Dopamine: the two-faced molecule behind addiction and Parkinson's disease - video
Friday, May 18, 2012 - 08:31
in Health & Medicine
The hormone dopamine is responsible for the cravings of addiction, but when levels are abnormally low it causes the muscular twitches of Parkinson's disease
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