COCAINE-INDUCED CHOREOATHETOID MOVEMENTS (CRACK DANCING)

Authors
DARAS M KOPPEL BS ATOSRADZION E
Citation
M. Daras et al., COCAINE-INDUCED CHOREOATHETOID MOVEMENTS (CRACK DANCING), Neurology, 44(4), 1994, pp. 751-752
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283878
Volume
44
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
751 - 752
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(1994)44:4<751:CCM(D>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
We describe seven patients with cocaine-induced movements, including c horeoathetosis, akathisia, and parkinsonism with tremor. All were seen in 2 years at a municipal hospital, during which 701 visits were attr ibuted to complications of cocaine. Dopaminergic changes are hypothesi zed to cause euphoria, addiction, and abnormal movements.