Compulsive singing: another aspect of punding in Parkinson's disease.
We report on two patients with advanced Parkinson's disease who were exhibiting a peculiar and stereotyped behavior characterized by an irrepressible need to sing compulsively when under high-dose dopamine replacement therapy. Sharing many features with punding, this singing behavior is proposed as a distinct manifestation of the dopamine dysregulation syndrome in Parkinson's disease.
Bonvin
Christophe
C
Department of Neurology, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.
Horvath
Judit
J
Christe
Blaise
B
Landis
Theodor
T
Burkhard
Pierre R
PR
D000368:Aged; D000978:Antiparkinson Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D003192:Compulsive Behavior / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D015259:Dopamine Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009146:Music; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
D000978:Antiparkinson Agents; D015259:Dopamine Agents