Scot has Parkinson's disease. His doctors have given him L-dopa as a treatment because it will ____.
A. stimulate stem cells to release growth factors
B. stimulate glial cells to produce more myelin
C. result in an increase in dopamine
D. result in a decrease in GABA
Answer: C
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