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| Andrew H EvansSummaryAffiliation: Royal Melbourne Hospital Country: Australia Publications
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Compulsive use of dopaminergic drug therapy in Parkinson's disease: reward and anti-rewardAndrew H Evans
Department of Neurology, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Mov Disord 25:867-76. 2010..These findings suggest that affective, motivational, and motoric disturbances in PD are associated with the transition to compulsive drug use in individuals who inappropriately overuse their dopaminergic medication...
Dyskinetic patients show rebound worsening of affect after an acute L-dopa challengeAndrew H Evans
Department of Neurology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Parkinsonism Relat Disord 18:514-9. 2012..We proposed that patients with dyskinesias would report rebound worsening in affect during wearing-off of L-dopa effect...
Impulsive and compulsive behaviors in Parkinson's diseaseAndrew H Evans
Department of Neurology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
Mov Disord 24:1561-70. 2009..The management of dopaminergic drug-related compulsive behaviors is discussed in the light of the current understanding of the neurobiological substrate of these disorders...
Dopamine agonist-induced substance addiction: the next piece of the puzzleAndrew Evans
Department of Neurology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Grattan Street, Parkville, Victoria 3050, Australia
J Clin Neurosci 18:191-2. 2011..The challenge now for the Parkinsonologist is to also balance the net benefits of using dopamine agonists for their motor effects with avoiding the harm from behavioural compulsions...
Do dyskinesia and pain share common pathophysiological mechanisms in Parkinson's disease?Shen Yang Lim
Department of Neurology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Mov Disord 23:1689-95. 2008..Our results suggest that dyskinesia and pain may share common pathophysiological mechanisms in PD...
Dopamine dysregulation syndrome, impulse control disorders and punding after deep brain stimulation surgery for Parkinson's diseaseShen Yang Lim
Department of Neurology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Grattan Street, Parkville, Victoria 3050, Australia
J Clin Neurosci 16:1148-52. 2009..Predictive factors may include physician vigilance, motor outcome and patient compliance...
