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SUBMITTER: van Wamelen DJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6311379 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
van Wamelen Daniel J DJ Grigoriou Sotirios S Chaudhuri K Ray KR Odin Per P
Journal of Parkinson's disease 20180101 s1
Continuous dopaminergic stimulation in Parkinson's disease (PD) has several advantages over pulsatile, non-continuous, stimulation. These therapies currently consist of pump-based and transcutaneous therapies and are based on a more constant delivery of the dopaminergic drug resulting in continuous dopaminergic stimulation and a more stable treatment effect. Several clinical and experimental observations have shown that continuous stimulation of dopaminergic receptors induces fewer complications ...[more]