treatment of L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia
… progresses, debilitating involuntary movements, so-called dyskinesias. The serotonin neurons are known to be able to … produces a near-complete suppression of levodopa-induced dyskinesia in pre-clinical Parkinson models. The serotonin … these compounds to prevent development of levodopa-induced dyskinesia as well as to suppress already established …
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Weighing Different Scales: Unified Dyskinesia Rating Scale Comes out on Top, Could Speed Development of New Dyskinesia Treatments
May 1, 2012
… scale for measuring patient response to therapies to treat dyskinesia, the debilitating, uncontrollable movements that … University Medical Center, demonstrated that the Unified Dyskinesia Rating Scale (UDysRS) most sensitively tracks … effect. Establishing UDysRS as a validated tool for use in dyskinesia clinical trials could have important implications …
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Role of the Ras/ERK signaling pathway in the development of dyskinesia and motor fluctuationsduring chronic L-DOPA treatment
… Such effects include, abnormal involuntary movements (dyskinesia) and fluctuations in motor function. The … both of which have been implicated in the genesis of dyskinesia. In this project, the levels of activation of … response categories based on the absence or presence of dyskinesia. Drugs that antagonize different types of …