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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1978-8-14
pubmed:abstractText
A group of 16 patients afflicted with involuntary movement disorders received subcutaneous injections of the direct dopamine agonist, apomorphine hydrochloride. Paradoxically, these injections were generally followed by a reduction of dyskinesia; this was most noticeable in patients with tardive dyskinesia and was only mild in some patients with spasmodic torticollis. Preferential stimulation by apomorphine of inhibitory dopamine presynaptic receptors (so-called dopamine autoreceptors) is proposed as the most likely explanation for the observed antidyskinetic effect of this drug. The results of this study also suggest that direct dopamine agonists may be used clinically to attenuate CNS dopaminergic transmission, especially when use of antidopminergic drugs such as the nuroleptics is contraindicated, as in the case of tardive dyskinesia.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0003-9942
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
459-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1978
pubmed:articleTitle
Midification of tardive dyskinesia and spasmodic torticollis by apomorphine. Possible role of dopamine autoreceptors.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article