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. 1961 Jul;95(1):12–14.

PARKINSON'S SYNDROME, DEPRESSION AND IMIPRAMINE—A Preliminary Report

A J Mandell, C Markham, W Fowler
PMCID: PMC1574436  PMID: 13766070

Abstract

Patients with Parkinson's syndrome whose major symptoms are akinesis, rigidity, inertia, depression, irritability and failure of adaptation rather than tremor appear to benefit in a global way from therapy with imipramine. Patients without much over-all functional impairment do not show this improvement. The hypothesis is offered that motivation to move and ability to move are perhaps neurologically as well as psychologically related functions.

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