title: [Parkinson disease and photosensitive epilepsy].
abstract: A 58 year-old man with a 4-year history of Parkinson's disease developed a myoclonic syndrome with photosensitivity. The photo-convulsive response progressively worsened when therapy with levodopa, carbidopa and biperiden was interrupted. A marked reduction of the photosensitivity was obtained with bromocriptine. This case suggests that both diseases are correlated with a multiple degenerative process of the dopaminergic inhibitory pathways.
authors.affiliation: Instituto delle Malattie del Sistema Nervoso, Università di Ancona, Italia.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Scarpino
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pelliccioni
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guidi
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Mauro
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mercante
mesh_terms: D001971:Bromocriptine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004831:Epilepsies, Myoclonic / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008027:Light; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D018492:Dopamine Antagonists; D001971:Bromocriptine
vernacular_title: Maladie de Parkinson et épilepsie photosensible.