Daniel S Drew, Kinan Muhammed, Fahd Baig, Mark Kelly, Youssuf Saleh, Nagaraja Sarangmat, David Okai, Michele Hu, Sanjay Manohar, Masud Husain
Impulse control disorders in Parkinson's disease are common neuropsychiatric complications associated with dopamine replacement therapy. Some patients treated with dopamine agonists develop pathological behaviours, such as gambling, compulsive eating, shopping, or disinhibited sexual behaviours, which can have a severe impact on their lives and that of their families. In this study we investigated whether hypersensitivity to reward might contribute to these pathological behaviours and how this is influenced by dopaminergic medication...
August 1, 2020: Brain