Parkinsonism & related disorders, 19(2), 265-268 (2012-08-21)
Previous fMRI studies indicated a relationship between changes of the cortical activation pattern and disease severity in Parkinson's disease (PD). Early diagnosis of Parkinson's disease offers the opportunity to evaluate the putative neuroprotective and disease-modifying effects of drugs at a
Journal of forensic and legal medicine, 19(7), 422-425 (2012-08-28)
Ropinirole, a specific non-ergoline dopamine D2-receptor agonist, belongs to the drugs applied in treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD) and restless legs syndrome (RLS) and acts as a D2, D3, and D4 dopamine receptor agonist with highest affinity for D3. Therapeutic
Ropinirole for the treatment of early Parkinson's disease
Adler C H, et al.
Neurology, 49(2), 393-399 (1997)
Spontaneous unwelcome orgasms due to pramipexole and ropinirole.
Oliver Kaut et al.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society, 27(10), 1327-1328 (2012-08-21)
Cognitive and behavioral neurology : official journal of the Society for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology, 25(2), 98-102 (2012-05-19)
We describe a 76-year-old man with herpes encephalitis whose symptom of severe apathy was improved by the dopamine D2/D3 receptor agonist ropinirole. Brain magnetic resonance imaging had shown lesions in the patient's right mesial temporal cortex, right insula, and bilateral