作者: Abraham N. Lieberman , Menek Goldstein
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-407-02295-9.50014-X
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摘要: Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the treatment of advanced Parkinson's disease with dopamine agonists. The response to levodopa in patients diminishes considerably after a few years treatment. Associated diminished are on–off phenomena, and associated phenomena dyskinesias. Given complexities underlying most successful means treating both these states has been through augmenting activity dopaminergic system drugs that bypass degenerating presynaptic nigrostriatal neurons stimulate postsynaptic receptors directly. Apomorphine was first agonist be used man. availability preferentially activate one or another class opens up several new therapeutic strategies.