Nickel appears to suppress the effect of the carbon burst; however, the nickel spark can be identified by tiny blocks of brilliant white light. Silicon suppresses the carbon burst even more than nickel. When silicon is present, the carrier line usually ends abruptly in a white flash of light.
The standard medication used to treat Parkinson's is Levodopa, a drug that initially has major benefits but can later also produce serious side effects in the form of involuntary, jerky movements. A research group at Lund University has now found a way to study what it is in the brain that causes these side effects.
Symptoms. There are symptoms of Parkinsonâs disease that could be perceived as dystonic. For example, someone with Parkinsonâs may develop certain postures and changes in their extremities that are symptomatic of dystonia. Flexion of the neck or of the feet is common. lack of dopamine is thought to be the cause of Parkinsonâs and is also believed to play a role in dystonia, though researchers are unsure as to what that role is. The drug Levodopa is used to treat both conditions.