3-O-methyldopa uptake and inhibition of L-dopa at the blood-brain barrier

Life Sci. 1975 Jul 1;17(1):131-6. doi: 10.1016/0024-3205(75)90248-9.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biological Availability
  • Biological Transport, Active
  • Blood-Brain Barrier*
  • Brain / metabolism
  • Cerebral Cortex / metabolism
  • Corpus Striatum / metabolism
  • Diffusion
  • Hypothalamus / metabolism
  • Kinetics
  • Levodopa / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Levodopa / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Mesencephalon / metabolism
  • Methyldopa / blood
  • Methyldopa / metabolism*
  • Parkinson Disease / drug therapy
  • Rats

Substances

  • Levodopa
  • Methyldopa