SEROTONERGIC DYSFUNCTION IN DEPRESSION ASSOCIATED WITH PARKINSONS-DISEASE

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MCCANCEKATZ, EF [1 ]
MAREK, KL [1 ]
PRICE, LH [1 ]
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[1] YALE UNIV,SCH MED,NATL PARKINSON FDN LAB CLIN & THERAPEUT SERV,NEW HAVEN,CT 06508
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10.1212/WNL.42.9.1813
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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A 55-year-old man presented with a 5-year history of Parkinson's disease and a 6-month history of major depression. The patient's depressive symptoms responded to treatment with fluvoxamine, a selective and potent serotonin reuptake inhibitor. Tryptophan depletion testing, which acutely lowers central serotonin levels, caused a brief exacerbation of the depressive illness, which resolved upon tryptophan repletion. Serotonergic dysfunction may be an etiologic factor in depression that occurs in Parkinson's disease.
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