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Disturbed intracortical excitability in early Parkinson's disease is l-DOPA dose related: A prospective 12-month paired TMS study.

Authors

BAREŠ Martin KAŇOVSKÝ Petr REKTOR Ivan

Year of publication 2007
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Parkinsonism and Related Disorders
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Field Neurology, neurosurgery, neurosciences
Keywords Parkinson disease- paired TMS- L-DOPA- intracortical excitability
Description We were interested to know if chronic l-DOPA treatment in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients could restore impairment of the intracortical excitability, when this difference could occur, and if it was related to the total daily dose of l-DOPA. Twelve patients with early PD were studied using paired transcranial magnetic stimulation before the administration of l-DOPA, and then after 3, 6, and 12 months of l-DOPA treatment. The level of disturbed intracortical excitability strongly correlated with the total daily dose of l-DOPA. The level of cortical excitability in PD patients seems to be indirectly related to the nigro-striatal functioning.
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