Pathological crying induced by deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson’s disease

• Verfasst von: Wolf, Marc [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Blahak, Christian [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Pathological crying induced by deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson’s disease
• Verf.angabe: Marc E. Wolf, Mahmoud Abdallat, Christian Blahak, Joachim K. Krauss
• E-Jahr: 2017
• Jahr: November 2017
• Umfang: 3 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 16.08.2018
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Journal of clinical neuroscience
• Ort Quelle: Burlington, Mass. : Harcourt, 1994
• Jahr Quelle: 2017
• Band/Heft Quelle: 45(2017), Seite 159-161
• ISSN Quelle: 1532-2653
• DOI: doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2017.08.020
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: Deep brain stimulation
• Sach-SW: Parkinson
• Sach-SW: Pathological crying
• Sach-SW: Subthalamic nucleus
• K10plus-PPN: 1580113397

Abstract

We report on a patient with deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) for Parkinson’s disease (PD) who developed pathologic crying (PC) immediately postoperatively. A spread of DBS current to adjacent cortico-ponto-cerebellar pathways might be responsible. In contrast to the few cases published previously, there was no pre-existing additional lesion that would have favoured occurrence of PC. Treating physicians should be aware of DBS-induced PC.