TY - JOUR
T1 - Compulsive drumming induced by dopamine agonists in Parkinson's disease
T2 - Another aspect of punding
AU - Vitale, Carmine
AU - Trojano, Luigi
AU - Barone, Paolo
AU - Errico, Domenico
AU - Agosti, Valeria
AU - Sorrentino, Giuseppe
AU - Grossi, Dario
AU - Santangelo, Gabriella
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - We report the case of a man affected by Parkinson's disease who developed an unusual, severe, repetitive behavior characterized by an irrepressible need to drum and beat percussion instruments following to the introduction of pramipexole. This compulsive behavior was not associated to a pattern of chronic inappropriate overuse of dopaminergic medication or other psychiatric symptoms. Sharing many features with other repetitive behaviors, compulsive drumming might be considered a distinct manifestation of punding in Parkinson's disease.
AB - We report the case of a man affected by Parkinson's disease who developed an unusual, severe, repetitive behavior characterized by an irrepressible need to drum and beat percussion instruments following to the introduction of pramipexole. This compulsive behavior was not associated to a pattern of chronic inappropriate overuse of dopaminergic medication or other psychiatric symptoms. Sharing many features with other repetitive behaviors, compulsive drumming might be considered a distinct manifestation of punding in Parkinson's disease.
KW - Parkinson's disease
KW - pramipexole
KW - Punding
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U2 - 10.3233/BEN-129024
DO - 10.3233/BEN-129024
M3 - Article
C2 - 23242361
AN - SCOPUS:84887083630
SN - 0953-4180
VL - 27
SP - 559
EP - 562
JO - Behavioural Neurology
JF - Behavioural Neurology
IS - 4
ER -