Emotional Dysfunction in Parkinson’s Disease

In addition to motor symptomatology, idiopathic Parkinson’s disease is characterized by emotional dysfunction. Depression affects some 30 to 40 percent of Parkinson patients and other psychiatric co-morbidities include anxiety and apathy. Neuropsychological and neuroimaging studies of emotional dysf...

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Main Authors: Lee X. Blonder, John T. Slevin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Behavioural Neurology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-2011-0329
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description In addition to motor symptomatology, idiopathic Parkinson’s disease is characterized by emotional dysfunction. Depression affects some 30 to 40 percent of Parkinson patients and other psychiatric co-morbidities include anxiety and apathy. Neuropsychological and neuroimaging studies of emotional dysfunction in Parkinson patients suggest abnormalities involving mesolimbic and mesocortical dopaminergic pathways. There is also evidence suggesting that the interaction between serotonin and dopamine systems is important in the understanding and treatment of mood disorders in Parkinson’s disease. In this review we discuss the neuropsychiatric abnormalities that accompany Parkinson's disease and describe their neuropsychological, neuropharmacologic, and neuroimaging concomitants.
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spelling doaj-art-c5304ccc694b43cd8d7919d6fa09fdb12025-08-20T03:22:41ZengWileyBehavioural Neurology0953-41801875-85842011-01-0124320121710.3233/BEN-2011-0329Emotional Dysfunction in Parkinson’s DiseaseLee X. Blonder0John T. Slevin1Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and Departments of Behavioral Science and Neurology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, USADepartment of Neurology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, and Neurology Service Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Lexington, KY, USAIn addition to motor symptomatology, idiopathic Parkinson’s disease is characterized by emotional dysfunction. Depression affects some 30 to 40 percent of Parkinson patients and other psychiatric co-morbidities include anxiety and apathy. Neuropsychological and neuroimaging studies of emotional dysfunction in Parkinson patients suggest abnormalities involving mesolimbic and mesocortical dopaminergic pathways. There is also evidence suggesting that the interaction between serotonin and dopamine systems is important in the understanding and treatment of mood disorders in Parkinson’s disease. In this review we discuss the neuropsychiatric abnormalities that accompany Parkinson's disease and describe their neuropsychological, neuropharmacologic, and neuroimaging concomitants.http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-2011-0329
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