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Abdulbaki A, Doll T, Helgers S, Heissler HE, Voges J, Krauss JK, Schwabe K, Alam M. Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation Restores Motor and Sensorimotor Cortical Neuronal Oscillatory Activity in the Free-Moving 6-Hydroxydopamine Lesion Rat Parkinson Model. Neuromodulation 2024; 27:489-499. [PMID: 37002052 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurom.2023.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2022] [Revised: 12/28/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 03/31/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES Enhanced beta oscillations in cortical-basal ganglia (BG) thalamic circuitries have been linked to clinical symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) reduces beta band activity in BG regions, whereas little is known about activity in cortical regions. In this study, we investigated the effect of STN DBS on the spectral power of oscillatory activity in the motor cortex (MCtx) and sensorimotor cortex (SMCtx) by recording via an electrocorticogram (ECoG) array in free-moving 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) lesioned rats and sham-lesioned controls. MATERIALS AND METHODS Male Sprague-Dawley rats (250-350 g) were injected either with 6-OHDA or with saline in the right medial forebrain bundle, under general anesthesia. A stimulation electrode was then implanted in the ipsilateral STN, and an ECoG array was placed subdurally above the MCtx and SMCtx areas. Six days after the second surgery, the free-moving rats were individually recorded in three conditions: 1) basal activity, 2) during STN DBS, and 3) directly after STN DBS. RESULTS In 6-OHDA-lesioned rats (N = 8), the relative power of theta band activity was reduced, whereas activity of broad-range beta band (12-30 Hz) along with two different subbeta bands, that is, low (12-30 Hz) and high (20-30 Hz) beta band and gamma band, was higher in MCtx and SMCtx than in sham-lesioned controls (N = 7). This was, to some extent, reverted toward control level by STN DBS during and after stimulation. No major differences were found between contacts of the electrode grid or between MCtx and SMCtx. CONCLUSION Loss of nigrostriatal dopamine leads to abnormal oscillatory activity in both MCtx and SMCtx, which is compensated by STN stimulation, suggesting that parkinsonism-related oscillations in the cortex and BG are linked through their anatomic connections.
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- Arif Abdulbaki
- Hannover Medical School, Department of Neurosurgery, Hannover, Germany.
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine, Hannover, Germany
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- Hannover Medical School, Department of Neurosurgery, Hannover, Germany
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- Hannover Medical School, Department of Neurosurgery, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Stereotactic Neurosurgery, University Hospital Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Hannover Medical School, Department of Neurosurgery, Hannover, Germany
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- Hannover Medical School, Department of Neurosurgery, Hannover, Germany
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- Hannover Medical School, Department of Neurosurgery, Hannover, Germany
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Clarkin CM, Ward-Ritacco CL, Mahler L. Exercise-Induced Functional Changes in People with Parkinson's Disease following External Cueing and Task-Based Intervention. Rehabil Res Pract 2024; 2024:6188546. [PMID: 38283384 PMCID: PMC10817815 DOI: 10.1155/2024/6188546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2022] [Revised: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 12/23/2023] [Indexed: 01/30/2024] Open
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Introduction The purpose of this study was to evaluate change in motor function, gait speed, dynamic balance, balance confidence, and quality of life (QoL) in nine participants with Parkinson's disease (PwPD) completing Lee Silverman Voice Treatment BIG (LSVT-BIG), an external cueing and task-based intervention. Although supported as an efficacious treatment in PwPD, there is limited research examining clinically meaningful change in outcome measures related to external cueing and task-based interventions. Materials and Methods This was a case series of nine PwPD (age range 64-76 years, 55% male) who completed the LSVT-BIG protocol. Disease duration ranged from 1 to 17 years and was classified as moderate in all participants (Hoehn and Yahr = 2 or 3). Outcome measures included motor function (MDS-UPDRS Part III Motor), gait speed, dynamic balance (MiniBEST), Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC), and Summary Index for PD Quality of Life 39 (PDQ-SI). Assessments were completed at baseline (BASE), end of treatment (EOT), and 4 weeks after EOT (EOT+4). Results Minimal detectable change (MDC) or minimal clinical important difference (MCID) was observed in one or more outcome measures in 8 of 9 participants at EOT and EOT+4 across domains of motor function (67%, 78%), gait speed (78%, 67%), balance confidence (44%, 33%), quality of life (44%, 78%), and dynamic balance (22%, 22%). Discussion. In this case series, 8 of 9 participants showed MDC or MCID changes across multiple functional domains. Improvements were observed immediately post (EOT) and 4-week post-treatment (EOT+4) suggesting a temporal component of the LSVT-BIG impact on functional change. Future research should include clinical trials to examine additional external cueing and task-based intervention efficacy with consideration of intensity, frequency, and mode of delivery across disease severity.
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- Christine M. Clarkin
- Physical Therapy Department, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA
- Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA
- Department of Kinesiology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA
- Department of Communicative Disorders, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA
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Jordan ID, Park IM. Birhythmic Analog Circuit Maze: A Nonlinear Neurostimulation Testbed. ENTROPY 2020; 22:e22050537. [PMID: 33286310 PMCID: PMC7517031 DOI: 10.3390/e22050537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2020] [Revised: 05/04/2020] [Accepted: 05/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Brain dynamics can exhibit narrow-band nonlinear oscillations and multistability. For a subset of disorders of consciousness and motor control, we hypothesized that some symptoms originate from the inability to spontaneously transition from one attractor to another. Using external perturbations, such as electrical pulses delivered by deep brain stimulation devices, it may be possible to induce such transition out of the pathological attractors. However, the induction of transition may be non-trivial, rendering the current open-loop stimulation strategies insufficient. In order to develop next-generation neural stimulators that can intelligently learn to induce attractor transitions, we require a platform to test the efficacy of such systems. To this end, we designed an analog circuit as a model for the multistable brain dynamics. The circuit spontaneously oscillates stably on two periods as an instantiation of a 3-dimensional continuous-time gated recurrent neural network. To discourage simple perturbation strategies, such as constant or random stimulation patterns from easily inducing transition between the stable limit cycles, we designed a state-dependent nonlinear circuit interface for external perturbation. We demonstrate the existence of nontrivial solutions to the transition problem in our circuit implementation.
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- Ian D. Jordan
- Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA;
- Institute for Advanced Computing Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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- Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA;
- Institute for Advanced Computing Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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Zhu GY, Geng XY, Zhang RL, Chen YC, Liu YY, Wang SY, Zhang JG. Deep brain stimulation modulates pallidal and subthalamic neural oscillations in Tourette's syndrome. Brain Behav 2019; 9:e01450. [PMID: 31647199 PMCID: PMC6908859 DOI: 10.1002/brb3.1450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2019] [Accepted: 09/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Previous studies found subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS) has clinical effect on Parkinson's disease, dystonia, and obsessive compulsive disorder. It is noteworthy that only a few studies report the STN-DBS for Tourette's syndrome (TS). Globus pallidus interna (GPi)-DBS is the one of the most common targets for TS. So, this paper aims to investigate the neural oscillations in STN and GPi as well as the DBS effect between these two targets in same patients. METHODS The local field potentials (LFPs) were simultaneously recorded from the bilateral GPi and STN in four patients with TS. The LFPs were decomposed into neural oscillations, and the frequency and time-frequency characteristics of the neural oscillations were analyzed across the conditions of resting, poststimulation, and movement. RESULTS No difference of resting LFP was found between the two targets. The poststimulation period spectral power revealed the high beta and gamma oscillations were recovered after GPi-DBS but remained attenuated after STN-DBS. The STN beta oscillation has fewer changes during tics than voluntary movement, and the gamma oscillation was elevated when the tics appeared. CONCLUSION The high beta and gamma oscillations in GPi restored after GPi-DBS, but not STN-DBS. High beta and gamma oscillations may have physiological function in resisting tics in TS. The cortex compensation effect might be interfered by the STN-DBS due to the influence on the hyper-direct pathway but not GPi-DBS.
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- Guan-Yu Zhu
- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,Key Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience and Brain-Inspired Intelligence (Fudan University), Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,Key Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience and Brain-Inspired Intelligence (Fudan University), Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,Key Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience and Brain-Inspired Intelligence (Fudan University), Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,Department of Functional Neurosurgery, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Hocker D, Park IM. Myopic control of neural dynamics. PLoS Comput Biol 2019; 15:e1006854. [PMID: 30856171 PMCID: PMC6428347 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2018] [Revised: 03/21/2019] [Accepted: 02/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Manipulating the dynamics of neural systems through targeted stimulation is a frontier of research and clinical neuroscience; however, the control schemes considered for neural systems are mismatched for the unique needs of manipulating neural dynamics. An appropriate control method should respect the variability in neural systems, incorporating moment to moment “input” to the neural dynamics and behaving based on the current neural state, irrespective of the past trajectory. We propose such a controller under a nonlinear state-space feedback framework that steers one dynamical system to function as through it were another dynamical system entirely. This “myopic” controller is formulated through a novel variant of a model reference control cost that manipulates dynamics in a short-sighted manner that only sets a target trajectory of a single time step into the future (hence its myopic nature), which omits the need to pre-calculate a rigid and computationally costly neural feedback control solution. To demonstrate the breadth of this control’s utility, two examples with distinctly different applications in neuroscience are studied. First, we show the myopic control’s utility to probe the causal link between dynamics and behavior for cognitive processes by transforming a winner-take-all decision-making system to operate as a robust neural integrator of evidence. Second, an unhealthy motor-like system containing an unwanted beta-oscillation spiral attractor is controlled to function as a healthy motor system, a relevant clinical example for neurological disorders. Stimulating a neural system and observing its effect through simultaneous observation offers the promise to better understand how neural systems perform computations, as well as for the treatment of neurological disorders. A powerful perspective for understanding a neural system’s behavior undergoing stimulation is to conceptualize them as dynamical systems, which considers the global effect that stimulation has on the brain, rather than only assessing what impact it has on the recorded signal from the brain. With this more comprehensive perspective comes a central challenge of determining what requirements need to be satisfied to harness neural observations and then stimulate to make one dynamical system function as another one entirely. This could lead to applications such as neural stimulators that make a diseased brain behave like its healthy counterpart, or to make a neural system previously capable of only hasty decision making to wait and accumulate more evidence for a more informed decision. In this work we explore the implications of this new perspective on neural stimulation and derive a simple prescription for using neural observations to inform stimulation protocol that makes one neural system behave like another one.
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- David Hocker
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America
- Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America
- Institute for Advanced Computational Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America
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Stubbs FE, Conway-Campbell BL, Lightman SL. Thirty years of neuroendocrinology: Technological advances pave the way for molecular discovery. J Neuroendocrinol 2019; 31:e12653. [PMID: 30362285 DOI: 10.1111/jne.12653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2018] [Revised: 10/16/2018] [Accepted: 10/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Since the 1950s, the systems level interactions between the hypothalamus, pituitary and end organs such as the adrenal, thyroid and gonads have been well known; however, it is only over the last three decades that advances in molecular biology and information technology have provided a tremendous expansion of knowledge at the molecular level. Neuroendocrinology has benefitted from developments in molecular genetics, epigenetics and epigenomics, and most recently optogenetics and pharmacogenetics. This has enabled a new understanding of gene regulation, transcription, translation and post-translational regulation, which should help direct the development of drugs to treat neuroendocrine-related diseases.
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- Felicity E Stubbs
- Henry Wellcome Laboratories for Integrative Neuroscience and Endocrinology, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Henry Wellcome Laboratories for Integrative Neuroscience and Endocrinology, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Henry Wellcome Laboratories for Integrative Neuroscience and Endocrinology, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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Spatio-temporal dynamics of cortical drive to human subthalamic nucleus neurons in Parkinson's disease. Neurobiol Dis 2018; 112:49-62. [PMID: 29307661 PMCID: PMC5821899 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2018.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2017] [Revised: 11/30/2017] [Accepted: 01/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Pathological synchronisation of beta frequency (12–35 Hz) oscillations between the subthalamic nucleus (STN) and cerebral cortex is thought to contribute to motor impairment in Parkinson's disease (PD). For this cortico-subthalamic oscillatory drive to be mechanistically important, it must influence the firing of STN neurons and, consequently, their downstream targets. Here, we examined the dynamics of synchronisation between STN LFPs and units with multiple cortical areas, measured using frontal ECoG, midline EEG and lateral EEG, during rest and movement. STN neurons lagged cortical signals recorded over midline (over premotor cortices) and frontal (over prefrontal cortices) with stable time delays, consistent with strong corticosubthalamic drive, and many neurons maintained these dynamics during movement. In contrast, most STN neurons desynchronised from lateral EEG signals (over primary motor cortices) during movement and those that did not had altered phase relations to the cortical signals. The strength of synchronisation between STN units and midline EEG in the high beta range (25–35 Hz) correlated positively with the severity of akinetic-rigid motor symptoms across patients. Together, these results suggest that sustained synchronisation of STN neurons to premotor-cortical beta oscillations play an important role in disrupting the normal coding of movement in PD. Multi-channel EEG with coincident STN single unit and local field potential recordings Variable time delays between beta oscillations in different cortical areas and STN neurons. Frontal/premotor cortical areas have most stable oscillatory synchronisation with STN neurons. Correlation between cortico-subthalamic beta-frequency synchronisation and clinical scores in PD.
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Xu H, Jiang H, Xie J. New Insights into the Crosstalk between NMDARs and Iron: Implications for Understanding Pathology of Neurological Diseases. Front Mol Neurosci 2017; 10:71. [PMID: 28360837 PMCID: PMC5352910 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2017.00071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2016] [Accepted: 03/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Both iron dyshomeostasis and N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs)-mediated neurotoxicity have been shown to have an important role in neurological diseases such as Parkinson’s disease (PD) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Evidence proved that activation of NMDARs could promote iron overload and iron-induced neurotoxicity by enhancing iron importer divalent metal transporter 1 (DMT1)-mediated iron uptake and iron releasing from lysosome. Also, iron overload could regulate NMDARs-mediated synaptic transmission. This indicates that there might be a possible relationship between iron and activation of NMDARs in neurological diseases. Understanding this interaction between iron and activation of NMDARs may provide new therapeutic avenues for a more targeted neurotherapeutic strategy for these diseases. Therefore, in this review article, we will describe the dysfunction of iron metabolism and NMDARs in neurological diseases including PD and AD, and summarize the new insight into the mechanisms underlying the interaction between iron and activation of NMDARs.
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- Huamin Xu
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Department of Physiology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Pathogenesis and Prevention of Neurological Disorders and State Key Disciplines: Physiology, Medical College of Qingdao UniversityQingdao, China; Shandong Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center for Neurodegenerative Disorders, Qingdao UniversityQingdao, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Department of Physiology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Pathogenesis and Prevention of Neurological Disorders and State Key Disciplines: Physiology, Medical College of Qingdao UniversityQingdao, China; Shandong Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center for Neurodegenerative Disorders, Qingdao UniversityQingdao, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Department of Physiology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Pathogenesis and Prevention of Neurological Disorders and State Key Disciplines: Physiology, Medical College of Qingdao UniversityQingdao, China; Shandong Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center for Neurodegenerative Disorders, Qingdao UniversityQingdao, China
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Song M, Yu SP, Mohamad O, Cao W, Wei ZZ, Gu X, Jiang MQ, Wei L. Optogenetic stimulation of glutamatergic neuronal activity in the striatum enhances neurogenesis in the subventricular zone of normal and stroke mice. Neurobiol Dis 2016; 98:9-24. [PMID: 27884724 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2016.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2016] [Revised: 10/11/2016] [Accepted: 11/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Neurogenesis in the subventricular zone (SVZ) of the adult brain may contribute to tissue repair after brain injuries. Whether SVZ neurogenesis can be upregulated by specific neuronal activity in vivo and promote functional recovery after stroke is largely unknown. Using the spatial and cell type specific optogenetic technique combined with multiple approaches of in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo examinations, we tested the hypothesis that glutamatergic activation in the striatum could upregulate SVZ neurogenesis in the normal and ischemic brain. In transgenic mice expressing the light-gated channelrhodopsin-2 (ChR2) channel in glutamatergic neurons, optogenetic stimulation of the glutamatergic activity in the striatum triggered glutamate release into SVZ region, evoked membrane currents, Ca2+ influx and increased proliferation of SVZ neuroblasts, mediated by AMPA receptor activation. In ChR2 transgenic mice subjected to focal ischemic stroke, optogenetic stimuli to the striatum started 5days after stroke for 8days not only promoted cell proliferation but also the migration of SVZ neuroblasts into the peri-infarct cortex with increased neuronal differentiation and improved long-term functional recovery. These data provide the first morphological and functional evidence showing a unique striatum-SVZ neuronal regulation via a semi-phasic synaptic mechanism that can boost neurogenic cascades and stroke recovery. The benefits from stimulating endogenous glutamatergic activity suggest a novel regenerative strategy after ischemic stroke and other brain injuries.
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- Mingke Song
- Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; Center for Visual and Neurocognitive Rehabilitation, Atlanta VA Medical Center, Decatur, GA 30033, USA.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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Amara AW, Walker HC, Joop A, Cutter G, DeWolfe JL, Harding SM, Standaert DG. Effects of subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation on objective sleep outcomes in Parkinson's disease. Mov Disord Clin Pract 2016; 4:183-190. [PMID: 28924578 DOI: 10.1002/mdc3.12375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Sleep dysfunction is a common and disabling non-motor symptom in Parkinson's disease. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) improves motor symptoms and subjective sleep in PD, but alternative stimulation parameters to optimize sleep have not been explored. We hypothesized that low frequency STN DBS would improve objective sleep more than conventional settings. METHODS Twenty PD subjects with STN DBS (18 unilateral, 2 bilateral) underwent 3 non-consecutive nights of polysomnography: DBS off; DBS high frequency (≥130 Hz); and DBS low frequency (60 Hz). Motor symptom tolerability was assessed 30 minutes after resumption of baseline settings the morning following polysomnography. The primary outcome was change in sleep efficiency between high and low frequency nights measured with repeated measures ANOVA. RESULTS There was no difference in sleep efficiency between nights at high frequency (82.1% (72.6-90.1)) (median (IQR)), low frequency (81.2% (56.2-88.8)), or DBS off (82.8% (75.7-87.4)), p=0.241. Additionally, there was no difference in sleep stage percent, arousals, limb movements, subjective sleep quality, or objective vigilance measures. These outcomes did not change after adjusting for age, sex, disease duration, or side of surgery. No residual adverse motor effects were noted. CONCLUSIONS Although well tolerated, low frequency STN DBS did not improve objective sleep in PD. Remarkably, objective measures of sleep were not worse with DBS off. These observations point to the potential for adaptive stimulation approaches, through which DBS settings could be optimized during sleep to meet individual needs. Additionally, these changes could preserve battery life without compromising patient outcomes.
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- Amy W Amara
- 1Division of Movement Disorders, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- 1Division of Movement Disorders, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- 1Division of Movement Disorders, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- Division of Epilepsy, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Medicine Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- 1Division of Movement Disorders, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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Contarino MF, Brinke TRT, Mosch A, Lelieveld W, Postma M, Odekerken VJ, Steendam-Oldekamp TE, Van Laar T, Kuijf ML, Tjepkema-Cloostermans MC, Schuurman P. How Many Patients would Benefit from Steering Technology for Deep Brain Stimulation? Brain Stimul 2016; 9:144-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2015.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2015] [Accepted: 10/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Wild AR, Bollands M, Morris PG, Jones S. Mechanisms regulating spill-over of synaptic glutamate to extrasynaptic NMDA receptors in mouse substantia nigra dopaminergic neurons. Eur J Neurosci 2015; 42:2633-43. [PMID: 26370007 PMCID: PMC4832385 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2015] [Revised: 08/31/2015] [Accepted: 09/08/2015] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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N‐Methyl‐d‐aspartate glutamate receptors (NMDARs) contribute to neural development, plasticity and survival, but they are also linked with neurodegeneration. NMDARs at synapses are activated by coincident glutamate release and depolarization. NMDARs distal to synapses can sometimes be recruited by ‘spill‐over’ of glutamate during high‐frequency synaptic stimulation or when glutamate uptake is compromised, and this influences the shape of NMDAR‐mediated postsynaptic responses. In substantia nigra dopamine neurons, activation of NMDARs beyond the synapse during different frequencies of presynaptic stimulation has not been explored, even though excitatory afferents from the subthalamic nucleus show a range of firing frequencies, and these frequencies change in human and experimental Parkinson's disease. This study reports that high‐frequency stimulation (80 Hz/200 ms) evoked NMDAR‐excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs) that were larger and longer lasting than those evoked by single stimuli at low frequency (0.1 Hz). MK‐801, which irreversibly blocked NMDAR‐EPSCs activated during 0.1‐Hz stimulation, left a proportion of NMDAR‐EPSCs that could be activated by 80‐Hz stimulation and that may represent activity of NMDARs distal to synapses. TBOA, which blocks glutamate transporters, significantly increased NMDAR‐EPSCs in response to 80‐Hz stimulation, particularly when metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) were also blocked, indicating that recruitment of NMDARs distal to synapses is regulated by glutamate transporters and mGluRs. These regulatory mechanisms may be essential in the substantia nigra for restricting glutamate diffusion from synaptic sites and keeping NMDAR‐EPSCs in dopamine neurons relatively small and fast. Failure of glutamate transporters may contribute to the declining health of dopamine neurons during pathological conditions.
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- A R Wild
- Department of Physiology, Development & Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3DY, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Development & Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3DY, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Development & Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3DY, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Development & Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3DY, UK
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Novel ways to intervene on brain function raise questions about agency and responsibility. Here, I discuss whether direct brain interventions, and in particular, deep brain stimulation, pose a threat to agency in individual cases, or to our general conceptualization of what it is to be a responsible agent. While I do not currently see evidence that these interventions constitute a global challenge to our concept of agency, they do have the potential to diminish agency in individuals. I consider whether the lack of evidence for a global challenge ratifies our folk conceptions, or is a necessary consequence of them. In closing, I propose that our theoretical understanding of agency and our therapeutic approaches could be improved with a more nuanced, multidimensional view of agency.
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- Adina L Roskies
- Department of Philosophy, Dartmouth College, Thornton Hall, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
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De Jesus S, Almeida L, Peng-Chen Z, Okun MS, Hess CW. Novel targets and stimulation paradigms for deep brain stimulation. Expert Rev Neurother 2015; 15:1067-80. [DOI: 10.1586/14737175.2015.1083421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Willard AM, Bouchard RS, Gittis AH. Differential degradation of motor deficits during gradual dopamine depletion with 6-hydroxydopamine in mice. Neuroscience 2015; 301:254-67. [PMID: 26067595 PMCID: PMC4527082 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.05.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2015] [Revised: 05/27/2015] [Accepted: 05/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a movement disorder whose cardinal motor symptoms arise due to the progressive loss of dopamine. Although this dopamine loss typically progresses slowly over time, currently there are very few animal models that enable incremental dopamine depletion over time within the same animal. This type of gradual dopamine depletion model would be useful in studies aimed at the prodromal phase of PD, when dopamine levels are pathologically low but motor symptoms have not yet presented. Utilizing the highly characterized neurotoxin 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA), we have developed a paradigm to gradually deplete dopamine levels in the striatum over a user-defined time course - spanning weeks to months - in C57BL/6 mice. Dopamine depletions were achieved by administration of five low-dose injections (0.75μg) of 6-OHDA through an implanted intracranial bilateral cannula targeting the medial forebrain bundle. Levels of dopamine within the striatum declined linearly with successive injections, quantified using tyrosine hydroxylase immunostaining and high-performance liquid chromatography. Behavioral testing was carried out at each time point to study the onset and progression of motor impairments as a function of dopamine loss over time. We found that spontaneous locomotion, measured in an open field, was robust until ∼70% of striatal dopamine was lost. Beyond this point, additional dopamine loss caused a sharp decline in motor performance, reaching a final level comparable to that of acutely depleted mice. Similarly, although rearing behavior was more sensitive to dopamine loss and declined linearly as a function of dopamine levels, it eventually declined to levels similar to those seen in acutely depleted mice. In contrast, motor coordination, measured on a vertical pole task, was only moderately impaired in gradually depleted mice, despite severe impairments observed in acutely depleted mice. These results demonstrate the importance of the temporal profile of dopamine loss on the magnitude and progression of behavioral impairments. Our gradual depletion model thus establishes a new paradigm with which to study how circuits respond and adapt to dopamine loss over time, information which could uncover important cellular events during the prodromal phase of PD that ultimately impact the presentation or treatability of behavioral symptoms.
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- A M Willard
- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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Azodi-Avval R, Gharabaghi A. Phase-dependent modulation as a novel approach for therapeutic brain stimulation. Front Comput Neurosci 2015; 9:26. [PMID: 25767446 PMCID: PMC4341563 DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2015.00026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2014] [Accepted: 02/09/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Closed-loop paradigms provide us with the opportunity to optimize stimulation protocols for perturbation of pathological oscillatory activity in brain-related disorders. In this vein, spiking activity of motor cortex neurons and beta activity of local field potentials in the subthalamic nucleus have both been used independently of each other as neuronal signals to trigger deep brain stimulation for alleviating Parkinsonism. These approaches were superior to the standard continuous high-frequency stimulation protocols used in daily practice. However, they achieved their effects by bursts of stimulation that were applied at high-frequency as well, i.e., independent of the phase information in the stimulated region. In this context, we propose that, by timing stimulation pulses relative to the ongoing oscillation, an alternative approach, namely the targeted perturbation of pathological rhythms, could be obtained. In this modeling study, we first captured the underlying dynamics of neuronal oscillations in the human subthalamic nucleus by phased coupled neuronal oscillators. We then quantified the nature of the interaction between these coupled oscillators by obtaining a physiologically informed phase response curve from local field potentials. Reconstruction of the phase response curve predicted the sensitivity of the phase oscillator to external stimuli, revealing phase intervals that optimally maximized the degree of perturbation. We conclude that our specifically timed intervention based on the coupled oscillator concept will enable us to identify personalized ways of delivering stimulation pulses in closed-loop paradigms triggered by the phase of pathological oscillations. This will pave the way for novel physiological insights and substantial clinical benefits. In addition, this precisely phased modulation may be capable of modifying the effective interactions between oscillators in an entirely new manner.
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- Ramin Azodi-Avval
- Division of Functional and Restorative Neurosurgery and Division of Translational Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, Germany ; Neuroprosthetics Research Group, Werner Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, Germany
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- Division of Functional and Restorative Neurosurgery and Division of Translational Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, Germany ; Neuroprosthetics Research Group, Werner Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, Germany
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