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Are there any studies that show dopamine levels effect RLS symptoms?

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Not necessarily a deficiency in Dopamine but rather it's the brain's ability to utilize it. "Imaging studies using special radioactive chemicals have found reduced receptor and transporter function in the brain of more severely affected RLS patients." hopkinsmedicine.org/neurolo...

If you search under "Dopamine and RLS" you will find quite a few articles relating to this. Not sure how many are anecdotal or studies

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