EEG sleep patterns in Parkinsonian patients treated with Bromocryptine and L-Dopa: A comparative study
- 1 December 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal Of Neural Transmission-Parkinsons Disease and Dementia Section
- Vol. 45 (4) , 307-316
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01247147
Abstract
The nocturnal sleep patterns of six Parkinsonian patients treated with Bromocryptine (2-Br-L-ergocryptine CB-154), a dopamine-like agonist, were compared with those of the same patients under L-DOPA treatment. No significant differences were found between the two groups. It is suggested that Bromocryptine, acting on dopamine receptors in the sleep regulating systems at the reticular level in the midbrain has the same effect on sleep patterns of Parkinsonian patients as L-DOPA.This publication has 30 references indexed in Scilit:
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