Allert Niels, Gippert Sabrina M, Sajonz Bastian E A, Nelles Christoph, Bewernick Bettina, Schlaepfer Thomas E, Coenen Volker A
Neurological Rehabilitation Center Godeshoehe, Waldstrasse 2-10, 53177, Bonn, Germany.
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Bonn University Medical Center, Sigmund-Freud-Strasse 25, 53105, Bonn, Germany.
J Neural Transm (Vienna). 2016 Jun;123(6):631-5. doi: 10.1007/s00702-016-1546-1. Epub 2016 May 19.
We report on a Parkinson patient with motor fluctuations and dyskinesias in whom deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) not only improved motor symptoms but also pre-existing arachnophobia. Arachnophobia had been unchanged by the course of Parkinson's disease but rapidly improved with STN-DBS. Both, motor effects and the improvement of arachnophobia were stable during 2 years follow-up. To our knowledge this is the first report on STN stimulation effects on a specific phobia.
我们报告了一名患有运动波动和异动症的帕金森病患者，其丘脑底核（STN）的深部脑刺激（DBS）不仅改善了运动症状，还改善了原有的恐蛛症。帕金森病病程中恐蛛症一直未变，但STN-DBS使其迅速改善。在2年的随访期间，运动效果和恐蛛症的改善情况均保持稳定。据我们所知，这是关于STN刺激对特定恐惧症影响的首例报告。
