title: Non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease.
abstract: Parkinson's disease is a hypokinetic movement disorder with cardinal motor features of bradykinesia, resting tremor and rigidity. However, non-motor symptoms, such as cognitive, neuropsychiatric, sleep, autonomic and sensory disturbances are gaining increasing attention. These non-motor symptoms may be intrinsic to the disease pathology or may be results of treatment with dopaminergic agents. Given that most, if not all, patients with Parkinson's disease will experience non-motor symptoms, it is important to be sensitive to these phenomena, especially since some non-motor signs may precede motor impairment. Treatment may include interventions independent of traditional, dopaminergic anti-Parkinson therapy or may be tailored to increase or reduce dopamine responsiveness of the symptom.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Ariane
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stacy
mesh_terms: D000978:Antiparkinson Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012678:Sensation Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000978:Antiparkinson Agents; D004298:Dopamine