Effects of amantadine on postural instability in Parkinson's disease
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Topçular, BarışAltınkaya, A.
Yabalak, A.
Kaymaz, A.
Altunrende, Burcu
Matur, Zeliha
Demir-Akman, Gülşen
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Topcular B, Altinkaya A, Yabalak A, Kaymaz A, Altunrende B, Matur Z, Gungor O, Altindag E, Akman-Demir G. Effects of amantadine on postural instability in Parkinson's disease. European Journal of Neurology. 2014; 21(suppl 1): 670. Joint Congress of European Neurology, Istanbul, Turkey, May 2014Abstract
Amantadine is a NMDA antagonist that has antiparkinson properties. Although it is widely used for treatment of 1-dopa related dyskinesias some case reports also mention its effect on postural instability in Parkison’s Disease.