Progress and Prospects in Parkinson's Research/Symptoms/Orthostatic hypotension

Drop in blood pressure during changes in body position.

A recent review of Cardiovascular dysautonomia in Parkinson's by Jain and Goldstein (2012) is particularly relevant.^[1]

The following references are also relevant:-

Hussain et al (2001) Treatment of erectile dysfunction with sildenafil citrate (Viagra) in parkinsonism due to Parkinson's disease or multiple system atrophy with observations on orthostatic hypotension ^[2]

Park and Stacy(2011) Dopamine-Induced Nonmotor Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease ^[3]

Sommer et al (2011) Nondipping in Parkinson's Disease ^[4]

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References

↑ Jain, Samay, and David S. Goldstein. Cardiovascular Dysautonomia in Parkinson Disease: From Pathophysiology to Pathogenesis. Neurobiology of Disease 46, no. 3 (June 2012): 572–580. Full Text PubMed Central http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3299874/
↑ Husain, I.; Brady, C.; Swinn, M.; Mathias, C. and Fowler, C. (2001) Full TextJ. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry. 71 (3) 371 – 374 Treatment of erectile dysfunction with sildenafil citrate (Viagra) in parkinsonism due to Parkinson's disease or multiple system atrophy with observations on orthostatic hypotension http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1737541/
↑ Park, Ariane and Stacy, Mark(2011) Full TextParkinsons Dis. 2011 485063. Dopamine-Induced Nonmotor Symptoms of Parkinson's Diseasehttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3096061/
↑ Sommer, Sita: Aral-Bexhwe, Billur and Jost, Wolfgang (2011) Full TextParkinsons Dis. 2011: 897586. Nondipping in Parkinson's Disease http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3175384/

[1] Jain, Samay, and David S. Goldstein. Cardiovascular Dysautonomia in Parkinson Disease: From Pathophysiology to Pathogenesis. Neurobiology of Disease 46, no. 3 (June 2012): 572–580. Full Text PubMed Central http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3299874/

[2] Husain, I.; Brady, C.; Swinn, M.; Mathias, C. and Fowler, C. (2001) Full TextJ. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry. 71 (3) 371 – 374 Treatment of erectile dysfunction with sildenafil citrate (Viagra) in parkinsonism due to Parkinson's disease or multiple system atrophy with observations on orthostatic hypotension http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1737541/

[3] Park, Ariane and Stacy, Mark(2011) Full TextParkinsons Dis. 2011 485063. Dopamine-Induced Nonmotor Symptoms of Parkinson's Diseasehttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3096061/

[4] Sommer, Sita: Aral-Bexhwe, Billur and Jost, Wolfgang (2011) Full TextParkinsons Dis. 2011: 897586. Nondipping in Parkinson's Disease http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3175384/

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