This increased dopamine helps explain why neuroleptics, which are dopamine receptor antagonists, and tetrabenazine which depletes dopamine, are used to treat chorea in patients with Huntington disease.

多巴胺水平的增高解释了为什么神经抑制剂-多巴胺受体拮抗剂和丁苯那嗪（中枢多巴胺耗竭剂）被用来治疗亨廷顿病患者的舞蹈症。