Loading...
Please wait, while we are loading the content...
Similar Documents
Effective deep brain stimulation suppresses low-frequency network oscillations in the basal ganglia by regularizing neural firing patterns.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | McConnell, George C. So, Rosa Qi Yue Hilliard, Justin D. Lopomo, Paola Grill, Warren M. |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Abstract | Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) is an effective treatment for the motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD). The effects of DBS depend strongly on stimulation frequency: high frequencies (>90 Hz) improve motor symptoms, while low frequencies (<50 Hz) are either ineffective or exacerbate symptoms. The neuronal basis for these frequency-dependent effects of DBS is unclear. The effects of different frequencies of STN-DBS on behavior and single-unit neuronal activity in the basal ganglia were studied in the unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine lesioned rat model of PD. Only high-frequency DBS reversed motor symptoms, and the effectiveness of DBS depended strongly on stimulation frequency in a manner reminiscent of its clinical effects in persons with PD. Quantification of single-unit activity in the globus pallidus externa (GPe) and substantia nigra reticulata (SNr) revealed that high-frequency DBS, but not low-frequency DBS, reduced pathological low-frequency oscillations (∼9 Hz) and entrained neurons to fire at the stimulation frequency. Similarly, the coherence between simultaneously recorded pairs of neurons within and across GPe and SNr shifted from the pathological low-frequency band to the stimulation frequency during high-frequency DBS, but not during low-frequency DBS. The changes in firing patterns in basal ganglia neurons were not correlated with changes in firing rate. These results indicate that high-frequency DBS is more effective than low-frequency DBS, not as a result of changes in firing rate, but rather due to its ability to replace pathological low-frequency network oscillations with a regularized pattern of neuronal firing. |
| Starting Page | 272 |
| Ending Page | 273 |
| Page Count | 2 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.jneurosci.org/content/jneuro/32/45/15657.full.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 23136407v1 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2824-12.2012 |
| DOI | 10.1523/jneurosci.2824-12.2012 |
| Journal | The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience |
| Volume Number | 32 |
| Issue Number | 45 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Basal Ganglia Cell Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation Globus Pallidus Hertz (Hz) Neurons Oxidopamine Parkinson Disease Parkinsonian Disorders Structure of subthalamic nucleus nucleus raphe pallidus pars reticulata of substantia nigra |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |