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Dinter E, Saridaki T, Diederichs L, Reichmann H, Falkenburger BH. Parkinson's disease and translational research. Transl Neurodegener 2020; 9:43. [PMID: 33256849 PMCID: PMC7708097 DOI: 10.1186/s40035-020-00223-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2020] [Accepted: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Parkinson’s disease (PD) is diagnosed when patients exhibit bradykinesia with tremor and/or rigidity, and when these symptoms respond to dopaminergic medications. Yet in the last years there was a greater recognition of additional aspects of the disease including non-motor symptoms and prodromal states with associated pathology in various regions of the nervous system. In this review we discuss current concepts of two major alterations found during the course of the disease: cytoplasmic aggregates of the protein α-synuclein and the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons. We provide an overview of new approaches in this field based on current concepts and latest literature. In many areas, translational research on PD has advanced the understanding of the disease but there is still a need for more effective therapeutic options based on the insights into the basic biological phenomena.
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- Elisabeth Dinter
- Department of Neurology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.,Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany. .,Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen, Dresden, Germany. .,Department of Neurology, RWTH University Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
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Escobar Sanabria D, Johnson LA, Yu Y, Busby Z, Nebeck S, Zhang J, Harel N, Johnson MD, Molnar GF, Vitek JL. Real-time suppression and amplification of frequency-specific neural activity using stimulation evoked oscillations. Brain Stimul 2020; 13:1732-1742. [PMID: 33035727 PMCID: PMC7722151 DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2020.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2020] [Revised: 09/25/2020] [Accepted: 09/25/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Approaches to predictably control neural oscillations are needed to understand their causal role in brain function in healthy or diseased states and to advance the development of neuromodulation therapies. OBJECTIVE We present a closed-loop neural control and optimization framework to actively suppress or amplify low-frequency neural oscillations observed in local field potentials in real-time by using electrical stimulation. The rationale behind this control approach and our working hypothesis is that neural oscillatory activity evoked by electrical pulses can suppress or amplify spontaneous oscillations via destructive or constructive interference when the pulses are continuously delivered with appropriate amplitudes and at precise phases of the modulated oscillations in a closed-loop scheme. METHODS We tested our hypothesis in two nonhuman primates that exhibited a robust increase in low-frequency (8-30 Hz) oscillatory power in the subthalamic nucleus (STN) following administration of the neurotoxin 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP). To test our neural control approach, we targeted 8-17 Hz oscillations and used electrode arrays and electrical stimulation waveforms similar to those used in humans chronically implanted with brain stimulation systems. Stimulation parameters that maximize the suppression or amplification of neural oscillations were predicted using mathematical models of the stimulation evoked oscillations. RESULTS Our neural control and optimization approach was capable of actively and robustly suppressing or amplifying oscillations in the targeted frequency band (8-17 Hz) in real-time in the studied subjects. CONCLUSIONS The results from this study support our hypothesis and suggest that the proposed neural control framework allows one to characterize in controlled experiments the functional role of frequency-specific neural oscillations by using electrodes and stimulation waveforms currently being employed in humans.
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- Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
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Allison-Walker TJ, Ann Hagan M, Chiang Price NS, Tat Wong Y. Local field potential phase modulates neural responses to intracortical electrical stimulation. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2020; 2020:3521-3524. [PMID: 33018763 DOI: 10.1109/embc44109.2020.9176186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Cortical visual prostheses could one day help restore sight to the blind by targeting the visual cortex with electrical stimulation. However, power consumption and limited spatial resolution impose limits on performance, while large amounts of electrical charge sometimes necessary to evoke phosphenes can cause seizures. Here, we propose the use of the local field potential as a control signal for the timing of stimulation to reduce charge requirements. In Sprague-Dawley rats, visual cortex was electrically stimulated at random times, and neural responses recorded. Electrical stimulation at specific phases of the local field potential required smaller amounts of charge to elicit spikes than naïve stimulation. Incorporating this into prosthesis design could improve their safety and efficacy.
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Baaske MK, Kormann E, Holt AB, Gulberti A, McNamara CG, Pötter-Nerger M, Westphal M, Engel AK, Hamel W, Brown P, Moll CKE, Sharott A. Parkinson's disease uncovers an underlying sensitivity of subthalamic nucleus neurons to beta-frequency cortical input in vivo. Neurobiol Dis 2020; 146:105119. [PMID: 32991998 PMCID: PMC7710979 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2020.105119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2020] [Revised: 09/13/2020] [Accepted: 09/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Abnormally sustained beta-frequency synchronisation between the motor cortex and subthalamic nucleus (STN) is associated with motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease (PD). It is currently unclear whether STN neurons have a preference for beta-frequency input (12-35 Hz), rather than cortical input at other frequencies, and how such a preference would arise following dopamine depletion. To address this question, we combined analysis of cortical and STN recordings from awake human PD patients undergoing deep brain stimulation surgery with recordings of identified STN neurons in anaesthetised rats. In these patients, we demonstrate that a subset of putative STN neurons is strongly and selectively sensitive to magnitude fluctuations of cortical beta oscillations over time, linearly increasing their phase-locking strength with respect to the full range of instantaneous amplitude in the beta-frequency range. In rats, we probed the frequency response of STN neurons in the cortico-basal-ganglia-network more precisely, by recording spikes evoked by short bursts of cortical stimulation with variable frequency (4-40 Hz) and constant amplitude. In both healthy and dopamine-depleted rats, only beta-frequency stimulation led to a progressive reduction in the variability of spike timing through the stimulation train. This suggests, that the interval of beta-frequency input provides an optimal window for eliciting the next spike with high fidelity. We hypothesize, that abnormal activation of the indirect pathway, via dopamine depletion and/or cortical stimulation, could trigger an underlying sensitivity of the STN microcircuit to beta-frequency input. STN-neurons are selectively entrained to cortical beta oscillations in PD patients. Phase-locking of STN-neurons is linearly dependent on oscillation magnitude. Beta bursts in LFP/EEG are accompanied by transient synchronisation of STN spiking. STN neurons are selectively entrained to cortical beta stimulation in rats. Beta-selectivity of STN neurons is present in control and dopamine-depleted rats.
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- Magdalena K Baaske
- Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TH, UK; Department of Neurology, University of Lübeck, 23538 Lübeck, Germany; Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck, 23538 Lübeck, Germany
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- Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TH, UK
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- Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TH, UK
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- Department of Neurophysiology and Pathophysiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TH, UK
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurophysiology and Pathophysiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TH, UK; Department of Neurology, University of Lübeck, 23538 Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Neurophysiology and Pathophysiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TH, UK.
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Hwang BY, Salimpour Y, Tsehay YK, Anderson WS, Mills KA. Perspective: Phase Amplitude Coupling-Based Phase-Dependent Neuromodulation in Parkinson's Disease. Front Neurosci 2020; 14:558967. [PMID: 33132822 PMCID: PMC7550534 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2020.558967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2020] [Accepted: 08/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an effective surgical therapy for Parkinson's disease (PD). However, limitations of the DBS systems have led to great interest in adaptive neuromodulation systems that can dynamically adjust stimulation parameters to meet concurrent therapeutic demand. Constant high-frequency motor cortex stimulation has not been remarkably efficacious, which has led to greater focus on modulation of subcortical targets. Understanding of the importance of timing in both cortical and subcortical stimulation has generated an interest in developing more refined, parsimonious stimulation techniques based on critical oscillatory activities of the brain. Concurrently, much effort has been put into identifying biomarkers of both parkinsonian and physiological patterns of neuronal activities to drive next generation of adaptive brain stimulation systems. One such biomarker is beta-gamma phase amplitude coupling (PAC) that is detected in the motor cortex. PAC is strongly correlated with parkinsonian specific motor signs and symptoms and respond to therapies in a dose-dependent manner. PAC may represent the overall state of the parkinsonian motor network and have less instantaneously dynamic fluctuation during movement. These findings raise the possibility of novel neuromodulation paradigms that are potentially less invasiveness than DBS. Successful application of PAC in neuromodulation may necessitate phase-dependent stimulation technique, which aims to deliver precisely timed stimulation pulses to a specific phase to predictably modulate to selectively modulate pathological network activities and behavior in real time. Overcoming current technical challenges can lead to deeper understanding of the parkinsonian pathophysiology and development of novel neuromodulatory therapies with potentially less side-effects and higher therapeutic efficacy.
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- Brian Y Hwang
- Functional Neurosurgery Laboratory, Division of Functional Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Functional Neurosurgery Laboratory, Division of Functional Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Functional Neurosurgery Laboratory, Division of Functional Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Functional Neurosurgery Laboratory, Division of Functional Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Neuromodulation and Advanced Therapies Clinic, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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Rosenblum M. Controlling collective synchrony in oscillatory ensembles by precisely timed pulses. CHAOS (WOODBURY, N.Y.) 2020; 30:093131. [PMID: 33003901 DOI: 10.1063/5.0019823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2020] [Accepted: 09/01/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We present an efficient technique for control of synchrony in a globally coupled ensemble by pulsatile action. We assume that we can observe the collective oscillation and can stimulate all elements of the ensemble simultaneously. We pay special attention to the minimization of intervention into the system. The key idea is to stimulate only at the most sensitive phase. To find this phase, we implement an adaptive feedback control. Estimating the instantaneous phase of the collective mode on the fly, we achieve efficient suppression using a few pulses per oscillatory cycle. We discuss the possible relevance of the results for neuroscience, namely, for the development of advanced algorithms for deep brain stimulation, a medical technique used to treat Parkinson's disease.
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- Michael Rosenblum
- Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24/25, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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Wiest C, Tinkhauser G, Pogosyan A, Bange M, Muthuraman M, Groppa S, Baig F, Mostofi A, Pereira EA, Tan H, Brown P, Torrecillos F. Local field potential activity dynamics in response to deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson's disease. Neurobiol Dis 2020; 143:105019. [PMID: 32681881 PMCID: PMC7115855 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2020.105019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2020] [Revised: 06/17/2020] [Accepted: 07/11/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Local field potentials (LFPs) may afford insight into the mechanisms of action of deep brain stimulation (DBS) and potential feedback signals for adaptive DBS. In Parkinson's disease (PD) DBS of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) suppresses spontaneous activity in the beta band and drives evoked resonant neural activity (ERNA). Here, we investigate how STN LFP activities change over time following the onset and offset of DBS. To this end we recorded LFPs from the STN in 14 PD patients during long (mean: 181.2 s) and short (14.2 s) blocks of continuous stimulation at 130 Hz. LFP activities were evaluated in the temporal and spectral domains. During long stimulation blocks, the frequency and amplitude of the ERNA decreased before reaching a steady state after ~70 s. Maximal ERNA amplitudes diminished over repeated stimulation blocks. Upon DBS cessation, the ERNA was revealed as an under-damped oscillation, and was more marked and lasted longer after short duration stimulation blocks. In contrast, activity in the beta band suppressed within 0.5 s of continuous DBS onset and drifted less over time. Spontaneous activity was also suppressed in the low gamma band, suggesting that the effects of high frequency stimulation on spontaneous oscillations may not be selective for pathological beta activity. High frequency oscillations were present in only six STN recordings before stimulation onset and their frequency was depressed by stimulation. The different dynamics of the ERNA and beta activity with stimulation imply different DBS mechanisms and may impact how these activities may be used in adaptive feedback.
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- C Wiest
- Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Neurology, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
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- Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Movement Disorders and Neurostimulation, Biomedical Statistics and Multimodal Signal Processing Unit, Department of Neurology, Mainz University Hospital, Mainz, Germany
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- Movement Disorders and Neurostimulation, Biomedical Statistics and Multimodal Signal Processing Unit, Department of Neurology, Mainz University Hospital, Mainz, Germany
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- Movement Disorders and Neurostimulation, Biomedical Statistics and Multimodal Signal Processing Unit, Department of Neurology, Mainz University Hospital, Mainz, Germany
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- Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Neurosciences Research Centre, Molecular and Clinical Sciences Institute, St. George's, University of London, London, UK
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- Neurosciences Research Centre, Molecular and Clinical Sciences Institute, St. George's, University of London, London, UK
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- Neurosciences Research Centre, Molecular and Clinical Sciences Institute, St. George's, University of London, London, UK
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- Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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Basal ganglia beta oscillations during sleep underlie Parkinsonian insomnia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:17359-17368. [PMID: 32636265 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2001560117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Sleep disorders are among the most debilitating comorbidities of Parkinson's disease (PD) and affect the majority of patients. Of these, the most common is insomnia, the difficulty to initiate and maintain sleep. The degree of insomnia correlates with PD severity and it responds to treatments that decrease pathological basal ganglia (BG) beta oscillations (10-17 Hz in primates), suggesting that beta activity in the BG may contribute to insomnia. We used multiple electrodes to record BG spiking and field potentials during normal sleep and in 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)-induced Parkinsonism in nonhuman primates. MPTP intoxication resulted in severe insomnia with delayed sleep onset, sleep fragmentation, and increased wakefulness. Insomnia was accompanied by the onset of nonrapid eye movement (NREM) sleep beta oscillations that were synchronized across the BG and cerebral cortex. The BG beta oscillatory activity was associated with a decrease in slow oscillations (0.1-2 Hz) throughout the cortex, and spontaneous awakenings were preceded by an increase in BG beta activity and cortico-BG beta coherence. Finally, the increase in beta oscillations in the basal ganglia during sleep paralleled decreased NREM sleep, increased wakefulness, and more frequent awakenings. These results identify NREM sleep beta oscillation in the BG as a neural correlate of PD insomnia and suggest a mechanism by which this disorder could emerge.
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Anderson RW, Kehnemouyi YM, Neuville RS, Wilkins KB, Anidi CM, Petrucci MN, Parker JE, Velisar A, Brontë-Stewart HM. A novel method for calculating beta band burst durations in Parkinson's disease using a physiological baseline. J Neurosci Methods 2020; 343:108811. [PMID: 32565222 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2020.108811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2020] [Revised: 05/26/2020] [Accepted: 06/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND Pathologically prolonged bursts of neural activity in the 8-30 Hz frequency range in Parkinson's disease have been measured using high power event detector thresholds. NEW METHOD This study introduces a novel method for determining beta bursts using a power baseline based on spectral activity that overlapped a simulated 1/f spectrum. We used resting state local field potentials from people with Parkinson's disease and a simulated 1/f signal to measure beta burst durations, to demonstrate how tuning parameters (i.e., bandwidth and center frequency) affect burst durations, to compare burst duration distributions with high power threshold methods, and to study the effect of increasing neurostimulation intensities on burst duration. RESULTS The baseline method captured a broad distribution of resting state beta band burst durations. Mean beta band burst durations were significantly shorter on compared to off neurostimulation (p = 0.0046), and their distribution shifted towards that of the 1/f spectrum during increasing intensities of stimulation. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING METHODS High power event detection methods, measure duration of higher power bursts and omit portions of the neural signal. The baseline method captured the broadest distribution of burst durations and was more sensitive than high power detection methods in demonstrating the effect of neurostimulation on beta burst duration. CONCLUSIONS The baseline method captured a broad range of fluctuations in beta band neural activity and demonstrated that subthalamic neurostimulation shortened burst durations in a dose (intensity) dependent manner, suggesting that beta burst duration is a useful control variable for closed loop algorithms.
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- R W Anderson
- Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford, CA, USA; The University of California School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford, CA, USA; The University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford, CA, USA; The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford, CA, USA; Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford, CA, USA.
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Duchet B, Weerasinghe G, Cagnan H, Brown P, Bick C, Bogacz R. Phase-dependence of response curves to deep brain stimulation and their relationship: from essential tremor patient data to a Wilson-Cowan model. JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL NEUROSCIENCE 2020; 10:4. [PMID: 32232686 PMCID: PMC7105566 DOI: 10.1186/s13408-020-00081-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2019] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Essential tremor manifests predominantly as a tremor of the upper limbs. One therapy option is high-frequency deep brain stimulation, which continuously delivers electrical stimulation to the ventral intermediate nucleus of the thalamus at about 130 Hz. Constant stimulation can lead to side effects, it is therefore desirable to find ways to stimulate less while maintaining clinical efficacy. One strategy, phase-locked deep brain stimulation, consists of stimulating according to the phase of the tremor. To advance methods to optimise deep brain stimulation while providing insights into tremor circuits, we ask the question: can the effects of phase-locked stimulation be accounted for by a canonical Wilson-Cowan model? We first analyse patient data, and identify in half of the datasets significant dependence of the effects of stimulation on the phase at which stimulation is provided. The full nonlinear Wilson-Cowan model is fitted to datasets identified as statistically significant, and we show that in each case the model can fit to the dynamics of patient tremor as well as to the phase response curve. The vast majority of top fits are stable foci. The model provides satisfactory prediction of how patient tremor will react to phase-locked stimulation by predicting patient amplitude response curves although they were not explicitly fitted. We also approximate response curves of the significant datasets by providing analytical results for the linearisation of a stable focus model, a simplification of the Wilson-Cowan model in the stable focus regime. We report that the nonlinear Wilson-Cowan model is able to describe response to stimulation more precisely than the linearisation.
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- Benoit Duchet
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Oxford Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Centre for Systems, Dynamics, and Control and Department of Mathematics, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
- EPSRC Centre for Predictive Modelling in Healthcare, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Fleming JE, Dunn E, Lowery MM. Simulation of Closed-Loop Deep Brain Stimulation Control Schemes for Suppression of Pathological Beta Oscillations in Parkinson's Disease. Front Neurosci 2020; 14:166. [PMID: 32194372 PMCID: PMC7066305 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2020.00166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 02/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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This study presents a computational model of closed-loop control of deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson's disease (PD) to investigate clinically viable control schemes for suppressing pathological beta-band activity. Closed-loop DBS for PD has shown promising results in preliminary clinical studies and offers the potential to achieve better control of patient symptoms and side effects with lower power consumption than conventional open-loop DBS. However, extensive testing of algorithms in patients is difficult. The model presented provides a means to explore a range of control algorithms in silico and optimize control parameters before preclinical testing. The model incorporates (i) the extracellular DBS electric field, (ii) antidromic and orthodromic activation of STN afferent fibers, (iii) the LFP detected at non-stimulating contacts on the DBS electrode and (iv) temporal variation of network beta-band activity within the thalamo-cortico-basal ganglia loop. The performance of on-off and dual-threshold controllers for suppressing beta-band activity by modulating the DBS amplitude were first verified, showing levels of beta suppression and reductions in power consumption comparable with previous clinical studies. Proportional (P) and proportional-integral (PI) closed-loop controllers for amplitude and frequency modulation were then investigated. A simple tuning rule was derived for selecting effective PI controller parameters to target long duration beta bursts while respecting clinical constraints that limit the rate of change of stimulation parameters. Of the controllers tested, PI controllers displayed superior performance for regulating network beta-band activity whilst accounting for clinical considerations. Proportional controllers resulted in undesirable rapid fluctuations of the DBS parameters which may exceed clinically tolerable rate limits. Overall, the PI controller for modulating DBS frequency performed best, reducing the mean error by 83% compared to DBS off and the mean power consumed to 25% of that utilized by open-loop DBS. The network model presented captures sufficient physiological detail to act as a surrogate for preclinical testing of closed-loop DBS algorithms using a clinically accessible biomarker, providing a first step for deriving and testing novel, clinically suitable closed-loop DBS controllers.
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- John E. Fleming
- Neuromuscular Systems Laboratory, UCD School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Toth R, Holt AB, Benjaber M, Sharott A, Denison T. Frequency and Phase Synchronization in Distributed (Implantable-Transcutaneous) Neural Interfaces. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2020; 2019:3831-3834. [PMID: 31946709 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2019.8857895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Synchronized oscillations are a ubiquitous feature of neuronal circuits and can modulate online information transfer and plasticity between brain areas. The disruption of these oscillatory processes is associated with the symptoms of several brain disorders. While conventional therapeutic high-frequency deep brain stimulation can perturb neuronal oscillations, manipulating the timing of oscillatory activity between areas more precisely could provide a more efficient and effective method of modulating these activities. Here we describe a prototype circuit for synchronizing the clocks between an active implantable and an external sensing and stimulation system that could be used to achieve this goal. Our specific focus is on synchronizing the systems for paired-associative stimulation. The ability to repetitively drive two brain regions with a fixed latency has specific implications for neural plasticity. Furthermore, the general concept can be applied for many potential applications involving distributed neural interfaces.
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Takeuchi Y, Berényi A. Oscillotherapeutics - Time-targeted interventions in epilepsy and beyond. Neurosci Res 2020; 152:87-107. [PMID: 31954733 DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2020.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2019] [Revised: 12/18/2019] [Accepted: 12/19/2019] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Oscillatory brain activities support many physiological functions from motor control to cognition. Disruptions of the normal oscillatory brain activities are commonly observed in neurological and psychiatric disorders including epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, anxiety/trauma-related disorders, major depressive disorders, and drug addiction. Therefore, these disorders can be considered as common oscillation defects despite having distinct behavioral manifestations and genetic causes. Recent technical advances of neuronal activity recording and analysis have allowed us to study the pathological oscillations of each disorder as a possible biomarker of symptoms. Furthermore, recent advances in brain stimulation technologies enable time- and space-targeted interventions of the pathological oscillations of both neurological disorders and psychiatric disorders as possible targets for regulating their symptoms.
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- Yuichi Takeuchi
- MTA-SZTE 'Momentum' Oscillatory Neuronal Networks Research Group, Department of Physiology, University of Szeged, Szeged, 6720, Hungary; Department of Neuropharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, 467-8603, Japan.
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- MTA-SZTE 'Momentum' Oscillatory Neuronal Networks Research Group, Department of Physiology, University of Szeged, Szeged, 6720, Hungary; HCEMM-SZTE Magnetotherapeutics Research Group, University of Szeged, Szeged, 6720, Hungary; Neuroscience Institute, New York University, New York, NY 10016, USA.
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Zrenner B, Zrenner C, Gordon PC, Belardinelli P, McDermott EJ, Soekadar SR, Fallgatter AJ, Ziemann U, Müller-Dahlhaus F. Brain oscillation-synchronized stimulation of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in depression using real-time EEG-triggered TMS. Brain Stimul 2019; 13:197-205. [PMID: 31631058 DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2019.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2019] [Revised: 10/02/2019] [Accepted: 10/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) is an effective treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD), but response rates are low and effect sizes small. Synchronizing TMS pulses with instantaneous brain oscillations can reduce variability and increase efficacy of TMS-induced plasticity. OBJECTIVE To study whether brain oscillation-synchronized rTMS is feasible, safe and has neuromodulatory effects when targeting the DLPFC of patients with MDD. METHODS Using real-time EEG-triggered TMS we conducted a pseudo-randomized controlled single-session crossover trial of brain oscillation-synchronized rTMS of left DLPFC in 17 adult patients with antidepressant-resistant MDD. Stimulation conditions in separate sessions were: (1) rTMS triggered at the negative EEG peak of instantaneous alpha oscillations (alpha-synchronized rTMS), (2) a variation of intermittent theta-burst stimulation (modified iTBS), and (3) a random alpha phase control condition. RESULTS Triggering TMS at the negative peak of instantaneous alpha oscillations by real-time analysis of the electrode F5 EEG signal was successful in 15 subjects. Two subjects reported mild transient discomfort at the site of stimulation during stimulation; no serious adverse events were reported. Alpha-synchronized rTMS, but not modified iTBS or the random alpha phase control condition, reduced resting-state alpha activity in left DLPFC and increased TMS-induced beta oscillations over frontocentral channels. CONCLUSIONS Alpha-synchronized rTMS of left DLPFC is feasible, safe and has specific single-session neuromodulatory effects in patients with antidepressant-resistant MDD. Future studies need to further elucidate the mechanisms, optimize the parameters and investigate the therapeutic potential and efficacy of brain oscillation-synchronized rTMS in MDD.
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- Brigitte Zrenner
- Department of Neurology and Stroke, And Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Stroke, And Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Stroke, And Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany; Service of Interdisciplinary Neuromodulation, Laboratory of Neuroscience (LIM27) and National Institute of Biomarkers in Psychiatry (INBioN), Department and Institute of Psychiatry, Hospital Das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Neurology and Stroke, And Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Stroke, And Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany; Clinical Neurotechnology Laboratory, Neuroscience Research Center (NWFZ) & Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Stroke, And Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany.
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- Department of Neurology and Stroke, And Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany; Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Johannes Gutenberg University Medical Center Mainz, Germany
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Temporal evolution of beta bursts in the parkinsonian cortical and basal ganglia network. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:16095-16104. [PMID: 31341079 PMCID: PMC6690030 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1819975116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Prevalence and temporal dynamics of transient oscillations in the beta frequency band (15 to 35 Hz), referred to as β bursts, are correlated with motor performance. Disturbance of these activities is a candidate mechanism for motor impairment in Parkinson’s disease (PD), where the excessively long bursts correlate with symptom severity and are reduced by pharmacological and surgical treatments. Here we describe the changes in action potential firing that take place across multiple nodes of the cortical and basal ganglia circuit as these transient oscillations evolve. These analyses provide fresh insights into the network dynamics of β bursts that can guide novel strategies to interfere with their generation and maintenance in PD. Beta frequency oscillations (15 to 35 Hz) in cortical and basal ganglia circuits become abnormally synchronized in Parkinson’s disease (PD). How excessive beta oscillations emerge in these circuits is unclear. We addressed this issue by defining the firing properties of basal ganglia neurons around the emergence of cortical beta bursts (β bursts), transient (50 to 350 ms) increases in the beta amplitude of cortical signals. In PD patients, the phase locking of background spiking activity in the subthalamic nucleus (STN) to frontal electroencephalograms preceded the onset and followed the temporal profile of cortical β bursts, with conditions of synchronization consistent within and across bursts. Neuronal ensemble recordings in multiple basal ganglia structures of parkinsonian rats revealed that these dynamics were recapitulated in STN, but also in external globus pallidus and striatum. The onset of consistent phase-locking conditions was preceded by abrupt phase slips between cortical and basal ganglia ensemble signals. Single-unit recordings demonstrated that ensemble-level properties of synchronization were not underlain by changes in firing rate but, rather, by the timing of action potentials in relation to cortical oscillation phase. Notably, the preferred angle of phase-locked action potential firing in each basal ganglia structure was shifted during burst initiation, then maintained stable phase relations during the burst. Subthalamic, pallidal, and striatal neurons engaged and disengaged with cortical β bursts to different extents and timings. The temporal evolution of cortical and basal ganglia synchronization is cell type-selective, which could be key for the generation/ maintenance of excessive beta oscillations in parkinsonism.
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