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Subthalamic stimulation in Parkinson’s disease: restoring the balance of motivated behaviours Full Text
Brain, 05/08/2012
Lhommee E et al. – The data suggest that non–motor fluctuations could similarly be directly alleviated through stimulation of the non–motor subthalamic territories, and hyperdopaminergic side effects might improve mainly due to the decrease in dopaminergic medication. The authors show an overall improvement in neuropsychiatric symptomatology and propose that disabling non–motor fluctuations, dopaminergic treatment abuse and drug–induced behavioural addictions in Parkinson’s disease may be considered as new indications for subthalamic stimulation.
