connection between low iron and dopamin production ?

[snorre]

is there a connection between iron deficiency ond low production of dopamin.

[silvestrov]

Too little iron plays a detrimental force in the body and yes there is a relationship between low iron levels and dopamine. The following article is about restless leg syndrome, iron and dopamine:

Restless legs syndrome: pathophysiology and the role of iron and folate.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/176...

Low iron is a problem but so is high iron in the substantia nigra. The following article discusses both the problems of high and low iron in PD:

Evidence conflicts on iron’s role in Parkinson’s disease

sciencenews.org/article/evi...

[snorre in reply to silvestrov]

thankyou very mutch silvestrov

[silvestrov in reply to snorre]

My pleasure.

[Kattripp]

Interesting articles on iron...still a mystery that needs solving! Thanks for the info.

[movinngroovin]

Seems like there might be--

I had low iron for years in my 20's & 30's!

[HeartSong]

And just when I thought I had the iron-in-the-brain-thing figured out!

I think I'm going to go back to thinking about something I thought a lot about when I was first diagnosed. And that is: I wonder if there is some kind of meditation that would balance our brains regardless of whether we had too much or too little of certain minerals, neurotransmitters, neurons, or whatever. Seriously!

I think I'll start a new thread with that.