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olsen
03-04-2009, 10:55 PM
Estrogen mimics at low doses change how brain cells manage dopamine.
Alyea, RA and CS Watson. 2009. Xenoestrogens alter dopamine transport and trafficking. Environmental Health Perspectives doi:10.1289/ehp.0800026

http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/newscience/low-level-EEs-alter-dopamine-from-brain-cells


Synopsis by Michael D. Laiosa and Wendy Hessler


For the first time, scientists find that extremely low levels of some types of environmental estrogens disrupt specialized brain cells and their ability to regulate brain chemistry. All of the EEs tested changed the way cells released and reabsorbed dopamine, an important chemical messenger that governs movement and pleasure.




paula_w
03-04-2009, 11:25 PM
Amazing Madelyn, thanks! I feel like I could actually be reading at least some of what caused my PD , if not the entire scenario. There isn't any reason to rule estrogen out yet. It continues to fit, including the environmental exposure.

paula

olsen
03-05-2009, 06:55 AM
Paula, Thought of you and your history when posting the previous thread:

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread79802.html

Madelyn