MALADAPTIVE PLASTICITY IN LEVODOPA-INDUCED DYSKINESIAS AND TARDIVE DYSKINESIAS: OLD AND NEW INSIGHTS ON THE EFFECTS OF DOPAMINE RECEPTOR PHARMACOLOGY

Maladaptive plasticity can be defined as behavioral loss or even development of disease symptoms resulting from aberrant plasticity changes in the human brain. Hyperkinetic movement disorders, either in the neurological or psychiatric realms, have been associated with maladaptive neural plasticity t...

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Main Authors: Antonio eCerasa, Alfonso eFasano, Francesca eMorgante, Giacomo eKoch, Aldo eQuattrone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2014.00049/full