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ReviewBiomolecules2019

Receptor Ligands as Helping Hands to L-DOPA in the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease.

Fabio Del Bello, Mario Giannella, Gianfabio Giorgioni, Alessandro Piergentili, Wilma Quaglia

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In one paragraph

Review in Biomolecules, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Research advances on L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia: from animal models to human disease.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fabio Del BelloScuola di Scienze del Farmaco e dei Prodotti della Salute, Università di Camerino, Via S. Agostino 1, 62032 Camerino, Italy. fabio.delbello@unicam.it.
Mario GiannellaScuola di Scienze del Farmaco e dei Prodotti della Salute, Università di Camerino, Via S. Agostino 1, 62032 Camerino, Italy. mario.giannella@unicam.it.
Gianfabio GiorgioniScuola di Scienze del Farmaco e dei Prodotti della Salute, Università di Camerino, Via S. Agostino 1, 62032 Camerino, Italy. gianfabio.giorgioni@unicam.it.
Alessandro PiergentiliScuola di Scienze del Farmaco e dei Prodotti della Salute, Università di Camerino, Via S. Agostino 1, 62032 Camerino, Italy. alessandro.piergentili@unicam.it.
Wilma QuagliaScuola di Scienze del Farmaco e dei Prodotti della Salute, Università di Camerino, Via S. Agostino 1, 62032 Camerino, Italy. wilma.quaglia@unicam.it.
Università di Camerino · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Levodopa (LD) is the most effective drug in the treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD). However, although it represents the "gold standard" of PD therapy, LD can cause side effects, including gastrointestinal and cardiovascular symptoms as well as transient elevated liver enzyme levels. Moreover, LD therapy leads to LD-induced dyskinesia (LID), a disabling motor complication that represents a major challenge for the clinical neurologist. Due to the many limitations associated with LD therapeutic use, other dopaminergic and non-dopaminergic drugs are being developed to optimize the treatment response. This review focuses on recent investigations about non-dopaminergic central nervous system (CNS) receptor ligands that have been identified to have therapeutic potential for the treatment of motor and non-motor symptoms of PD. In a different way, such agents may contribute to extending LD response and/or ameliorate LD-induced side effects.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntiparkinson AgentsDyskinesia, Drug-InducedHumansLevodopaNeurotransmitter AgentsParkinson DiseaseReceptors, NeurotransmitterAntiparkinson AgentsLevodopaNeurotransmitter AgentsReceptors, Neurotransmitterdopaminergic drugslevodopa-induced side effectslevodopa therapynon-dopaminergic receptor ligandsParkinson’s disease

Identifiers

PMID30970612
PMCPMC6523988
OpenAlexW2939555073

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Registered trials

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