## Abstract Pain and other nonmotor symptoms in PD are increasingly recognized as a major cause of reduced healthβrelated quality of life. Pain in PD may be categorized into a number of different subtypes, including musculoskeletal, dystonic, radicular neuropathic, and central pain. The onset of pa
Pain is common in Parkinson's disease
β Scribed by Hasmet A. Hanagasi; Sinem Akat; Hakan Gurvit; Jale Yazici; Murat Emre
- Book ID
- 116369825
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 112 KB
- Volume
- 113
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0303-8467
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Summnry: We studied the prevalence and character of pain in Parkinson's disease (PD) and its associatjon with motor fluctuations. Of 95 outpatients, 46% experienced pain they attributed to PD. Patients with pain were younger but no more disabled on objective motor scores than patients without pain.
## Abstract Plastic changes within the striatum resulting from pulsatile dopaminergic stimulation are thought to lead to dyskinesia in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). The basal ganglia play a role in processing pain. We hypothesized that the plastic changes that lead to dyskinesia may also