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levodopa and sapropterin

levodopa has been researched along with sapropterin in 51 studies

Research

Studies (51)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-199014 (27.45)18.7374
1990's13 (25.49)18.2507
2000's14 (27.45)29.6817
2010's9 (17.65)24.3611
2020's1 (1.96)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Kohsaka, S; Nagatsu, T; Tsuzaki, N; Uchida, K1
Hyland, K; Surtees, R1
Dissing, IC; Gerdes, AM; Güttler, F; Lou, H; Lykkelund, C; Pakkenberg, H; Rasmussen, V1
Araki, K; Matsuo, N; Niederwieser, A; Tanaka, Y; Tsuchiya, Y; Tsuzaki, S1
Hayashi, T; Nakane, A; Naruse, H; Takesada, M; Yamazaki, K1
Arévalo, R; Castro, R; Palarea, MD; Pérez, J; Rodríguez, M1
Nagatsu, T1
Ishida, A; Kobayashi, Y; Takada, G; Takai, K; Toyoshima, I1
Higashi, O; Ishida, A; Kobayashi, Y; Takada, G; Takai, K; Toyoshima, I1
Fujita, N; Miyatake, T; Nakajima, T; Ohwada, M; Tanaka, K1
Blonder, J; Cohen, BE; Normand, M; Peled, I; Quint, J; Szeinberg, A1
Mann, SP; Sharman, DF1
Bullard, WP; Capson, TL1
Burton, K; Calne, DB1
Boespflug, O; Demeocq, F; Guyon, A; Malpuech, G; Piton, A; Vanlieferinghen, P1
Curtius, HC; Endres, W; Niederwieser, A; Ohrt, B; Schaub, J; Wang, M1
Callaghan, S; Gardner, ML; Lindsey, NJ; Schallreuter-Wood, KU; Wood, JM1
Koshimura, K; Masaki, T; Miwa, S; Ohue, T; Takagi, Y; Watanabe, Y1
Hossain, MA; Weiner, N1
Blau, N; Dhondt, JL1
Haavik, J1
Carlsson, A; Fasth, KJ; Hartvig, P; Långström, B; Neu, H; Sonesson, C; Tedroff, J; Torstenson, R; Waters, N1
Bieglmayer, C; Birnbacher, R; Blau, N; Frisch, H; Scheibenreiter, S; Waldhauser, F1
Kang, UJ; Leff, SE; Mandel, RJ; Rendahl, KG; Spratt, SK1
Bebin, EM; Fryburg, JS; Furukawa, Y; Hyland, K; Jacobson, RD; Kish, SJ; Shimadzu, M; Trugman, JM; Wilson, WG1
Anastasiadis, PZ; Bezin, L; Levine, RA; Nygaard, TG1
Jeon, BS; Jeong, JM; Lee, MC; Park, SS1
Chiang, SH; Hsiao, KJ; Liu, TT; Wu, SJ1
Chiang, SC; Chien, YH; Chiu, YN; Chou, SP; Chu, SY; Huang, A; Hwu, WL; Lin, JM; Wang, TR1
Maass, A; Moser, A; Scholz, J1
Arnold, LA; Egami, K; Hyland, K; Jinnah, HA; Kasim, S1
Chien, YH; Hwu, WL; Liu, HM; Peng, SS; Tseng, WY1
Blau, N; Connolly, MB; Demos, MK; Hyland, K; Lillquist, Y; Makhseed, N; Vallance, HD; Waters, PJ1
Cheng, LY; Chiu, PC; Hsiao, KJ; Lee, NC; Liu, TT; Niu, DM1
Furukawa, Y1
Abreu-González, P; Afonso-Oramas, D; Barroso-Chinea, P; Cruz-Muros, I; González, MC; González-Hernández, T1
Chang, M; Fu, GX; He, C; Hsiao, KJ; Li, XW; Liu, TT; Shen, M; Shen, S; Wang, L; Yu, WM; Zhao, SP1
Hanajima, R; Nomura, Y; Segawa, M; Ugawa, Y1
Kato, M; Kondo, H; Matsuo, N; Muramatsu, T; Nukazawa, T; Okano, Y; Saito, F; Sato, S; Shintaku, H; Tanaka, Y1
Kanazawa, M; Kitani, Y; Kohno, Y; Ogawa, A; Shintaku, H; Takayanagi, M1
Abada, M; Bouteiller, D; Brice, A; Camuzat, A; Castelnau, P; Cazeneuve, C; Chabrol, B; Clot, F; Damier, P; Doummar, D; Durr, A; Fedirko, E; Gil, R; Grabli, D; Hutchinson, M; Landrieu, P; LeGuern, E; Nguyen, K; Picard, F; Ponsot, G; Roze, E; Sân, C; Thobois, S; Toutain, A; Vidailhet, M; Ward, AJ1
Luthra, PM; Singh, S1
Allen, GF; Clayton, PT; Footitt, EJ; Heales, SJ; Mills, PB; Oppenheim, M1
Concolino, D; Mussa, A; Ponzone, A; Porta, F; Spada, M1
Ohwada, M; Shintaku, H1
Blau, N; Hoffmann, GF; Kühn, AA; Opladen, T1
Gorska, KI; Haruki, H; Johnsson, K; Pedersen, MG; Pojer, F1
Cao, Z; Han, B; Liu, Y; Zhu, W; Zou, H1
Alp, NJ; Channon, KM; Crabtree, MJ; Douglas, G; Gross, SS; Hale, AB; Hansler, A; Lygate, CA; Ryan, BJ; Watschinger, K1
Fukuda, K1
Cherian, A; Divya, KP; Paramasivan, NK1

Reviews

5 review(s) available for levodopa and sapropterin

ArticleYear
[Current perspectives in the treatment of Parkinson disease].
    Medicina clinica, 1985, Nov-09, Volume: 85, Issue:15

    Topics: Biopterins; Brain Chemistry; Dopamine; Dopamine Antagonists; Humans; Levodopa; Neurotransmitter Agents; Parkinson Disease; Synaptic Transmission; Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase

1985
[Pathogenic substances in Parkinson disease and new therapeutics considering the etiologic mechanism].
    Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine, 1988, Volume: 46, Issue:9

    Topics: 1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine; Animals; Biopterins; Dopamine Agents; Droxidopa; Humans; Levodopa; Nerve Tissue; Parkinson Disease; Pyridines; Serine

1988
Pharmacology of Parkinson's disease.
    Neurologic clinics, 1984, Volume: 2, Issue:3

    Topics: Amantadine; Antidepressive Agents; Antiparkinson Agents; Biopterins; Dopamine; Histamine H1 Antagonists; Humans; Levodopa; Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors; Norepinephrine; Parasympatholytics; Parkinson Disease

1984
Tetrahydrobiopterin metabolism and GTP cyclohydrolase I mutations in L-dopa-responsive dystonia.
    Advances in neurology, 1998, Volume: 78

    Topics: Biopterins; Dopamine Agents; Dystonia; GTP Cyclohydrolase; Humans; Levodopa; Mutation

1998
Dopa-responsive dystonia, DRD-plus and DRD look-alike: a pragmatic review.
    Acta neurologica Belgica, 2021, Volume: 121, Issue:3

    Topics: Alcohol Oxidoreductases; Biopterins; Dopamine; Dystonia; Dystonic Disorders; Humans; Levodopa

2021

Trials

3 trial(s) available for levodopa and sapropterin

ArticleYear
Tetrahydrobiopterin and Parkinson's disease.
    Acta neurologica Scandinavica, 1989, Volume: 79, Issue:6

    Topics: Adult; Antiparkinson Agents; Benserazide; Biopterins; Clinical Trials as Topic; Drug Combinations; Homovanillic Acid; Humans; Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid; Levodopa; Male; Middle Aged; Parkinson Disease; Tyrosine

1989
[Metabolic changes in aromatic amino acids and monoamines in infantile autism and development of new treatment related to the finding].
    No to hattatsu = Brain and development, 1989, Volume: 21, Issue:2

    Topics: 5-Hydroxytryptophan; Amino Acids; Autistic Disorder; Biogenic Monoamines; Biopterins; Carbon Isotopes; Child; Child, Preschool; Clinical Trials as Topic; Deuterium; Double-Blind Method; Humans; Levodopa; Phenylalanine; Tryptophan

1989
Atypical phenylketonuria due to biopterin deficiency. Early treatment with tetrahydrobiopterin and neurotransmitter precursors, trials of monotherapy.
    Helvetica paediatrica acta, 1982, Volume: 37, Issue:5

    Topics: 5-Hydroxytryptophan; Biopterins; Carbidopa; Clinical Trials as Topic; Humans; Infant; Levodopa; Male; Phenylketonurias; Pteridines

1982

Other Studies

43 other study(ies) available for levodopa and sapropterin

ArticleYear
Tetrahydrobiopterin-dependent functional recovery in 6-hydroxydopamine-treated rats by intracerebral grafting of fibroblasts transfected with tyrosine hydroxylase cDNA.
    Developmental neuroscience, 1992, Volume: 14, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Apomorphine; Behavior, Animal; Biopterins; Brain; Cell Line, Transformed; DNA; Female; Fibroblasts; Levodopa; Oxidopamine; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Stereotyped Behavior; Transfection; Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase

1992
L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (levodopa) lowers central nervous system S-adenosylmethionine concentrations in humans.
    Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry, 1990, Volume: 53, Issue:7

    Topics: Adolescent; Akinetic Mutism; Biopterins; Child, Preschool; Humans; Infant; Levodopa; Methionine; NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases; Phenylketonurias; Pyridoxine; S-Adenosylmethionine; Tetrahydrofolates; Tyrosine

1990
On-off phenomenon in a child with tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency due to 6-pyruvoyl tetrahydropterin synthase deficiency (BH4 deficiency).
    European journal of pediatrics, 1989, Volume: 148, Issue:5

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Alcohol Oxidoreductases; Biopterins; Carbidopa; Child; Female; Humans; Levodopa; Phosphorus-Oxygen Lyases; Psychomotor Performance

1989
Effect of tetrahydrobiopterin and 5-hydroxytryptophan on hereditary progressive dystonia with marked diurnal fluctuation: a suggestion of the serotonergic system involvement.
    The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine, 1988, Volume: 154, Issue:3

    Topics: 5-Hydroxytryptophan; Adult; Biopterins; Child; Circadian Rhythm; Dystonia; Female; Humans; Levodopa

1988
[Serotonergic disturbance in hereditary progressive dystonia--clinical effects of tetrahydrobiopterin and 5-hydroxytryptophan].
    No to hattatsu = Brain and development, 1988, Volume: 20, Issue:3

    Topics: 5-Hydroxytryptophan; Adult; Biopterins; Child; Dopamine; Dystonia; Female; Humans; Levodopa; Neurons; Serotonin

1988
[A deficiency of dihydrobiopterin synthesis. The effects of L-dopa, 5HTP and BH4].
    Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology, 1988, Volume: 28, Issue:4

    Topics: 5-Hydroxytryptophan; Biopterins; Drug Therapy, Combination; Humans; Levodopa; Male; Middle Aged

1988
Malignant phenylketonuria due to defective synthesis of dihydrobiopterin.
    Israel journal of medical sciences, 1985, Volume: 21, Issue:6

    Topics: 5-Hydroxytryptophan; Biopterins; Carbidopa; Drug Combinations; Female; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Levodopa; Male; Nervous System Diseases; Phenylalanine; Phenylketonurias; Pteridines; Tyrosine

1985
Changes associated with early weaning in the activity of tyrosine hydroxylase in the caudate nucleus of the piglet.
    Comparative biochemistry and physiology. C, Comparative pharmacology and toxicology, 1983, Volume: 74, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Behavior, Animal; Biopterins; Caudate Nucleus; Kinetics; Levodopa; Swine; Time Factors; Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase; Weaning

1983
Steady-state kinetics of bovine striatal tyrosine hydroxylase.
    Molecular pharmacology, 1983, Volume: 23, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Biopterins; Cattle; Corpus Striatum; Dopamine; Kinetics; Levodopa; Oxygen; Substrate Specificity; Tyrosine; Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase

1983
[Malignant phenylketonuria caused by biopterin synthetase deficiency. Study of neuromediator catabolites in the cerebrospinal fluid during treatment].
    Archives francaises de pediatrie, 1984, Volume: 41, Issue:1

    Topics: Alcohol Oxidoreductases; Biopterins; Carbidopa; Follow-Up Studies; Homovanillic Acid; Humans; Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid; Infant; Levodopa; Male; Neurotransmitter Agents; Phenylketonurias; Serotonin

1984
A specific tetrahydrobiopterin binding domain on tyrosinase controls melanogenesis.
    Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 1995, Jan-17, Volume: 206, Issue:2

    Topics: Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Basidiomycota; Binding Sites; Biopterins; Humans; Hydro-Lyases; Kinetics; Levodopa; Melanins; Mice; Molecular Sequence Data; Monophenol Monooxygenase; Phenylalanine Hydroxylase; Ranidae; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; Substrate Specificity; Tyrosine

1995
Enhancement of acetylcholine release in the hippocampus by 6R-L-erythro-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin is mediated by 5-hydroxytryptamine.
    Brain research, 1993, Apr-02, Volume: 607, Issue:1-2

    Topics: 5-Hydroxytryptophan; Acetylcholine; alpha-Methyltyrosine; Animals; Biogenic Monoamines; Biopterins; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Dialysis; Fenclonine; Hippocampus; Levodopa; Male; Methyltyrosines; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Serotonin; Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase

1993
Dopaminergic functional supersensitivity: effects of chronic L-dopa and carbidopa treatment in an animal model of Parkinson's disease.
    The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 1993, Volume: 267, Issue:3

    Topics: 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid; Animals; Biopterins; Brain Diseases; Carbidopa; Corpus Striatum; Cyclic AMP; Disease Models, Animal; Dopamine; Dopamine D2 Receptor Antagonists; Homovanillic Acid; Levodopa; Male; Oxidopamine; Parkinson Disease; Rats; Rats, Inbred F344; Receptors, Dopamine D1; Receptors, Dopamine D2; Sensitivity and Specificity; Substantia Nigra; Time Factors

1993
Tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency and an international database of patients.
    Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 1993, Volume: 338

    Topics: 5-Hydroxytryptophan; Alcohol Oxidoreductases; Biomarkers; Biopterins; Carbidopa; Child; Dihydropteridine Reductase; GTP Cyclohydrolase; Humans; Hydro-Lyases; Information Systems; Levodopa; Metabolism, Inborn Errors; Phenylalanine; Phenylketonurias; Phosphorus-Oxygen Lyases; Pterins; Registries

1993
L-DOPA is a substrate for tyrosine hydroxylase.
    Journal of neurochemistry, 1997, Volume: 69, Issue:4

    Topics: Antioxidants; Basidiomycota; Biopterins; Dihydroxyphenylalanine; Humans; Kinetics; Levodopa; Monophenol Monooxygenase; Recombinant Proteins; Substrate Specificity; Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase

1997
Effects of the substituted (S)-3-phenylpiperidine (-)-OSU6162 on PET measurements in subhuman primates: evidence for tone-dependent normalization of striatal dopaminergic activity.
    Synapse (New York, N.Y.), 1998, Volume: 28, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Biopterins; Corpus Striatum; Dopamine; Dopamine Agents; Dopamine Antagonists; Female; Levodopa; Macaca mulatta; Piperidines; Reference Values; Tomography, Emission-Computed; Tyrosine

1998
Hyperprolactinemia, a tool in treatment control of tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency: endocrine studies in an affected girl.
    Pediatric research, 1998, Volume: 43, Issue:4 Pt 1

    Topics: Adolescent; Biopterins; Carbidopa; Delayed-Action Preparations; Drug Combinations; Female; Follicle Stimulating Hormone; Human Growth Hormone; Humans; Hydrocortisone; Hyperprolactinemia; Insulin; Levodopa; Luteinizing Hormone; Melatonin; Phenylketonurias; Phosphorus-Oxygen Lyases; Prolactin

1998
In vivo L-DOPA production by genetically modified primary rat fibroblast or 9L gliosarcoma cell grafts via coexpression of GTPcyclohydrolase I with tyrosine hydroxylase.
    Experimental neurology, 1998, Volume: 151, Issue:2

    Topics: 3T3 Cells; Animals; Antioxidants; Antiparkinson Agents; Apomorphine; Behavior, Animal; Biopterins; Corpus Striatum; Dihydroxyphenylalanine; Disease Models, Animal; Fibroblasts; Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; Genetic Therapy; Gliosarcoma; GTP Cyclohydrolase; Humans; Levodopa; Male; Mice; Microdialysis; Parkinson Disease, Secondary; Rats; Rats, Inbred F344; Recombinant Fusion Proteins; Retroviridae; Transformation, Genetic; Transgenes; Tumor Cells, Cultured; Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase

1998
Dystonia with motor delay in compound heterozygotes for GTP-cyclohydrolase I gene mutations.
    Annals of neurology, 1998, Volume: 44, Issue:1

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Antioxidants; Biopterins; Child; DNA; Drug Therapy, Combination; Dystonia; Female; Frameshift Mutation; Humans; Levodopa; Male; Middle Aged; Pedigree; Point Mutation

1998
Dopa-responsive dystonia: a syndrome of selective nigrostriatal dopamine deficiency.
    Advances in neurology, 1998, Volume: 78

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Age of Onset; Biopterins; Child; Cocaine; Corpus Striatum; DNA Mutational Analysis; Dopamine; Dopamine Agents; Dystonia; Female; GTP Cyclohydrolase; Humans; Iodine Radioisotopes; Levodopa; Male; Mutation; Neopterin; Pedigree; Substantia Nigra; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

1998
Tetrahydrobiopterin-deficient hyperphenylalaninemia in the Chinese.
    Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry, 2001, Volume: 313, Issue:1-2

    Topics: 5-Hydroxytryptophan; Biopterins; Diagnosis, Differential; Dihydropteridine Reductase; Female; Genetic Carrier Screening; Humans; Incidence; Levodopa; Mass Screening; Mutation; Phenylketonurias; Phosphorus-Oxygen Lyases; Pregnancy; Prenatal Diagnosis; Taiwan; Treatment Outcome

2001
Treatment and outcome of Taiwanese patients with 6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase gene mutations.
    Journal of inherited metabolic disease, 2001, Volume: 24, Issue:8

    Topics: 5-Hydroxytryptophan; Base Sequence; Biopterins; DNA Mutational Analysis; Founder Effect; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Intelligence; Levodopa; Mutation; Neonatal Screening; Phenylalanine; Phenylketonurias; Phosphorus-Oxygen Lyases; Taiwan; Treatment Outcome

2001
Modeled ligand-protein complexes elucidate the origin of substrate specificity and provide insight into catalytic mechanisms of phenylalanine hydroxylase and tyrosine hydroxylase.
    European journal of biochemistry, 2003, Volume: 270, Issue:6

    Topics: Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Biopterins; Catalytic Domain; Dopamine; Humans; Levodopa; Ligands; Models, Molecular; Molecular Sequence Data; Molecular Structure; Phenylalanine; Phenylalanine Hydroxylase; Protein Binding; Rats; Sequence Alignment; Substrate Specificity; Tyrosine; Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase

2003
Tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency and dopamine loss in a genetic mouse model of Lesch-Nyhan disease.
    Journal of inherited metabolic disease, 2004, Volume: 27, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Biopterins; Corpus Striatum; Disease Models, Animal; Dopamine; Dopamine Agents; Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase; Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome; Levodopa; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Mice, Mutant Strains; Phenylalanine; Tyrosine

2004
Diffusion tensor images in children with early-treated, chronic, malignant phenylketonuric: correlation with intelligence assessment.
    AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, 2004, Volume: 25, Issue:9

    Topics: 5-Hydroxytryptophan; Axons; Biopterins; Brain Damage, Chronic; Cerebral Cortex; Child; Child, Preschool; Combined Modality Therapy; Corpus Callosum; Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Dominance, Cerebral; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Intelligence; Levodopa; Male; Neonatal Screening; Nerve Fibers, Myelinated; Phenylalanine; Phenylketonurias; Pregnancy

2004
6-pyruvoyl-tetrahydropterin synthase deficiency with mild hyperphenylalaninemia.
    Annals of neurology, 2005, Volume: 58, Issue:1

    Topics: 5-Hydroxytryptophan; Biopterins; Carbidopa; Cerebral Palsy; Child; Developmental Disabilities; Diagnostic Errors; Dopamine Agents; Female; Humans; Levodopa; Movement Disorders; Phenylalanine; Phenylketonurias; Phosphorus-Oxygen Lyases; Seizures

2005
Long-term follow-up of Chinese patients who received delayed treatment for 6-pyruvoyl-tetrahydropterin synthase deficiency.
    Molecular genetics and metabolism, 2006, Volume: 87, Issue:2

    Topics: 5-Hydroxytryptophan; Adolescent; Adult; Asian People; Biopterins; Child; Child, Preschool; China; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Infant; Intellectual Disability; Levodopa; Male; Phenylalanine; Phenylketonurias; Phosphorus-Oxygen Lyases; Seizures; Time Factors

2006
[Dopa-responsive dystonia: clinical, genetic, and biochemical studies].
    Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology, 2006, Volume: 46, Issue:1

    Topics: Biopterins; Child; Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14; Dystonic Disorders; GTP Cyclohydrolase; Humans; Levodopa; Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase

2006
Tetrahydrobiopterin stimulates L-DOPA release from striatal tissue.
    European journal of pharmacology, 2006, Jul-10, Volume: 541, Issue:1-2

    Topics: alpha-Methyltyrosine; Animals; Biopterins; Corpus Striatum; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Enzyme Inhibitors; Free Radical Scavengers; In Vitro Techniques; Levodopa; Male; Melatonin; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; Nitric Oxide Donors; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitroprusside; Pterins; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase

2006
[Study on tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency in Northern Chinese population].
    Zhonghua yi xue yi chuan xue za zhi = Zhonghua yixue yichuanxue zazhi = Chinese journal of medical genetics, 2006, Volume: 23, Issue:3

    Topics: 5-Hydroxytryptophan; Asian People; Biopterins; Child, Preschool; China; Dihydropteridine Reductase; Humans; Infant; Levodopa; Phenylalanine; Phenylketonurias; Phosphorus-Oxygen Lyases

2006
Intracortical inhibition of the motor cortex in Segawa disease (DYT5).
    Neurology, 2007, Mar-27, Volume: 68, Issue:13

    Topics: Adult; Basal Ganglia; Biopterins; Brain Diseases, Metabolic; Diagnosis, Differential; Dopamine; Dopamine Agents; Dystonic Disorders; Evoked Potentials, Motor; Female; gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; GTP Cyclohydrolase; Humans; Interneurons; Levodopa; Male; Middle Aged; Motor Cortex; Muscle, Skeletal; Neural Inhibition; Neural Pathways; Phenotype; Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

2007
Early initiation of L-dopa therapy enables stable development of executive function in tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) deficiency.
    Developmental medicine and child neurology, 2007, Volume: 49, Issue:5

    Topics: 5-Hydroxytryptophan; Adolescent; Adult; Biopterins; Child; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Levodopa; Male; Middle Aged; Neuropsychological Tests; Phosphorus-Oxygen Lyases; Problem Solving; Treatment Outcome; Wechsler Scales

2007
A case of 6-pyruvoyl-tetrahydropterin synthase deficiency demonstrates a more significant correlation of L-Dopa dosage with serum prolactin levels than CSF homovanillic acid levels.
    Brain & development, 2008, Volume: 30, Issue:1

    Topics: 5-Hydroxytryptophan; Biomarkers; Biopterins; Brain Diseases, Metabolic; Child, Preschool; Dopamine; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Drug Therapy, Combination; Female; Homovanillic Acid; Humans; Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System; Levodopa; Phosphorus-Oxygen Lyases; Predictive Value of Tests; Prolactin

2008
Exhaustive analysis of BH4 and dopamine biosynthesis genes in patients with Dopa-responsive dystonia.
    Brain : a journal of neurology, 2009, Volume: 132, Issue:Pt 7

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Age of Onset; Alcohol Oxidoreductases; Biopterins; Child; Child, Preschool; Dopamine; Dopamine Agents; Dystonic Disorders; Female; GTP Cyclohydrolase; Heterozygote; Humans; Levodopa; Male; Middle Aged; Point Mutation; Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase; Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases; Young Adult

2009
Identification and optimization of tyrosine hydroxylase activity in Mucuna pruriens DC. var. utilis.
    Planta, 2010, Volume: 231, Issue:6

    Topics: Biocatalysis; Biopterins; Blotting, Western; Cations, Divalent; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Dopamine; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; Enzyme Stability; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Hydroxylation; Kinetics; Levodopa; Mucuna; Organ Specificity; Plant Leaves; Substrate Specificity; Temperature; Time Factors; Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase

2010
Pyridoxal 5'-phosphate in cerebrospinal fluid; factors affecting concentration.
    Journal of inherited metabolic disease, 2011, Volume: 34, Issue:2

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Biopterins; Child; Child, Preschool; Cysteine; Epilepsy; False Positive Reactions; Female; Free Radicals; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Levodopa; Male; Metabolism, Inborn Errors; Middle Aged; Nervous System Diseases; Oxygen; Pyridoxal Phosphate; Reference Values; Reproducibility of Results; Sulfites; Tetrahydrofolates

2011
Dopamine agonists in dihydropteridine reductase deficiency.
    Molecular genetics and metabolism, 2012, Volume: 105, Issue:4

    Topics: Adult; Behavior; Benzothiazoles; Biopterins; Child; Dihydropteridine Reductase; Dopamine; Dopamine Agonists; Humans; Levodopa; Locomotion; Male; Phenylketonurias; Phosphorus-Oxygen Lyases; Pramipexole; Prolactin; Young Adult

2012
Long-term follow-up of tetrahydrobiopterin therapy in patients with tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency in Japan.
    Brain & development, 2013, Volume: 35, Issue:5

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Biopterins; Child; Child, Preschool; Developmental Disabilities; Dopamine Agents; Drug Therapy, Combination; Female; Humans; Japan; Levodopa; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Phenylketonurias; Product Surveillance, Postmarketing; Retrospective Studies; Young Adult

2013
Pitfalls in phenylalanine loading test in the diagnosis of dopa-responsive dystonia.
    Molecular genetics and metabolism, 2013, Volume: 108, Issue:3

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Adult; Biopterins; Diagnosis, Differential; Dystonia; Dystonic Disorders; Female; Humans; Levodopa; Metabolism, Inborn Errors; Phenylalanine; Phenylalanine Hydroxylase; Phenylketonurias; Psychomotor Disorders; Tyrosine

2013
Tetrahydrobiopterin biosynthesis as an off-target of sulfa drugs.
    Science (New York, N.Y.), 2013, May-24, Volume: 340, Issue:6135

    Topics: 5-Hydroxytryptophan; Adult; Alcohol Oxidoreductases; Anti-Infective Agents; Biopterins; Cell Line; Central Nervous System; Crystallography, X-Ray; Fibroblasts; Humans; Levodopa; NADP; Nausea; Pneumonia, Pneumocystis; Protein Conformation; Structure-Activity Relationship; Sulfamethoxazole; Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination; Vomiting

2013
Diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of patients with tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency in Shandong province, China.
    Brain & development, 2015, Volume: 37, Issue:6

    Topics: 5-Hydroxytryptophan; Biopterins; Child, Preschool; China; Follow-Up Studies; Genotype; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Intelligence Tests; Levodopa; Mutation; Neopterin; Phenylalanine; Phenylketonurias; Treatment Outcome

2015
A requirement for Gch1 and tetrahydrobiopterin in embryonic development.
    Developmental biology, 2015, Mar-01, Volume: 399, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Biopterins; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Embryo, Mammalian; Embryonic Development; Female; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; GTP Cyclohydrolase; Immunohistochemistry; Levodopa; Male; Mass Spectrometry; Metabolomics; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Mice, Knockout; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Time Factors

2015
Integrated theory to unify status among schizophrenia and manic depressive illness.
    Medical hypotheses, 2015, Volume: 85, Issue:4

    Topics: 5-Hydroxytryptophan; Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic; Antipsychotic Agents; Biopterins; Bipolar Disorder; Blood-Brain Barrier; Depression; Depression, Postpartum; Dopamine; Female; Hallucinations; Humans; Kynurenic Acid; Levodopa; Male; Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome; Neurotransmitter Agents; Paranoid Disorders; Premenstrual Syndrome; Schizophrenia; Seasonal Affective Disorder; Serotonin; Serotonin Syndrome; Tyrosine

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