Oleh Hornykiewicz

Contents: 1. Research on Neurotransmitter Treatments for Neurological Disease, 1.1 The first public scientific presentation of the discovery of the dopamine deficit in Parkinson´s diseases; 1.2. Distribution of noradrenaline and dopamine (3-hydroxytyramine) in the human brain and their behavior in diseases of the extrapyramidal system; 1.3 The effect of L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (=DOPA) on akinesia in parkinsonism; 1.4 Dopamine (3-hydroxytyramine) and brain function; 1.5 The occurrence of dopamine (3-hydroxytyramine) in the central nervous system: Its relationship to Parkinsonism. 2. Reminiscences and outside Commentaries; 2.1 How L-DOPA was discovered as a drug for Parkinson´s disease 40 years ago; 2.1 Outside commentaries. 3 Autobiographical and Bibliographical Writings; 3.1 A Personal research record: Mostly Dopamine and mostly Parkinson´s disease; 3.2 Curriculum vitae; 3.3 List of publications