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17049455

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-8-13
pubmed:abstractText
We describe two patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) who developed clinical criteria of pathological gambling addiction in the setting of increased dopamine replacement therapy (levodopa and dopamine agonist medications). The second patient showed also signs of dopamine dysregulation syndrome, with an addiction to dopaminergic medication. Neither patients responded to the standard therapy for gambling behavior, but dramatically improved after bilateral subthalamic nucleus (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS) and early postoperative withdrawal of dopaminergic therapy. The possible therapeutic role of subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS) on such a disabling behavior needs to be investigated prospectively.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1353-8020
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
369-71
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Using STN DBS and medication reduction as a strategy to treat pathological gambling in Parkinson's disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurosciences, Ophthalmology and Genetics, University of Genoa, Via A. De Toni 5, 16132 Genoa, Italy. fbandini@neurologia.unige.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports