Abstract
Parkinson s disease PD is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by a progressive deterioration of midbrain dopamine neurons in the substantia nigra The incidence of PD in male is higher than that in women but psychological symptoms are as varied as the motor symptoms in both gender Psychological symptoms encompass a decrease in sexual desire with a long list of thymic cognitive behavioral and neuropsychiatric complications Their origin can be attributed to the natural course of the disease side effects of treatment or both Clinical researches are mainly focused on the dominant motor symptoms of PD but the nonmotor features of PD also need attention Sexual dysfunctions SD are one of the most neglected nonmotor symptoms in PD SD usually begin after the onset of motor disorders and many patients receiving DA agonists as treatment manifest uncontrollable sexual desire playing thus a major role in the deterioration of the life s quality of patients and their partners Research articles were retrieved from PubMed and Google using relevant keywords Overall this review emphasize on the sexual disorders widely reported in patients with PD and the types of natural products that are potential future supplementary agents in their control
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