| Literature DB >> 25343088 |
Tetsuya Asakawa1, Huan Fang2, Zhen Hong3, Kenji Sugiyama1, Takao Nozaki1, Hiroki Namba1.
Abstract
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common, however, intractable neurodegenerative disorder in the aging population. Levodopa (l-dopa) administration is regarded as the most effective strategy in treating PD with prominent motor side-effects after undergoing long-term treatment. Surgical therapies such as deep brain stimulation (DBS) show certain efficacy, yet there are several limitations in adopting such surgical procedures. Therefore, performing electrical stimulation out of the brain, namely peripheral stimulation for PD has been a dream of many clinicians. Recently, the efficacy of dorsal column stimulation was verified in animal PD models; on the other hand, tons of acupunctural studies from East Asia claim good efficacy in treating PD both in bench and clinical studies. This review will introduce the progress of peripheral stimulation for PD, and will discuss the potential mechanisms involved in these strategies.Entities:
Keywords: Parkinson's disease; deep brain stimulation; dorsal column, acupuncture; peripheral stimulation; somatosensory system
Year: 2012 PMID: 25343088 PMCID: PMC4204567 DOI: 10.5582/irdr.2012.v1.4.144
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Intractable Rare Dis Res ISSN: 2186-3644