Cardiovascular autonomic responses in patients with Parkinson disease to pedunculopontine deep brain stimulation.

Jonathan A HyamHolly A RoyYongzhi HuangSean MartinShouyan WangJodi RippeyTerry J CoyneIan StewartGraham KerrPeter SilburnDavid J PatersonTipu Z AzizAlexander L Green

Published in: Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society (2019)

PPN stimulation can modulate the cardiovascular system in patients with PD. In this study, it reduced the postural fall in systolic blood pressure during head-up tilt and improved the cardiovascular response during Valsalva, presumably by altering the neural control of baroreflex activation.

Keyphrases

parkinson disease
deep brain stimulation
blood pressure
obsessive compulsive disorder
heart rate
heart failure
heart rate variability
hypertensive patients
left ventricular
type diabetes
optical coherence tomography
optic nerve
weight loss