| Literature DB >> 25134820 |
Katerina Mensikova1, Michaela Kaiserova, Miroslav Vastik, Sandra Kurcova, Petr Kanovsky.
Abstract
Camptocormia is defined as a marked dystonic flexion of the trunk in the sagittal plane. Camptocormia responds poorly to botulinum toxin injections, manipulation with dopaminergic treatment, and deep brain stimulation. We designed a prospective pilot study to assess the effect of apomorphine infusions on camptocormia. Five patients were enrolled. All five patients responded well to this treatment. The fact that camptocormia responds so well to apomorphine may be explained by the sustained stimulation of the ventrolateral striatal D1 receptors, alleviating this type of dystonia.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25134820 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-014-1297-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neural Transm (Vienna) ISSN: 0300-9564 Impact factor: 3.575