Depression dependent parkinsonism: case report.
With increasing depression a patient's Parkinsonian tremors increased. With successful treatment of the patient's depression with imipramine, the tremors disappeared, but slowly began again after drug noncompliance resulted in recurrence of depression. Evidence suggesting a relationship between depression and extrapyramidal dysfunction is discussed. The need for a greater understanding of the role of the extrapyramidal system in emotion and behavior and the connections between the extrapyramidal system to limbic and cortical structures are noted.
D000368:Aged; D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000150:complications; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007099:Imipramine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008032:Limbic System / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications*; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine / Q000502:physiology
D011954:Receptors, Dopamine; D007099:Imipramine