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Dystonia and Parkinson's disease: What is the relationship?

Shetty, AS; Bhatia, KP; Lang, AE; (2019) Dystonia and Parkinson's disease: What is the relationship? Neurobiology of Disease , 132 , Article 104462. 10.1016/j.nbd.2019.05.001. Green open access

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Abstract

Dystonia and Parkinson's disease are closely linked disorders sharing many pathophysiological overlaps. Dystonia can be seen in 30% or more of the patients suffering with PD and sometimes can precede the overt parkinsonism. The response of early dystonia to the introduction of dopamine replacement therapy (levodopa, dopamine agonists) is variable; dystonia commonly occurs in PD patients following levodopa initiation. Similarly, parkinsonism is commonly seen in patients with mutations in various DYT genes including those involved in the dopamine synthesis pathway. Pharmacological blockade of dopamine receptors can cause both tardive dystonia and parkinsonism and these movement disorders syndromes can occur in many other neurodegenerative, genetic, toxic and metabolic diseases. Pallidotomy in the past and currently deep brain stimulation largely involving the GPi are effective treatment options for both dystonia and parkinsonism. However, the physiological mechanisms underlying the response of these two different movement disorder syndromes are poorly understood. Interestingly, DBS for PD can cause dystonia such as blepharospasm and bilateral pallidal DBS for dystonia can result in features of parkinsonism. Advances in our understanding of these responses may provide better explanations for the relationship between dystonia and Parkinson's disease.

Type: Article
Title: Dystonia and Parkinson's disease: What is the relationship?
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2019.05.001
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbd.2019.05.001
Language: English
Additional information: This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Keywords: Dystonia; Parkinson's disease; Genetic PD syndromes
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Clinical and Movement Neurosciences
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10091539
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