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Heldmann M, Rinckens C, Brüggemann N, Al-Khaled M, Münte TF. Creative thinking and cognitive estimation in Parkinson's disease. Neurol Res Pract 2024; 6:9. [PMID: 38355739 PMCID: PMC10868033 DOI: 10.1186/s42466-023-00304-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2023] [Accepted: 12/16/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) have been reported to exhibit unusual bouts of creativity (e.g., painting, writing), in particular in the context of treatment with dopaminergic agents. Here we investigated divergent and convergent thinking thought to underlie creativity. In addition we assessed cognitive estimation. METHOD Twenty PD patients and 20 matched healthy control participants were subjected to the Guilford Alternate Uses task (divergent thinking), the remote associates task (convergent thinking) and two tests of cognitive estimation. RESULTS No group differences were found for the convergent thinking task, while the Guilford Alternate Uses task revealed a decreased number of correct responses and a reduced originality for PD patients. Originality in PD was correlated to total daily dose of dopaminergic medication. Moreover, both tasks of cognitive estimation showed an impairment in PD. CONCLUSION Only minor effects were found for psychometric indices of subprocesses of creative thinking, while estimation, relying on executive functioning, is impaired in PD. We suggest to take a product oriented view of creativity in further research on altered creative processes in PD.
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- Marcus Heldmann
- Department of Neurology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
- Center for Brain, Behavior and Metabolism, University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538, Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
- Center for Brain, Behavior and Metabolism, University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538, Lübeck, Germany
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- Center for Brain, Behavior and Metabolism, University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538, Lübeck, Germany.
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Bloem BR, Volpe D. What art can tell us about the human brain, in health and disease. Phys Life Rev 2023; 45:52-55. [PMID: 37004337 DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2023.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Accepted: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
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- Bastiaan R Bloem
- Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Department of Neurology, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Neurorehabilitation, Fresco Parkinson Center - Casa di Cura Villa Margherita - S. Stefano Riabilitazione, via Costacolonna n 1 Arcugnano, Vicenza, Italy
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Nascent visual artistic expression following right hemisphere subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2022; 99:47-50. [PMID: 35598419 DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2022.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2022] [Revised: 04/25/2022] [Accepted: 04/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Katunina EA, Shipilova NN, Titova NV, Maluchina EA, Zhuk VA, Ivanova MZ. [Creativity in patients with Parkinson's disease]. Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova 2019; 119:128-132. [PMID: 31851184 DOI: 10.17116/jnevro2019119111128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In some cases, a variety of creative abilities appear in patients with Parkinson's disease receiving dopaminergic therapy. These are the creativity of thinking, unusual motivation and efficiency, which are not inherent to the patients before. The author considers a spectrum of these changes, as well as their possible pathobiochemical and pathophysiological basis. The connection between creativity in art and impulsive-compulsive disorders is discussed. Specific personality traits, type of temperament and emotional stability can play a significant role in the development of creative abilities. It is important to recognize and control the severity of the creative potential of patients with Parkinson's disease, improving the quality of life, and to increase self-esteem, psychological attitude and social adaptation among these patients preventing the excesses of this process.
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- E A Katunina
- Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
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- Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
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- Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
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- Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
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- Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
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- Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
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Ruggiero F, Cortese F, Lavazza A, D’Urso G, Di Nuzzo C, Marceglia S, Pravettoni G, Priori A, Ferrucci R. Do Neurodegenerative Diseases Affect Creativity? Divergent Thinking in Frontotemporal Dementia and Parkinson’s Disease. CREATIVITY RESEARCH JOURNAL 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/10400419.2019.1577667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- F. Ruggiero
- Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
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- Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
- Ospedale G. Fracastoro
- Università La Sapienza
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- Centro Universitario Internazionale Arezzo
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- Centro ‘Aldo Ravelli’, Università degli Studi di Milano
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- Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Architettura, Università degli Studi di Trieste
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- Unità di Psiconcologia, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia
- Dipartimento di Oncologia DIPO, Università degli Studi di Miano
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- Centro ‘Aldo Ravelli’, Università degli Studi di Milano
- UOC Neurologia I, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo
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- Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
- Centro ‘Aldo Ravelli’, Università degli studi di Milano and UOC Neurologia I, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo
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Why would Parkinson's disease lead to sudden changes in creativity, motivation, or style with visual art?: A review of case evidence and new neurobiological, contextual, and genetic hypotheses. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2019; 100:129-165. [PMID: 30629980 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2018.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2018] [Revised: 11/15/2018] [Accepted: 12/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a devastating diagnosis with, however, potential for an extremely intriguing aesthetic component. Despite motor and cognitive deficits, an emerging collection of studies report a burst of visual artistic output and alterations in produced art in a subgroup of patients. This provides a unique window into the neurophysiological bases for why and how we might create and enjoy visual art, as well as into general brain function and the nature of PD or other neurodegenerative diseases. However, there has not been a comprehensive organization of literature on this topic. Nor has there been an attempt to connect case evidence and knowledge on PD with present understanding of visual art making in psychology and neuroaesthetics in order to propose hypotheses for documented artistic changes. Here, we collect the current research on this topic, tie this to PD symptoms and neurobiology, and provide new theories focusing on dopaminergic neuron damage, over-stimulation from dopamine agonist therapy, and context or genetic factors revealing the neurobiological basis of the visual artistic brain.
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Matsuda N, Kobayashi S, Ugawa Y. [Devotion to painting in a Parkinson's disease patient]. Rinsho Shinkeigaku 2018; 58:756-760. [PMID: 30487358 DOI: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.cn-001182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We report a 77-year-old man who suffered from Parkinson's disease for 12 years. Four years after the disease onset, he started to show excessive hobbyism of painting. His painting skills improved along with escalating enthusiasm. He even held a personal exhibition of his paintings. Dopaminergic treatment was increased as he developed wearing-off phenomenon. Six years after the disease onset, he developed dopamine dysregulation syndrome (DDS). In the same year, he underwent surgery for subthalamic deep brain stimulation. DDS did not improve and he did not lose enthusiasm for painting after surgery. Switching from ropinirole to rotigotine improved the DDS, but did not affect the excessive enthusiasm. At the age of 76, he started to have difficulty in completing the paintings. He had an uncontrollable urge to overlay paint strokes until the colors blurred and the paper was torn. In neuropsychological examinations, Mini-Mental State Examination score was above the cutoff, but Frontal Assessment Battery suggested motor perseveration and disinhibition. In summary, the patient's excessive enthusiasm for painting emerged in association with impulse control disorder (ICD) by dopamine agonist therapy, and subsequent change in his painting style appeared to be related with motor perseveration and/or further escalation of ICD.
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- Department of Neurology, Fukushima Medical University
- Department of Neural Regeneration, Fukushima Medical University
- Department of Neurology, Aidu Chuo Hospital
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Spee B, Ishizu T, Leder H, Mikuni J, Kawabata H, Pelowski M. Neuropsychopharmacological aesthetics: A theoretical consideration of pharmacological approaches to causative brain study in aesthetics and art. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 2018; 237:343-372. [PMID: 29779743 DOI: 10.1016/bs.pbr.2018.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Recent developments in neuroaesthetics have heightened the need for causative approaches to more deeply understand the mechanism underlying perception, emotion, and aesthetic experiences. This has recently been the topic for empirical work, employing several causative methods for changing brain activity, as well as comparative assessments of individuals with brain damage or disease. However, one area of study with high potential, and indeed a long history of often nonscientific use in the area of aesthetics and art, employing psychopharmacological chemicals as means of changing brain function, has not been systematically utilized. This chapter reviews the literature on this topic, analyzing neuroendocrinological (neurochemical) approaches and mechanisms that might be used to causatively study the aesthetic brain. We focus on four relevant neuromodulatory systems potentially related to aesthetic experience: the dopaminergic, serotonergic, cannabinoid, and the opioidergic system. We build a bridge to psychopharmacological methods and review drug-induced behavioral and neurobiological consequences. We conclude with a discussion of hypotheses and suggestions for future research.
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- Blanca Spee
- University of Vienna, Faculty of Psychology, Vienna, Austria
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- University of Vienna, Faculty of Psychology, Vienna, Austria
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- University of Vienna, Faculty of Psychology, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Psychology, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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Faust-Socher A, Kenett YN, Cohen OS, Hassin-Baer S, Inzelberg R. Enhanced creative thinking under dopaminergic therapy in Parkinson disease. Ann Neurol 2014; 75:935-42. [PMID: 24816898 DOI: 10.1002/ana.24181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2014] [Revised: 05/08/2014] [Accepted: 05/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Creative thinking requires a combination of originality, flexibility, and usefulness. Several reports described enhanced artistic creativity in Parkinson disease (PD) patients treated with dopaminergic agents. We aimed to examine PD patients' ability to perform creativity tasks compared to healthy controls and to verify whether creativity is related to an impulse control disorder (ICD) as a complication of dopaminergic therapy. METHODS Right-handed PD patients treated with dopamine agonists and/or levodopa, and age- and education- matched neurologically healthy controls were assessed using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, semantic verbal fluency, Beck Depression Inventory, and Questionnaire for Impulsive-Compulsive Disorders in Parkinson Disease Rating Scale (QUIP-RS). Creativity assessment included Comprehension of Novel Metaphors (CNM), Remote Association Test, and Tel Aviv Creativity Test (TACT). Groups were compared using analyses of variance, t tests, and correlation analyses. RESULTS Twenty-seven PD patients (age, mean ± standard deviation = 62 ± 7 years; education = 16 ± 3 years; disease duration = 5.8 ± 3.9 years) and 27 controls (age = 59 ± 9 years; education 17 ± 3 years) participated. PD patients performed significantly better than controls in divergent thinking tasks; specifically, the TACT-Visual for both fluency (33.48 ± 11.83 vs 25.59 ± 10.27, p = 0.034) and quality (15.78 ± 7.6 vs 11.19 ± 6.22, p = 0.025). Comprehension of Novel Metaphors was better in PD patients vs controls (0.71 ± 0.23 vs 0.55 ± 0.29, p = 0.04). QUIP-RS scores did not correlate with creativity measures. INTERPRETATION PD patients treated with dopaminergic drugs demonstrated enhanced verbal and visual creativity as compared to neurologically healthy controls. This feature was unrelated to ICD. Dopaminergic agents might act through the reduction of latent inhibition, resulting in widening of the associative network and enriched divergent thinking.
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- Achinoam Faust-Socher
- Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Clinic, Department of Neurology, Sagol Neuroscience Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer; Department of Neurology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv
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Lhommée E, Batir A, Quesada JL, Ardouin C, Fraix V, Seigneuret E, Chabardès S, Benabid AL, Pollak P, Krack P. Dopamine and the biology of creativity: lessons from Parkinson's disease. Front Neurol 2014; 5:55. [PMID: 24795692 PMCID: PMC4001035 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2014.00055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2014] [Accepted: 04/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Background: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is characterized by reduced flexibility, conceptualization, and visuo-spatial abilities. Although these are essential to creativity, case studies show emergence of creativity during PD. Knowledge about the role of dopamine in creativity so far only stems from a few case reports. We aim at demonstrating that creativity can be induced by dopaminergic treatments in PD, and tends to disappear after withdrawal of dopamine agonists. Methods: Eleven consecutive creative PD patients were selected from candidates for subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN DBS) surgery, and compared to 22 non-creative control PD patients. Motor disability (UPDRS III), cognition (Frontal score, Mattis scale), and behavior (Ardouin scale) were assessed before surgery and 1 year after. Results: Before surgery, whereas cognitive and motor assessments were similar between groups, dopamine agonist (but not levodopa) dosages were higher in creative patients (p = 0.01). The Ardouin scale revealed also a specific psycho-behavioral profile of creative patients which had higher scores for mania (p < 0.001), hobbyism (p = 0.001), nocturnal hyperactivity (p = 0.041), appetitive functioning (p = 0.003), and ON euphoria (p = 0.007) and lower scores for apathy and OFF dysphoria (p = 0.04 for each). Post-operative motor, cognitive, and behavioral scores as dopaminergic treatment dosages were equivalent between groups. Motor improvement allowed for a 68.6% decrease in dopaminergic treatment. Only 1 of the 11 patients remained creative after surgery. Reduction of dopamine agonist was significantly correlated to the decrease in creativity in the whole population of study (Spearman correlation coefficient ρ = 0.47 with confidence index of 95% = 0.16; 0.70, p = 0.0053). Conclusion: Creativity in PD is linked to dopamine agonist therapy, and tends to disappear after STN DBS in parallel to reduction of dopamine agonists, which are relatively selective for the mesolimbic D3 dopamine receptors.
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- Eugénie Lhommée
- U836, INSERM , Grenoble , France ; University of Grenoble Alpes, GIN , Grenoble , France ; Movement Disorder Unit, CHU de Grenoble , Grenoble , France
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- U836, INSERM , Grenoble , France ; University of Grenoble Alpes, GIN , Grenoble , France ; Movement Disorder Unit, CHU de Grenoble , Grenoble , France
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- Centre d'Investigation Clinique, CHU de Grenoble, Université Joseph Fourier , Grenoble , France
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- U836, INSERM , Grenoble , France ; University of Grenoble Alpes, GIN , Grenoble , France ; Movement Disorder Unit, CHU de Grenoble , Grenoble , France
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- U836, INSERM , Grenoble , France ; University of Grenoble Alpes, GIN , Grenoble , France ; Movement Disorder Unit, CHU de Grenoble , Grenoble , France
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- U836, INSERM , Grenoble , France ; University of Grenoble Alpes, GIN , Grenoble , France ; Department of Neurosurgery, CHU de Grenoble , Grenoble , France
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- U836, INSERM , Grenoble , France ; University of Grenoble Alpes, GIN , Grenoble , France ; Department of Neurosurgery, CHU de Grenoble , Grenoble , France
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- U836, INSERM , Grenoble , France ; University of Grenoble Alpes, GIN , Grenoble , France ; Movement Disorder Unit, CHU de Grenoble , Grenoble , France
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- U836, INSERM , Grenoble , France ; University of Grenoble Alpes, GIN , Grenoble , France ; Movement Disorder Unit, CHU de Grenoble , Grenoble , France
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Jahanshahi M. Effects of deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus on inhibitory and executive control over prepotent responses in Parkinson's disease. Front Syst Neurosci 2013; 7:118. [PMID: 24399941 PMCID: PMC3872293 DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2013.00118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2013] [Accepted: 12/06/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Inhibition of inappropriate, habitual or prepotent responses is an essential component of executive control and a cornerstone of self-control. Via the hyperdirect pathway, the subthalamic nucleus (STN) receives inputs from frontal areas involved in inhibition and executive control. Evidence is reviewed from our own work and the literature suggesting that in Parkinson's disease (PD), deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the STN has an impact on executive control during attention-demanding tasks or in situations of conflict when habitual or prepotent responses have to be inhibited. These results support a role for the STN in an inter-related set of processes: switching from automatic to controlled processing, inhibitory and executive control, adjusting response thresholds and influencing speed-accuracy trade-offs. Such STN DBS-induced deficits in inhibitory and executive control may contribute to some of the psychiatric problems experienced by a proportion of operated cases after STN DBS surgery in PD. However, as no direct evidence for such a link is currently available, there is a need to provide direct evidence for such a link between STN DBS-induced deficits in inhibitory and executive control and post-surgical psychiatric complications experienced by operated patients.
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- Marjan Jahanshahi
- Cognitive Motor Neuroscience Group and Unit of Functional Neurosurgery, Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery London, UK
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van Vugt FT, Schüpbach M, Altenmüller E, Bardinet E, Yelnik J, Hälbig TD. Effects of dopaminergic and subthalamic stimulation on musical performance. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 2012; 120:755-9. [PMID: 23232663 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-012-0923-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2012] [Accepted: 11/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Although subthalamic-deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS) is an efficient treatment for Parkinson's disease (PD), its effects on fine motor functions are not clear. We present the case of a professional violinist with PD treated with STN-DBS. DBS improved musical articulation, intonation and emotional expression and worsened timing relative to a timekeeper (metronome). The same effects were found for dopaminergic treatment. These results suggest that STN-DBS, mimicking the effects of dopaminergic stimulation, improves fine-tuned motor behaviour whilst impairing timing precision.
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- Floris T van Vugt
- Institute of Music Physiology and Musicians' Medicine, Hannover University of Music, Drama and Media, Hannover, Germany
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Lhommée E, Klinger H, Thobois S, Schmitt E, Ardouin C, Bichon A, Kistner A, Fraix V, Xie J, Aya Kombo M, Chabardès S, Seigneuret E, Benabid AL, Mertens P, Polo G, Carnicella S, Quesada JL, Bosson JL, Broussolle E, Pollak P, Krack P. Subthalamic stimulation in Parkinson's disease: restoring the balance of motivated behaviours. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 135:1463-77. [PMID: 22508959 DOI: 10.1093/brain/aws078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 196] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Addictions to dopaminergic drugs or to pleasant behaviours are frequent and potentially devastating neuropsychiatric disorders observed in Parkinson's disease. They encompass impulse control disorders, punding and dopamine dysregulation syndrome. A relationship with dopaminergic treatment is strongly suggested. Subthalamic stimulation improves motor complications and allows for drastic reductions in medication. This treatment might, therefore, be considered for patients with behavioural addictions, when attempts to reduce dopaminergic medication have failed. However, conflicting data have reported suppression, alleviation, worsening or new onset of behavioural addictions after subthalamic stimulation. Non-motor fluctuations are also a disabling feature of the disease. We prospectively investigated behaviour in a cohort of 63 patients with Parkinson's disease, before and 1 year after subthalamic stimulation using the Ardouin scale, with systematic evaluation of functioning in overall appetitive or apathetic modes, non-motor fluctuations, dopaminergic dysregulation syndrome, as well as behavioural addictions (including impulse control disorders and punding) and compulsive use of dopaminergic medication. Defined drug management included immediate postoperative discontinuation of dopamine agonists and reduction in levodopa. Motor and cognitive statuses were controlled (Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale, Mattis Dementia Rating Scale, frontal score). After surgery, the OFF medication motor score improved (-45.2%), allowing for a 73% reduction in dopaminergic treatment, while overall cognitive evaluation was unchanged. Preoperative dopamine dysregulation syndrome had disappeared in 4/4, behavioural addictions in 17/17 and compulsive dopaminergic medication use in 9/9 patients. New onset of levodopa abuse occurred in one patient with surgical failure. Non-motor fluctuations were significantly reduced with improvements in off-dysphoria (P ≤ 0.001) and reduction in on-euphoria (P ≤ 0.001). There was an inversion in the number of patients functioning in an overall appetitive mode (29 before versus 2 after surgery, P ≤ 0.0001) to an overall apathetic mode (3 before versus 13 after surgery, P < 0.05). Two patients attempted suicide. Improvement in motor fluctuations is linked to the direct effect of stimulation on the sensory-motor subthalamic territory, while improvement in dyskinesias is mainly explained by an indirect effect related to the decrease in dopaminergic drugs. Our data suggest that non-motor fluctuations could similarly be directly alleviated through stimulation of the non-motor subthalamic territories, and hyperdopaminergic side effects might improve mainly due to the decrease in dopaminergic medication. We show an overall improvement in neuropsychiatric symptomatology and propose that disabling non-motor fluctuations, dopaminergic treatment abuse and drug-induced behavioural addictions in Parkinson's disease may be considered as new indications for subthalamic stimulation.
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- Eugénie Lhommée
- CHU de Grenoble, Pavillon de neurology, Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
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Schott GD. Pictures as a neurological tool: lessons from enhanced and emergent artistry in brain disease. Brain 2012; 135:1947-63. [DOI: 10.1093/brain/awr314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Thomas-Anterion C, Creac'h C, Dionet E, Borg C, Extier C, Faillenot I, Peyron R. De novo artistic activity following insular-SII ischemia. Pain 2010; 150:121-127. [PMID: 20447767 DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2009] [Revised: 03/24/2010] [Accepted: 04/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We report here the case of a female patient who developed the following behavioural changes after a brain lesion involving the left posterior insula and SII cortices. She discovered de novo artistic capabilities for painting, with an episodic and compulsive need to paint ("hyperpainting"), but also exhibited changes in her ability to feel emotions. In addition, she had a typical neuropathic pain syndrome, including provoked pain and spontaneous pain, whose intensity was worsened when she painted with cold colours. This case-report suggests some kind of synaesthesiae, which has previously been reported for other sensory modalities. These findings suggest that a cross-talk between emotional, thermosensory, pain, and motivational functions may take place during recovery, at the level of the left insular-SII cortices.
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- Catherine Thomas-Anterion
- Neurology/Neuropsychology - CM2R Unit, CHU de Saint-Etienne F-42055, France CAJ, L'Adapt-Rhône, 69007 Lyon, France INSERM U879, UCBLyon1, UJM St-Etienne, France Dpt de Neurologie, CHU de Saint-Etienne F-42055, France
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The prosocial psychopath: explaining the paradoxes of the creative personality. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2010; 34:1241-8. [PMID: 20362611 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2010.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2009] [Revised: 03/09/2010] [Accepted: 03/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The literature on the creative personality is curiously equivocal in its characterization of the traits supposedly possessed by eminent creators. While acclaimed as revolutionary and pioneering visionaries, the same category of people can come across as unsocialized and discomfiting even to their close associates and admirers. This paper suggests that these ambiguities can be addressed by appealing to the potential psychobiological mechanisms that can give rise to the expression of both creative ability and "antisocial" traits. Work on latent inhibition, the somatic marker hypothesis, Eysenck's biosocial theory of crime and the dopamine hypothesis of addiction are reviewed and integrated into a model that examines the role of dopamine as a critical agent in the creative personality system. Finally, testable hypotheses stemming from the model are proposed.
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Kulisevsky J, Pagonabarraga J, Martinez-Corral M. Changes in artistic style and behaviour in Parkinson’s disease: dopamine and creativity. J Neurol 2009; 256:816-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s00415-009-5001-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2008] [Revised: 10/22/2008] [Accepted: 11/27/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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