Serial cognitive profiles in levodopa-induced hypersexuality.
A patient with recent-onset Parkinson's disease was tested for mood, physical disability, and cognition, before treatment and then during and after a period of levodopa-induced hypersexuality. The effects of different anti-Parkinsonian drugs on cognition and behaviour are described. The unique cognitive data from this case support the hypothesis that hypersexuality is a manifestation of enhanced libido and not frontal disinhibition.
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University of Sheffield, Royal Hallamshire Hospital.
D003071:Cognition; D006801:Humans; D007980:Levodopa / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007989:Libido / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000187:drug effects*
D007980:Levodopa