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Trevarrow MP, Munoz MJ, Rivera YM, Arora R, Drane QH, Pal GD, Verhagen Metman L, Goelz LC, Corcos DM, David FJ. Medication improves velocity, reaction time, and movement time but not amplitude or error during memory-guided reaching in Parkinson's disease. Physiol Rep 2024; 12:e16150. [PMID: 39209762 PMCID: PMC11361790 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.16150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2024] [Revised: 07/04/2024] [Accepted: 07/04/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024] Open
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The motor impairments experienced by people with Parkinson's disease (PD) are exacerbated during memory-guided movements. Despite this, the effect of antiparkinson medication on memory-guided movements has not been elucidated. We evaluated the effect of antiparkinson medication on motor control during a memory-guided reaching task with short and long retention delays in participants with PD and compared performance to age-matched healthy control (HC) participants. Thirty-two participants with PD completed the motor section of the Movement Disorder Society Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS III) and performed a memory-guided reaching task with two retention delays (0.5 s and 5 s) while on and off medication. Thirteen HC participants completed the MDS-UPDRS III and performed the memory-guided reaching task. In the task, medication increased movement velocity, decreased movement time, and decreased reaction time toward what was seen in the HC. However, movement amplitude and reaching error were unaffected by medication. Shorter retention delays increased movement velocity and amplitude, decreased movement time, and decreased error, but increased reaction times in the participants with PD and HC. Together, these results imply that antiparkinson medication is more effective at altering the neurophysiological mechanisms controlling movement velocity and reaction time compared with other aspects of movement control.
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- Michael P. Trevarrow
- Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement SciencesNorthwestern UniversityChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement SciencesNorthwestern UniversityChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement SciencesNorthwestern UniversityChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Morsani College of MedicineUniversity of South FloridaTampaFloridaUSA
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement SciencesNorthwestern UniversityChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Division of Movement Disorders, Department of NeurologyRutgers – Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolNew BrunswickNew JerseyUSA
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- Department of NeurologyNorthwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Department of Kinesiology and NutritionUIC College of Applied Health SciencesChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement SciencesNorthwestern UniversityChicagoIllinoisUSA
- McCormick School of EngineeringNorthwestern UniversityEvanstonIllinoisUSA
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement SciencesNorthwestern UniversityChicagoIllinoisUSA
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Diao Y, Xie H, Wang Y, Zhao B, Yang A, Zhang J. Individual Structural Covariance Network Predicts Long-Term Motor Improvement in Parkinson Disease with Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2024; 45:1106-1115. [PMID: 38471785 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a8245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 03/10/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The efficacy of long-term chronic subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS) in treating Parkinson disease (PD) exhibits substantial variability among individuals. The preoperative identification of suitable deep brain stimulation (DBS) candidates through predictive means becomes crucial. Our study aims to investigate the predictive value of characterizing individualized structural covariance networks for long-term efficacy of DBS, offering patients a precise and cost-effective preoperative screening tool. MATERIALS AND METHODS We included 138 patients with PD and 40 healthy controls. We developed individualized structural covariance networks from T1-weighted images utilizing network template perturbation, and computed the networks' topological characteristics. Patients were categorized according to their long-term motor improvement following STN-DBS. Intergroup analyses were conducted on individual network edges and topological indices, alongside correlation analyses with long-term outcomes for the entire patient cohort. Finally, machine learning algorithms were employed for regression and classification to predict post-DBS motor improvement. RESULTS Among the patients with PD, 6 edges (left middle frontal and left caudate nucleus, right olfactory and right insula, left superior medial frontal gyrus and right insula, right middle frontal and left paracentral lobule, right middle frontal and cerebellum, left lobule VIIb of the cerebellum and the vermis of the cerebellum) exhibited significant results in intergroup comparisons and correlation analyses. Increased degree centrality and local efficiency of the cerebellum, parahippocampal gyrus, and postcentral gyrus were associated with DBS improvement. A regression model constructed from these 6 edges revealed a significant correlation between predicted and observed changes in the unified PD rating scale (R = 0.671, P < .001) and receiver operating characteristic analysis demonstrated an area under the curve of 0.802, effectively distinguishing between patients with good and moderate improvement post-DBS. CONCLUSIONS Our findings reveal the link between individual structural covariance network fingerprints in patients with PD and long-term motor outcome following STN-DBS. Additionally, binary and continuous cerebellum-basal ganglia-frontal structural covariance network edges have emerged as potential predictive biomarkers for DBS motor outcome.
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- Yu Diao
- From the Department of Neurosurgery (Y.D., H.X., Y.W., B.Z., A.Y., J.Z.), Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery (Y.D., H.X., Y.W., B.Z., A.Y., J.Z.), Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery (Y.D., H.X., Y.W., B.Z., A.Y., J.Z.), Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery (Y.D., H.X., Y.W., B.Z., A.Y., J.Z.), Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery (Y.D., H.X., Y.W., B.Z., A.Y., J.Z.), Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Neurostimulation (A.Y., J.Z.), Beijing, China
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery (Y.D., H.X., Y.W., B.Z., A.Y., J.Z.), Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Neurostimulation (A.Y., J.Z.), Beijing, China
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Trevarrow MP, Munoz MJ, Rivera YM, Arora R, Drane QH, Rosenow JM, Sani SB, Pal GD, Verhagen Metman L, Goelz LC, Corcos DM, David FJ. The Effects of Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation and Retention Delay on Memory-Guided Reaching Performance in People with Parkinson's Disease. JOURNAL OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE 2023; 13:917-935. [PMID: 37522216 PMCID: PMC10578280 DOI: 10.3233/jpd-225041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 08/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS) improves intensive aspects of movement (velocity) in people with Parkinson's disease (PD) but impairs the more cognitively demanding coordinative aspects of movement (error). We extended these findings by evaluating STN-DBS induced changes in intensive and coordinative aspects of movement during a memory-guided reaching task with varying retention delays. OBJECTIVE We evaluated the effect of STN-DBS on motor control during a memory-guided reaching task with short and long retention delays in participants with PD and compared performance to healthy controls (HC). METHODS Eleven participants with PD completed the motor section of the Movement Disorder Society Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS III) and performed a memory-guided reaching task under four different STN-DBS conditions (DBS-OFF, DBS-RIGHT, DBS-LEFT, and DBS-BOTH) and two retention delays (0.5 s and 5 s). An additional 13 HC completed the memory-guided reaching task. RESULTS Unilateral and bilateral STN-DBS improved the MDS-UPDRS III scores. In the memory-guided reaching task, both unilateral and bilateral STN-DBS increased the intensive aspects of movement (amplitude and velocity) in the direction toward HC but impaired coordinative aspects of movement (error) away from the HC. Furthermore, movement time was decreased but reaction time was unaffected by STN-DBS. Shorter retention delays increased amplitude and velocity, decreased movement times, and decreased error, but increased reaction times in the participants with PD. There were no interactions between STN-DBS condition and retention delay. CONCLUSION STN-DBS may affect cognitive-motor functioning by altering activity throughout cortico-basal ganglia networks and the oscillatory activity subserving them.
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- Michael P. Trevarrow
- Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Division of Movement Disorders, Rutgers - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, UIC College of Applied Health Sciences, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
- McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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David FJ, Rivera YM, Entezar TK, Arora R, Drane QH, Munoz MJ, Rosenow JM, Sani SB, Pal GD, Verhagen-Metman L, Corcos DM. Encoding type, medication, and deep brain stimulation differentially affect memory-guided sequential reaching movements in Parkinson's disease. Front Neurol 2022; 13:980935. [PMID: 36324383 PMCID: PMC9618698 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2022.980935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Accepted: 09/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Memory-guided movements, vital to daily activities, are especially impaired in Parkinson's disease (PD). However, studies examining the effects of how information is encoded in memory and the effects of common treatments of PD, such as medication and subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS), on memory-guided movements are uncommon and their findings are equivocal. We designed two memory-guided sequential reaching tasks, peripheral-vision or proprioception encoded, to investigate the effects of encoding type (peripheral-vision vs. proprioception), medication (on- vs. off-), STN-DBS (on- vs. off-, while off-medication), and compared STN-DBS vs. medication on reaching amplitude, error, and velocity. We collected data from 16 (analyzed n = 7) participants with PD, pre- and post-STN-DBS surgery, and 17 (analyzed n = 14) healthy controls. We had four important findings. First, encoding type differentially affected reaching performance: peripheral-vision reaches were faster and more accurate. Also, encoding type differentially affected reaching deficits in PD compared to healthy controls: peripheral-vision reaches manifested larger deficits in amplitude. Second, the effect of medication depended on encoding type: medication had no effect on amplitude, but reduced error for both encoding types, and increased velocity only during peripheral-vision encoding. Third, the effect of STN-DBS depended on encoding type: STN-DBS increased amplitude for both encoding types, increased error during proprioception encoding, and increased velocity for both encoding types. Fourth, STN-DBS was superior to medication with respect to increasing amplitude and velocity, whereas medication was superior to STN-DBS with respect to reducing error. We discuss our findings in the context of the previous literature and consider mechanisms for the differential effects of medication and STN-DBS.
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- Fabian J. David
- Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States
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- School of Integrative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, IL, United States
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States
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Fasano A, Mazzoni A, Falotico E. Reaching and Grasping Movements in Parkinson's Disease: A Review. JOURNAL OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE 2022; 12:1083-1113. [PMID: 35253780 PMCID: PMC9198782 DOI: 10.3233/jpd-213082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/13/2023]
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is known to affect the brain motor circuits involving the basal ganglia (BG) and to induce, among other signs, general slowness and paucity of movements. In upper limb movements, PD patients show a systematic prolongation of movement duration while maintaining a sufficient level of endpoint accuracy. PD appears to cause impairments not only in movement execution, but also in movement initiation and planning, as revealed by abnormal preparatory activity of motor-related brain areas. Grasping movement is affected as well, particularly in the coordination of the hand aperture with the transport phase. In the last fifty years, numerous behavioral studies attempted to clarify the mechanisms underlying these anomalies, speculating on the plausible role that the BG-thalamo-cortical circuitry may play in normal and pathological motor control. Still, many questions remain open, especially concerning the management of the speed-accuracy tradeoff and the online feedback control. In this review, we summarize the literature results on reaching and grasping in parkinsonian patients. We analyze the relevant hypotheses on the origins of dysfunction, by focusing on the motor control aspects involved in the different movement phases and the corresponding role played by the BG. We conclude with an insight into the innovative stimulation techniques and computational models recently proposed, which might be helpful in further clarifying the mechanisms through which PD affects reaching and grasping movements.
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- Alessio Fasano
- The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
- Department of Excellence in Robotics and AI, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
- Correspondence to: Alessio Fasano and Egidio Falotico, The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Polo Sant’Anna Valdera, Viale Rinaldo Piaggio, 34, 56025 Pontedera (PI), Italy. Tel.: +39 050 883 457; E-mails: and
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- The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
- Department of Excellence in Robotics and AI, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
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- The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
- Department of Excellence in Robotics and AI, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
- Correspondence to: Alessio Fasano and Egidio Falotico, The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Polo Sant’Anna Valdera, Viale Rinaldo Piaggio, 34, 56025 Pontedera (PI), Italy. Tel.: +39 050 883 457; E-mails: and
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Lin Z, Zhang C, Li D, Sun B. Lateralized effects of deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease: evidence and controversies. NPJ Parkinsons Dis 2021; 7:64. [PMID: 34294724 PMCID: PMC8298477 DOI: 10.1038/s41531-021-00209-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The bilateral effects of deep brain stimulation (DBS) on motor and non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) have been extensively studied and reviewed. However, the unilateral effects-in particular, the potential lateralized effects of left- versus right-sided DBS-have not been adequately recognized or studied. Here we summarized the current evidence and controversies in the literature regarding the lateralized effects of DBS on motor and non-motor outcomes in PD patients. Publications in English language before February 2021 were obtained from the PubMed database and included if they directly compared the effects of unilateral versus contralateral side DBS on motor or non-motor outcomes in PD. The current literature is overall of low-quality and is biased by various confounders. Researchers have investigated mainly PD patients receiving subthalamic nucleus (STN) DBS while the potential lateralized effects of globus pallidus interna (GPi) DBS have not been adequately studied. Evidence suggests potential lateralized effects of STN DBS on axial motor symptoms and deleterious effects of left-sided DBS on language-related functions, in particular, the verbal fluency, in PD. The lateralized DBS effects on appendicular motor symptoms as well as other neurocognitive and neuropsychiatric domains remain inconclusive. Future studies should control for varying methodological approaches as well as clinical and DBS management heterogeneities, including symptom laterality, stimulation parameters, location of active contacts, and lead trajectories. This would contribute to improved treatment strategies such as personalized target selection, surgical planning, and postoperative management that ultimately benefit patients.
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- Zhengyu Lin
- grid.412277.50000 0004 1760 6738Department of Neurosurgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China ,grid.16821.3c0000 0004 0368 8293Center for Functional Neurosurgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China ,grid.16821.3c0000 0004 0368 8293Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, Ruijin Hospital LuWan Branch, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- grid.412277.50000 0004 1760 6738Department of Neurosurgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China ,grid.16821.3c0000 0004 0368 8293Center for Functional Neurosurgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China ,grid.16821.3c0000 0004 0368 8293Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, Ruijin Hospital LuWan Branch, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China ,grid.511008.dShanghai Research Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Shanghai, China
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- grid.412277.50000 0004 1760 6738Department of Neurosurgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China ,grid.16821.3c0000 0004 0368 8293Center for Functional Neurosurgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China ,grid.16821.3c0000 0004 0368 8293Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, Ruijin Hospital LuWan Branch, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- grid.412277.50000 0004 1760 6738Department of Neurosurgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China ,grid.16821.3c0000 0004 0368 8293Center for Functional Neurosurgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China ,grid.16821.3c0000 0004 0368 8293Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, Ruijin Hospital LuWan Branch, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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David FJ, Munoz MJ, Corcos DM. The effect of STN DBS on modulating brain oscillations: consequences for motor and cognitive behavior. Exp Brain Res 2020; 238:1659-1676. [PMID: 32494849 PMCID: PMC7415701 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-020-05834-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2020] [Accepted: 05/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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In this review, we highlight Professor John Rothwell's contribution towards understanding basal ganglia function and dysfunction, as well as the effects of subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN DBS). The first section summarizes the rate and oscillatory models of basal ganglia dysfunction with a focus on the oscillation model. The second section summarizes the motor, gait, and cognitive mechanisms of action of STN DBS. In the final section, we summarize the effects of STN DBS on motor and cognitive tasks. The studies reviewed in this section support the conclusion that high-frequency STN DBS improves the motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease. With respect to cognition, STN DBS can be detrimental to performance especially when the task is cognitively demanding. Consolidating findings from many studies, we find that while motor network oscillatory activity is primarily correlated to the beta-band, cognitive network oscillatory activity is not confined to one band but is subserved by activity in multiple frequency bands. Because of these findings, we propose a modified motor and associative/cognitive oscillatory model that can explain the consistent positive motor benefits and the negative and null cognitive effects of STN DBS. This is clinically relevant because STN DBS should enhance oscillatory activity that is related to both motor and cognitive networks to improve both motor and cognitive performance.
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- Fabian J David
- Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University, 645 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1100, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University, 645 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1100, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University, 645 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1100, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
- Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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Bilateral subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation increases fixational saccades during movement preparation: evidence for impaired preparatory set. Exp Brain Res 2019; 237:2841-2851. [PMID: 31455999 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-019-05636-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2019] [Accepted: 08/19/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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People with Parkinson's disease (PD) exhibit an increase in fixational saccades during the preparatory period prior to target onset in the antisaccade task and this increase is related to an increase in prosaccade errors in the antisaccade task. It was previously shown that bilateral, but not unilateral, subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN DBS) in people with PD further increases the prosaccade error rate on the antisaccade task. We investigated whether bilateral STN DBS also increases the number of fixational saccades in the preparatory period of the antisaccade task and if this increase in the number of fixational saccades is related to prosaccade errors. We found that: (1) there were a greater number of fixational saccades during the preparatory period of the antisaccade task during bilateral STN DBS compared to no STN DBS (p < 0.001), unilateral STN DBS (p < 0.001), and healthy controls (p = 0.02), and (2) the increase in the number of fixational saccades increased the probability of a prosaccade error for the antisaccade task during bilateral STN DBS (p = 0.005). This association between number of fixational saccades and probability of a prosaccade error was similar across no STN DBS, unilateral stimulation, and healthy controls. In addition, we found that the proportion of express prosaccade errors and prosaccade error latency were similar across stimulation conditions. We propose that bilateral STN DBS disrupts the integrated activity of cortico-basal ganglia-collicular processes underlying antisaccade preparation and that this disruption manifests as an increase in both fixational saccades and prosaccade error rate.
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