title: Compulsive singing: another aspect of punding in Parkinson's disease.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Neurology, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors: Christophe
authors: C
authors: Bonvin
authors: Judit
authors: J
authors: Horvath
authors: Blaise
authors: B
authors: Christe
authors: Theodor
authors: T
authors: Landis
authors: Pierre R
authors: PR
authors: Burkhard
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000978:Antiparkinson Agents; D015259:Dopamine Agents