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Depression in Parkinson's Disease: A Narrative Review.

Rahul Chikatimalla, Thejaswi Dasaradhan, Jancy Koneti, Swathi Priya Cherukuri, Revanth Kalluru, Sai Gadde

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Review in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trazodone for management of depression in Parkinson's disease: expert opinion and proposal for a treatment algorithm.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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  14. Effect of Orthostatic Tremor on Quality of Life - a Cohort Study.Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Rahul ChikatimallaResearch, Kamineni Institute of Medical Sciences, Narketpally, IND.
Thejaswi DasaradhanInternal Medicine, Narayana Medical College, Nellore, IND.
Jancy KonetiInternal Medicine, Kamineni Institute of Medical Sciences, Narketpally, IND.
Swathi Priya CherukuriResearch, Narayana Medical College, Nellore, IND.
Revanth KalluruInternal Medicine, Kamineni Institute of Medical Sciences, Narketpally, IND.
Sai GaddeInternal Medicine, Kamineni Institute of Medical Sciences, Narketpally, IND.
Narayan Medical College and Hospital · INKamineni Institute of Dental Sciences · INNarayana Dental College and Hospital · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative age-related disorder that affects the central nervous system (CNS) and is characterized by uncontrollable movements such as shaking, stiffness, and loss of balance and coordination. Depression is a common non-motor manifestation of PD, but unfortunately, depression remains unrecognized and often undertreated. The underlying pathophysiology of depression in PD is complicated, and many studies have been conducted to know the exact cause, but the question remains unanswered. In this article, we discuss various pathophysiologies by which depression occurs in PD. The most widely accepted theories are neuroinflammation and monoamine oxidase theory. This article also explored the pharmacological treatment of depression in PD; this involves standard antidepressant therapy such as tricyclic antidepressants (TCA), serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRI), selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI), and monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAO); non-pharmacological treatments such as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) have also been discussed. However, physicians hesitate to prescribe antidepressants to patients with PD due to concerns about harmful drug-drug interactions between antidepressants and antiparkinsonian drugs. Despite the complicated link between PD and depression, the co-administration of antidepressants and antiparkinsonian drugs is safe and beneficial when appropriately managed. However, early recognition and initiation of treatment of depression in PD reduces the longitudinal course and improves the cross-sectional picture. This review article also explored the clinical and diagnostic findings and impact on the quality of life of depression in PD.

Indexed as

depressiondepression in parkinson's diseaseelectroconvulsive therapy (ect)mao inhibitorsmonoamine oxidase theoryneuroinflammationparkinson's diseaseselective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (ssri)

Identifiers

PMID36106206
PMCPMC9447473
OpenAlexW4290422832

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