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Discovery of levodopa-induced dyskinesia-associated genes using genomic studies in patients and Drosophila behavioral analyses

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Similar to the therapeutic effect of Ldopa in patients, acute Ldopa treatment restore the motor defect of

Parkinsons flies, while prolonged treatments cause LID-related symptoms, such as increased yawing, freezing & abrupt acceleration of locomotives

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What do you mean by abrupt acceleration of locomotives, Farooqji? I don’t understand that phrase.

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Farooqji in reply to ddmagee1

This is "abrupt acceleration of locomotion" not locomotives. Mistyping

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ddmagee1 in reply to Farooqji

Thank you for the clarification! That makes a lot of good sense!

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