Hypersexuality after right pallidotomy for Parkinson's disease.
The authors describe hypersexuality following atypical right pallidotomy for intractable Parkinson's Disease (PD). This patient and literature review suggest important roles for the pallidum in sexual behavior and dopamine in sexual arousal.
Department of Neurology, University of California at Los Angeles, USA. mmendez@UCLA.edu
Mario F
MF
Mendez
Susan M
SM
O'Connor
Gerald T H
GT
Lim
D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005917:Globus Pallidus / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods