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Visual hallucinations in Parkinson's disease are not influenced by polymorphisms of serotonin 5-HT2A receptor and transporter genes.
Neuroscience letters - 18 Jul 2007
Kiferle Lorenzo, Ceravolo Roberto, Petrozzi Lucia, Rossi Carlo, Frosini Daniela, Rocchi Anna, Siciliano Gabriele, Bonuccelli Ubaldo, Murri Luigi
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Psychiatric disorders are common in Parkinson's disease (PD) and hallucinations are observed in nearly 40% of PD patients. The involvement of dopaminergic system in the pathogenesis of psychosis has been sustained by most of the authors even if several evidences indicate that multiple neurochemical substrates might underlie psychosis in PD. In PD there is an extensive loss of serotoninergic raphe neurons and...
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