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Rolim Sales M, Yanchuk S, Kurths J. Recurrent chaotic clustering and slow chaos in adaptive networks. CHAOS (WOODBURY, N.Y.) 2024; 34:063144. [PMID: 38934726 DOI: 10.1063/5.0205458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2024] [Accepted: 06/05/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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Adaptive dynamical networks are network systems in which the structure co-evolves and interacts with the dynamical state of the nodes. We study an adaptive dynamical network in which the structure changes on a slower time scale relative to the fast dynamics of the nodes. We identify a phenomenon we refer to as recurrent adaptive chaotic clustering (RACC), in which chaos is observed on a slow time scale, while the fast time scale exhibits regular dynamics. Such slow chaos is further characterized by long (relative to the fast time scale) regimes of frequency clusters or frequency-synchronized dynamics, interrupted by fast jumps between these regimes. We also determine parameter values where the time intervals between jumps are chaotic and show that such a state is robust to changes in parameters and initial conditions.
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- Matheus Rolim Sales
- Department of Physics, São Paulo State University, Rio Claro 13506-900, SP, Brazil
- Graduate Program in Sciences, State University of Ponta Grossa, Ponta Grossa 84030-900, PR, Brazil
- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Member of the Leibniz Association, P.O. Box 6012 03, Potsdam D-14412, Germany
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- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Member of the Leibniz Association, P.O. Box 6012 03, Potsdam D-14412, Germany
- School of Mathematical Sciences, University College Cork, Western Road, Cork T12 XF62, Ireland
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- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Member of the Leibniz Association, P.O. Box 6012 03, Potsdam D-14412, Germany
- Institute of Physics, Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin 10099, Germany
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Duchet B, Bick C, Byrne Á. Mean-Field Approximations With Adaptive Coupling for Networks With Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity. Neural Comput 2023; 35:1481-1528. [PMID: 37437202 PMCID: PMC10422128 DOI: 10.1162/neco_a_01601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2022] [Accepted: 04/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/14/2023]
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Understanding the effect of spike-timing-dependent plasticity (STDP) is key to elucidating how neural networks change over long timescales and to design interventions aimed at modulating such networks in neurological disorders. However, progress is restricted by the significant computational cost associated with simulating neural network models with STDP and by the lack of low-dimensional description that could provide analytical insights. Phase-difference-dependent plasticity (PDDP) rules approximate STDP in phase oscillator networks, which prescribe synaptic changes based on phase differences of neuron pairs rather than differences in spike timing. Here we construct mean-field approximations for phase oscillator networks with STDP to describe part of the phase space for this very high-dimensional system. We first show that single-harmonic PDDP rules can approximate a simple form of symmetric STDP, while multiharmonic rules are required to accurately approximate causal STDP. We then derive exact expressions for the evolution of the average PDDP coupling weight in terms of network synchrony. For adaptive networks of Kuramoto oscillators that form clusters, we formulate a family of low-dimensional descriptions based on the mean-field dynamics of each cluster and average coupling weights between and within clusters. Finally, we show that such a two-cluster mean-field model can be fitted to synthetic data to provide a low-dimensional approximation of a full adaptive network with symmetric STDP. Our framework represents a step toward a low-dimensional description of adaptive networks with STDP, and could for example inform the development of new therapies aimed at maximizing the long-lasting effects of brain stimulation.
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- Benoit Duchet
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Oxford, Oxford X3 9DU, U.K
- MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford X1 3TH, U.K.
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- Department of Mathematics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1081 HV, the Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience-Systems and Network Neuroscience, Amsterdam 1081 HV, the Netherlands
- Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford X2 6GG, U.K.
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- School of Mathematics and Statistics, University College Dublin, Dublin D04 V1W8, Ireland
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Sawicki J, Berner R, Loos SAM, Anvari M, Bader R, Barfuss W, Botta N, Brede N, Franović I, Gauthier DJ, Goldt S, Hajizadeh A, Hövel P, Karin O, Lorenz-Spreen P, Miehl C, Mölter J, Olmi S, Schöll E, Seif A, Tass PA, Volpe G, Yanchuk S, Kurths J. Perspectives on adaptive dynamical systems. CHAOS (WOODBURY, N.Y.) 2023; 33:071501. [PMID: 37486668 DOI: 10.1063/5.0147231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Accepted: 05/24/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023]
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Adaptivity is a dynamical feature that is omnipresent in nature, socio-economics, and technology. For example, adaptive couplings appear in various real-world systems, such as the power grid, social, and neural networks, and they form the backbone of closed-loop control strategies and machine learning algorithms. In this article, we provide an interdisciplinary perspective on adaptive systems. We reflect on the notion and terminology of adaptivity in different disciplines and discuss which role adaptivity plays for various fields. We highlight common open challenges and give perspectives on future research directions, looking to inspire interdisciplinary approaches.
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- Jakub Sawicki
- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
- Akademie Basel, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW, Leonhardsstrasse 6, 4009 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Newtonstraße 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- DAMTP, University of Cambridge, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 0WA, United Kingdom
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- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing, Schloss Birlinghoven, 53757 Sankt-Augustin, Germany
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- Institute of Systematic Musicology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Transdisciplinary Research Area: Sustainable Futures, University of Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany
- Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany
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- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
- Department of Computer Science, University of Potsdam, An der Bahn 2, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Scientific Computing Laboratory, Center for the Study of Complex Systems, Institute of Physics Belgrade, University of Belgrade, Pregrevica 118, 11080 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Physics, International School of Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy
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- Research Group Comparative Neuroscience, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Center for Adaptive Rationality, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Lentzeallee 94, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Akademie Basel, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW, Leonhardsstrasse 6, 4009 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Mathematics, School of Computation, Information and Technology, Technical University of Munich, Boltzmannstraße 3, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany
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- Akademie Basel, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW, Leonhardsstrasse 6, 4009 Basel, Switzerland
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- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
- Akademie Basel, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW, Leonhardsstrasse 6, 4009 Basel, Switzerland
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94304, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
- Department of Physics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Newtonstraße 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
- Department of Physics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Newtonstraße 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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Fisher RS. Deep brain stimulation of thalamus for epilepsy. Neurobiol Dis 2023; 179:106045. [PMID: 36809846 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2023.106045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2022] [Revised: 02/10/2023] [Accepted: 02/13/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
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Neuromodulation (neurostimulation) is a relatively new and rapidly growing treatment for refractory epilepsy. Three varieties are approved in the US: vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), deep brain stimulation (DBS) and responsive neurostimulation (RNS). This article reviews thalamic DBS for epilepsy. Among many thalamic sub-nuclei, DBS for epilepsy has been targeted to the anterior nucleus (ANT), centromedian nucleus (CM), dorsomedial nucleus (DM) and pulvinar (PULV). Only ANT is FDA-approved, based upon a controlled clinical trial. Bilateral stimulation of ANT reduced seizures by 40.5% at three months in the controlled phase (p = .038) and 75% by 5 years in the uncontrolled phase. Side effects related to paresthesias, acute hemorrhage, infection, occasional increased seizures, and usually transient effects on mood and memory. Efficacy was best documented for focal onset seizures in temporal or frontal lobe. CM stimulation may be useful for generalized or multifocal seizures and PULV for posterior limbic seizures. Mechanisms of DBS for epilepsy are largely unknown, but animal work points to changes in receptors, channels, neurotransmitters, synapses, network connectivity and neurogenesis. Personalization of therapies, in terms of connectivity of the seizure onset zone to the thalamic sub- nucleus and individual characteristics of the seizures, might lead to improved efficacy. Many questions remain about DBS, including the best candidates for different types of neuromodulation, the best targets, the best stimulation parameters, how to minimize side effects and how to deliver current noninvasively. Despite the questions, neuromodulation provides useful new opportunities to treat people with refractory seizures not responding to medicines and not amenable to resective surgery.
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- Robert S Fisher
- Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences and Neurosurgery by Courtesy, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, 213 Quarry Road, Room 4865, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA.
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Chauhan K, Khaledi-Nasab A, Neiman AB, Tass PA. Dynamics of phase oscillator networks with synaptic weight and structural plasticity. Sci Rep 2022; 12:15003. [PMID: 36056151 PMCID: PMC9440105 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-19417-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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We study the dynamics of Kuramoto oscillator networks with two distinct adaptation processes, one varying the coupling strengths and the other altering the network structure. Such systems model certain networks of oscillatory neurons where the neuronal dynamics, synaptic weights, and network structure interact with and shape each other. We model synaptic weight adaptation with spike-timing-dependent plasticity (STDP) that runs on a longer time scale than neuronal spiking. Structural changes that include addition and elimination of contacts occur at yet a longer time scale than the weight adaptations. First, we study the steady-state dynamics of Kuramoto networks that are bistable and can settle in synchronized or desynchronized states. To compare the impact of adding structural plasticity, we contrast the network with only STDP to one with a combination of STDP and structural plasticity. We show that the inclusion of structural plasticity optimizes the synchronized state of a network by allowing for synchronization with fewer links than a network with STDP alone. With non-identical units in the network, the addition of structural plasticity leads to the emergence of correlations between the oscillators' natural frequencies and node degrees. In the desynchronized regime, the structural plasticity decreases the number of contacts, leading to a sparse network. In this way, adding structural plasticity strengthens both synchronized and desynchronized states of a network. Second, we use desynchronizing coordinated reset stimulation and synchronizing periodic stimulation to induce desynchronized and synchronized states, respectively. Our findings indicate that a network with a combination of STDP and structural plasticity may require stronger and longer stimulation to switch between the states than a network with STDP only.
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- Kanishk Chauhan
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 45701, USA.
- Neuroscience Program, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 45701, USA.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 45701, USA
- Neuroscience Program, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 45701, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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Franović I, Eydam S, Yanchuk S, Berner R. Collective Activity Bursting in a Population of Excitable Units Adaptively Coupled to a Pool of Resources. FRONTIERS IN NETWORK PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 2:841829. [PMID: 36926089 PMCID: PMC10013072 DOI: 10.3389/fnetp.2022.841829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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We study the collective dynamics in a population of excitable units (neurons) adaptively interacting with a pool of resources. The resource pool is influenced by the average activity of the population, whereas the feedback from the resources to the population is comprised of components acting homogeneously or inhomogeneously on individual units of the population. Moreover, the resource pool dynamics is assumed to be slow and has an oscillatory degree of freedom. We show that the feedback loop between the population and the resources can give rise to collective activity bursting in the population. To explain the mechanisms behind this emergent phenomenon, we combine the Ott-Antonsen reduction for the collective dynamics of the population and singular perturbation theory to obtain a reduced system describing the interaction between the population mean field and the resources.
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- Igor Franović
- Scientific Computing Laboratory, Center for the Study of Complex Systems, Institute of Physics Belgrade, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Neural Circuits and Computations Unit, RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Wako, Japan
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- Institut für Mathematik, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany
- Institut für Mathematik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Wang J, Fergus SP, Johnson LA, Nebeck SD, Zhang J, Kulkarni S, Bokil H, Molnar GF, Vitek JL. Shuffling Improves the Acute and Carryover Effect of Subthalamic Coordinated Reset Deep Brain Stimulation. Front Neurol 2022; 13:716046. [PMID: 35250798 PMCID: PMC8894645 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2022.716046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Coordinated reset deep brain stimulation (CR DBS) in the subthalamic nucleus (STN) has been demonstrated effective for the treatment of the motor signs associated with Parkinson's disease (PD). A critical CR parameter is an order in which stimulation is delivered across contacts. The relative effect of alternating vs. not alternating this order, i.e., shuffling vs. non-shuffling, however, has not been evaluated in vivo. The objective of this study is to compare the effect of shuffled vs. non-shuffled STN CR DBS on Parkinsonian motor signs. Two Parkinsonian non-human primates were implanted with a DBS lead in the STN. The effects of STN CR DBS with and without shuffling were compared with the traditional isochronal DBS (tDBS) using a within-subject design. For each stimulation setting, DBS was delivered for 2 or 4 h/day for 5 consecutive days. The severity of PD was assessed using a modified clinical rating scale immediately before, during, and 1 h after DBS, as well as on days following the discontinuation of the 5 days of daily stimulation, i.e., carryover effect. Shuffled STN CR DBS produced greater acute and carryover improvements on Parkinsonian motor signs compared with non-shuffled CR. Moreover, this difference was more pronounced when more effective stimulation intensity and burst frequency settings were used. tDBS showed limited carryover effects. Given the significant effect of shuffling on the effectiveness of CR DBS, it will be critical for future studies to further define the relative role of different CR parameters for the clinical implementation of this novel stimulation paradigm.
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- Jing Wang
- Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States,*Correspondence: Jing Wang
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- Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Boston Scientific Neuromodulation, Valencia, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States,Jerrold L. Vitek
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Pfeifer KJ, Cook AJ, Yankulova JK, Mortimer BJP, Erickson-DiRenzo E, Dhall R, Montaser-Kouhsari L, Tass PA. Clinical Efficacy and Dosing of Vibrotactile Coordinated Reset Stimulation in Motor and Non-motor Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease: A Study Protocol. Front Neurol 2021; 12:758481. [PMID: 34867742 PMCID: PMC8636796 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.758481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Enhanced neuronal synchronization of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) is commonly found in PD patients and corresponds to decreased motor ability. Coordinated reset (CR) was developed to decouple synchronized states causing long lasting desynchronization of neural networks. Vibrotactile CR stimulation (vCR) was developed as non-invasive therapeutic that delivers gentle vibrations to the fingertips. A previous study has shown that vCR can desynchronize abnormal brain rhythms within the sensorimotor cortex of PD patients, corresponding to sustained motor relief after 3 months of daily treatment. To further develop vCR, we created a protocol that has two phases. Study 1, a double blinded randomized sham-controlled study, is designed to address motor and non-motor symptoms, sensorimotor integration, and potential calibration methods. Study 2 examines dosing effects of vCR using a remote study design. In Study 1, we will perform a 7-month double-blind sham-controlled study including 30 PD patients randomly placed into an active vCR or inactive (sham) vCR condition. Patients will receive stimulation for 4 h a day in 2-h blocks for 6 months followed by a 1-month pause in stimulation to assess long lasting effects. Our primary outcome measure is the Movement Disorders Society-Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) part III off medication after 6 months of treatment. Secondary measures include a freezing of gait (FOG) questionnaire, objective motor evaluations, sensorimotor electroencephalography (EEG) results, a vibratory temporal discrimination task (VTDT), non-motor symptom evaluations/tests such as sleep, smell, speech, quality of life measurements and Levodopa Equivalent Daily Dose (LEDD). Patients will be evaluated at baseline, 3, 6, and 7 months. In the second, unblinded study phase (Study 2), all patients will be given the option to receive active vCR stimulation at a reduced dose for an additional 6 months remotely. The remote MDS-UPDRS part III off medication will be our primary outcome measure. Secondary measures include sleep, quality of life, objective motor evaluations, FOG and LEDD. Patients will be evaluated in the same time periods as the first study. Results from this study will provide clinical efficacy of vCR and help validate our investigational vibrotactile device for the purpose of obtaining FDA clearance. Clinical Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov, identifier: NCT04877015.
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- Kristina J. Pfeifer
- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Otolarygology Head and Neck Surgery/Laryngology Division, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Center for Neurodegenerative Disorders, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States
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- Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
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Manos T, Diaz-Pier S, Tass PA. Long-Term Desynchronization by Coordinated Reset Stimulation in a Neural Network Model With Synaptic and Structural Plasticity. Front Physiol 2021; 12:716556. [PMID: 34566681 PMCID: PMC8455881 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.716556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Several brain disorders are characterized by abnormal neuronal synchronization. To specifically counteract abnormal neuronal synchrony and, hence, related symptoms, coordinated reset (CR) stimulation was computationally developed. In principle, successive epochs of synchronizing and desynchronizing stimulation may reversibly move neural networks with plastic synapses back and forth between stable regimes with synchronized and desynchronized firing. Computationally derived predictions have been verified in pre-clinical and clinical studies, paving the way for novel therapies. However, as yet, computational models were not able to reproduce the clinically observed increase of desynchronizing effects of regularly administered CR stimulation intermingled by long stimulation-free epochs. We show that this clinically important phenomenon can be computationally reproduced by taking into account structural plasticity (SP), a mechanism that deletes or generates synapses in order to homeostatically adapt the firing rates of neurons to a set point-like target firing rate in the course of days to months. If we assume that CR stimulation favorably reduces the target firing rate of SP, the desynchronizing effects of CR stimulation increase after long stimulation-free epochs, in accordance with clinically observed phenomena. Our study highlights the pivotal role of stimulation- and dosing-induced modulation of homeostatic set points in therapeutic processes.
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- Thanos Manos
- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Brain and Behaviour (INM-7), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany.,Medical Faculty, Institute of Systems Neuroscience, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.,Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Modélisation, CNRS, UMR 8089, CY Cergy Paris Université, Cergy-Pontoise Cedex, France
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- Simulation & Data Lab Neuroscience, Institute for Advanced Simulation, Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, JARA, Jülich, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
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Berner R, Yanchuk S, Schöll E. What adaptive neuronal networks teach us about power grids. Phys Rev E 2021; 103:042315. [PMID: 34005899 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.103.042315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 04/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Power grid networks, as well as neuronal networks with synaptic plasticity, describe real-world systems of tremendous importance for our daily life. The investigation of these seemingly unrelated types of dynamical networks has attracted increasing attention over the past decade. In this paper, we provide insight into the fundamental relation between these two types of networks. For this, we consider well-established models based on phase oscillators and show their intimate relation. In particular, we prove that phase oscillator models with inertia can be viewed as a particular class of adaptive networks. This relation holds even for more general classes of power grid models that include voltage dynamics. As an immediate consequence of this relation, we discover a plethora of multicluster states for phase oscillators with inertia. Moreover, the phenomenon of cascading line failure in power grids is translated into an adaptive neuronal network.
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- Rico Berner
- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstraße 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany
- Institut für Mathematik, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 136, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Mathematik, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 136, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstraße 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany
- Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin, Humboldt-Universität, 10115 Berlin, Germany
- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Telegrafenberg A 31, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
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Berner R, Vock S, Schöll E, Yanchuk S. Desynchronization Transitions in Adaptive Networks. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 126:028301. [PMID: 33512200 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.028301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2020] [Revised: 11/04/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Adaptive networks change their connectivity with time, depending on their dynamical state. While synchronization in structurally static networks has been studied extensively, this problem is much more challenging for adaptive networks. In this Letter, we develop the master stability approach for a large class of adaptive networks. This approach allows for reducing the synchronization problem for adaptive networks to a low-dimensional system, by decoupling topological and dynamical properties. We show how the interplay between adaptivity and network structure gives rise to the formation of stability islands. Moreover, we report a desynchronization transition and the emergence of complex partial synchronization patterns induced by an increasing overall coupling strength. We illustrate our findings using adaptive networks of coupled phase oscillators and FitzHugh-Nagumo neurons with synaptic plasticity.
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- Rico Berner
- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstrasse 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany
- Institut für Mathematik, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 136, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstrasse 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstrasse 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany
- Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin, Humboldt-Universität, Philippstraße 13, 10115 Berlin, Germany
- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Telegrafenberg A 31, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
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- Institut für Mathematik, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 136, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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Munjal T, Silchenko AN, Pfeifer KJ, Han SS, Yankulova JK, Fitzgerald MB, Adamchic I, Tass PA. Treatment Tone Spacing and Acute Effects of Acoustic Coordinated Reset Stimulation in Tinnitus Patients. FRONTIERS IN NETWORK PHYSIOLOGY 2021; 1:734344. [PMID: 36925569 PMCID: PMC10012992 DOI: 10.3389/fnetp.2021.734344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2021] [Accepted: 09/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Acoustic coordinated reset (aCR) therapy for tinnitus aims to desynchronize neuronal populations in the auditory cortex that exhibit pathologically increased coincident firing. The original therapeutic paradigm involves fixed spacing of four low-intensity tones centered around the frequency of a tone matching the tinnitus pitch, f T , but it is unknown whether these tones are optimally spaced for induction of desynchronization. Computational and animal studies suggest that stimulus amplitude, and relatedly, spatial stimulation profiles, of coordinated reset pulses can have a major impact on the degree of desynchronization achievable. In this study, we transform the tone spacing of aCR into a scale that takes into account the frequency selectivity of the auditory system at each therapeutic tone's center frequency via a measure called the gap index. Higher gap indices are indicative of more loosely spaced aCR tones. The gap index was found to be a significant predictor of symptomatic improvement, with larger gap indices, i.e., more loosely spaced aCR tones, resulting in reduction of tinnitus loudness and annoyance scores in the acute stimulation setting. A notable limitation of this study is the intimate relationship of hearing impairment with the gap index. Particularly, the shape of the audiogram in the vicinity of the tinnitus frequency can have a major impact on tone spacing. However, based on our findings we suggest hypotheses-based experimental protocols that may help to disentangle the impact of hearing loss and tone spacing on clinical outcome, to assess the electrophysiologic correlates of clinical improvement, and to elucidate the effects following chronic rather than acute stimulation.
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- Tina Munjal
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States.,Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-7: Brain and Behavior), Jülich Research Center, Jülich, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States.,Quantitative Sciences Unit, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiology, Klinikum Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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Frequency cluster formation and slow oscillations in neural populations with plasticity. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0225094. [PMID: 31725782 PMCID: PMC6855470 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2019] [Accepted: 10/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We report the phenomenon of frequency clustering in a network of Hodgkin-Huxley neurons with spike timing-dependent plasticity. The clustering leads to a splitting of a neural population into a few groups synchronized at different frequencies. In this regime, the amplitude of the mean field undergoes low-frequency modulations, which may contribute to the mechanism of the emergence of slow oscillations of neural activity observed in spectral power of local field potentials or electroencephalographic signals at high frequencies. In addition to numerical simulations of such multi-clusters, we investigate the mechanisms of the observed phenomena using the simplest case of two clusters. In particular, we propose a phenomenological model which describes the dynamics of two clusters taking into account the adaptation of coupling weights. We also determine the set of plasticity functions (update rules), which lead to multi-clustering.
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Berner R, Fialkowski J, Kasatkin D, Nekorkin V, Yanchuk S, Schöll E. Hierarchical frequency clusters in adaptive networks of phase oscillators. CHAOS (WOODBURY, N.Y.) 2019; 29:103134. [PMID: 31675820 DOI: 10.1063/1.5097835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2019] [Accepted: 10/03/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Adaptive dynamical networks appear in various real-word systems. One of the simplest phenomenological models for investigating basic properties of adaptive networks is the system of coupled phase oscillators with adaptive couplings. In this paper, we investigate the dynamics of this system. We extend recent results on the appearance of hierarchical frequency multiclusters by investigating the effect of the time scale separation. We show that the slow adaptation in comparison with the fast phase dynamics is necessary for the emergence of the multiclusters and their stability. Additionally, we study the role of double antipodal clusters, which appear to be unstable for all considered parameter values. We show that such states can be observed for a relatively long time, i.e., they are metastable. A geometrical explanation for such an effect is based on the emergence of a heteroclinic orbit.
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- Rico Berner
- Institute of Theoretical Physics, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstr. 36, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Theoretical Physics, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstr. 36, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Applied Physics of RAS, 46 Ul'yanov Street, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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- Institute of Applied Physics of RAS, 46 Ul'yanov Street, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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- Institute of Mathematics, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 136, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Theoretical Physics, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstr. 36, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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Acoustic coordinated reset therapy for tinnitus with perceptually relevant frequency spacing and levels. Sci Rep 2019; 9:13607. [PMID: 31541169 PMCID: PMC6754374 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-49945-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2019] [Accepted: 09/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Acoustic coordinated reset (CR) therapy based on neuromodulation and neuroplasticity principles has been proposed for the treatment of tonal tinnitus. The original therapy involved periodic delivery of randomly ordered sequences of four low-level tones centered around the frequency of a tone that matched the tinnitus pitch, fT, with fixed ratios relative to fT and delivered several hours/day over several weeks. Here we transform the original CR tone selection method to a more perceptually-relevant equivalent rectangular bandwidth (ERB) frequency scale, the ERBN-number scale. Specifically, we provide a mathematical model that enables calculation of CR tones that accounts for fT- and hearing loss-related ERB widening and ERB overlaps and gaps of CR tone alignments. Further, the model ensures symmetric CR tone alignments based on modelling studies that indicate the effect is optimal if the CR stimuli are symmetrically spaced relative to the tinnitus-related population of abnormally synchronized cortical neurons to activate the adjacent sub-populations. We also present experimentally testable ERB-based CR tone alignment strategies and explain how to use the ERB-based model in experiments, clinical studies, other types of tinnitus sound treatment such as tailor-made notch music training and limitations of our approach.
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Nikitin D, Omelchenko I, Zakharova A, Avetyan M, Fradkov AL, Schöll E. Complex partial synchronization patterns in networks of delay-coupled neurons. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. SERIES A, MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL, AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 2019; 377:20180128. [PMID: 31329071 PMCID: PMC6661322 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2018.0128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/21/2019] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We study the spatio-temporal dynamics of a multiplex network of delay-coupled FitzHugh-Nagumo oscillators with non-local and fractal connectivities. Apart from chimera states, a new regime of coexistence of slow and fast oscillations is found. An analytical explanation for the emergence of such coexisting partial synchronization patterns is given. Furthermore, we propose a control scheme for the number of fast and slow neurons in each layer. This article is part of the theme issue 'Nonlinear dynamics of delay systems'.
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- D. Nikitin
- Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Institute for Problems of Mechanical Engineering, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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Kelley P, Evans MDR, Kelley J. Making Memories: Why Time Matters. Front Hum Neurosci 2018; 12:400. [PMID: 30386221 PMCID: PMC6198140 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2018.00400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2017] [Accepted: 09/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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In the last decade advances in human neuroscience have identified the critical importance of time in creating long-term memories. Circadian neuroscience has established biological time functions via cellular clocks regulated by photosensitive retinal ganglion cells and the suprachiasmatic nuclei. Individuals have different circadian clocks depending on their chronotypes that vary with genetic, age, and sex. In contrast, social time is determined by time zones, daylight savings time, and education and employment hours. Social time and circadian time differences can lead to circadian desynchronization, sleep deprivation, health problems, and poor cognitive performance. Synchronizing social time to circadian biology leads to better health and learning, as demonstrated in adolescent education. In-day making memories of complex bodies of structured information in education is organized in social time and uses many different learning techniques. Research in the neuroscience of long-term memory (LTM) has demonstrated in-day time spaced learning patterns of three repetitions of information separated by two rest periods are effective in making memories in mammals and humans. This time pattern is based on the intracellular processes required in synaptic plasticity. Circadian desynchronization, sleep deprivation, and memory consolidation in sleep are less well-understood, though there has been considerable progress in neuroscience research in the last decade. The interplay of circadian, in-day and sleep neuroscience research are creating an understanding of making memories in the first 24-h that has already led to interventions that can improve health and learning.
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- Paul Kelley
- Sleep, Circadian and Memory Neuroscience, The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
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- Sociology and Applied Statistics Program, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, United States
- Sociology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, United States
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- Sociology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, United States
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Tyulmankov D, Tass PA, Bokil H. Periodic flashing coordinated reset stimulation paradigm reduces sensitivity to ON and OFF period durations. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0203782. [PMID: 30192855 PMCID: PMC6128645 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2018] [Accepted: 08/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Pathological synchronization in the basal ganglia network has been considered an important component of Parkinson’s disease pathophysiology. An established treatment for some patients with Parkinson’s disease is deep brain stimulation, in which a tonic high-frequency pulse train is delivered to target regions of the brain. In recent years, a novel neuromodulation paradigm called coordinated reset stimulation has been proposed, which aims to reverse the pathological synchrony by sequentially delivering short high-frequency bursts to distinct sub-regions of the pathologically synchronized network, with an average intra-burst interval for each sub-region corresponding to period of the pathological oscillation. It has further been proposed that the resultant desynchronization can be enhanced when stimulation is interrupted periodically, and that it is particularly beneficial to precisely tune the stimulation ON and OFF time-windows to the underlying pathological frequency. Pre-clinical and clinical studies of coordinated reset stimulation have relied on these proposals for their stimulation protocols. In this study, we present a modified ON-OFF coordinated reset stimulation paradigm called periodic flashing and study its behavior through computational modeling using the Kuramoto coupled phase oscillator model. We demonstrate that in contrast to conventional coordinated reset stimulation, the periodic flashing variation does not exhibit a need for precise turning of the ON-OFF periods to the pathological frequency, and demonstrates desynchronization for a wide range of ON and OFF periods. We provide a mechanistic explanation for the previously observed sensitivities and demonstrate that they are an artifact of the specific ON-OFF cycling paradigm used. As a practical consequence, the periodic flashing paradigm simplifies the tuning of optimal stimulation parameters by decreasing the dimension of the search space. It also suggests new, more flexible ways of delivering coordinated reset stimulation.
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- Danil Tyulmankov
- Boston Scientific Neuromodulation, Valencia, California, United States of America
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Boston Scientific Neuromodulation, Valencia, California, United States of America
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How stimulation frequency and intensity impact on the long-lasting effects of coordinated reset stimulation. PLoS Comput Biol 2018; 14:e1006113. [PMID: 29746458 PMCID: PMC5963814 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2017] [Revised: 05/22/2018] [Accepted: 04/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Several brain diseases are characterized by abnormally strong neuronal synchrony. Coordinated Reset (CR) stimulation was computationally designed to specifically counteract abnormal neuronal synchronization processes by desynchronization. In the presence of spike-timing-dependent plasticity (STDP) this may lead to a decrease of synaptic excitatory weights and ultimately to an anti-kindling, i.e. unlearning of abnormal synaptic connectivity and abnormal neuronal synchrony. The long-lasting desynchronizing impact of CR stimulation has been verified in pre-clinical and clinical proof of concept studies. However, as yet it is unclear how to optimally choose the CR stimulation frequency, i.e. the repetition rate at which the CR stimuli are delivered. This work presents the first computational study on the dependence of the acute and long-term outcome on the CR stimulation frequency in neuronal networks with STDP. For this purpose, CR stimulation was applied with Rapidly Varying Sequences (RVS) as well as with Slowly Varying Sequences (SVS) in a wide range of stimulation frequencies and intensities. Our findings demonstrate that acute desynchronization, achieved during stimulation, does not necessarily lead to long-term desynchronization after cessation of stimulation. By comparing the long-term effects of the two different CR protocols, the RVS CR stimulation turned out to be more robust against variations of the stimulation frequency. However, SVS CR stimulation can obtain stronger anti-kindling effects. We revealed specific parameter ranges that are favorable for long-term desynchronization. For instance, RVS CR stimulation at weak intensities and with stimulation frequencies in the range of the neuronal firing rates turned out to be effective and robust, in particular, if no closed loop adaptation of stimulation parameters is (technically) available. From a clinical standpoint, this may be relevant in the context of both invasive as well as non-invasive CR stimulation.
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Manos T, Zeitler M, Tass PA. Short-Term Dosage Regimen for Stimulation-Induced Long-Lasting Desynchronization. Front Physiol 2018; 9:376. [PMID: 29706900 PMCID: PMC5906576 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2017] [Accepted: 03/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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In this paper, we computationally generate hypotheses for dose-finding studies in the context of desynchronizing neuromodulation techniques. Abnormally strong neuronal synchronization is a hallmark of several brain disorders. Coordinated Reset (CR) stimulation is a spatio-temporally patterned stimulation technique that specifically aims at disrupting abnormal neuronal synchrony. In networks with spike-timing-dependent plasticity CR stimulation may ultimately cause an anti-kindling, i.e., an unlearning of abnormal synaptic connectivity and neuronal synchrony. This long-lasting desynchronization was theoretically predicted and verified in several pre-clinical and clinical studies. We have shown that CR stimulation with rapidly varying sequences (RVS) robustly induces an anti-kindling at low intensities e.g., if the CR stimulation frequency (i.e., stimulus pattern repetition rate) is in the range of the frequency of the neuronal oscillation. In contrast, CR stimulation with slowly varying sequences (SVS) turned out to induce an anti-kindling more strongly, but less robustly with respect to variations of the CR stimulation frequency. Motivated by clinical constraints and inspired by the spacing principle of learning theory, in this computational study we propose a short-term dosage regimen that enables a robust anti-kindling effect of both RVS and SVS CR stimulation, also for those parameter values where RVS and SVS CR stimulation previously turned out to be ineffective. Intriguingly, for the vast majority of parameter values tested, spaced multishot CR stimulation with demand-controlled variation of stimulation frequency and intensity caused a robust and pronounced anti-kindling. In contrast, spaced CR stimulation with fixed stimulation parameters as well as singleshot CR stimulation of equal integral duration failed to improve the stimulation outcome. In the model network under consideration, our short-term dosage regimen enables to robustly induce long-term desynchronization at comparably short stimulation duration and low integral stimulation duration. Currently, clinical proof of concept is available for deep brain CR stimulation for Parkinson's therapy and acoustic CR stimulation for tinnitus therapy. Promising first in human data is available for vibrotactile CR stimulation for Parkinson's treatment. For the clinical development of these treatments it is mandatory to perform dose-finding studies to reveal optimal stimulation parameters and dosage regimens. Our findings can straightforwardly be tested in human dose-finding studies.
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- Thanos Manos
- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-7), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany
- Institute of Systems Neuroscience, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-7), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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Popovych OV, Lysyansky B, Tass PA. Closed-loop deep brain stimulation by pulsatile delayed feedback with increased gap between pulse phases. Sci Rep 2017; 7:1033. [PMID: 28432303 PMCID: PMC5430852 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-01067-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2016] [Accepted: 03/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Computationally it was shown that desynchronizing delayed feedback stimulation methods are effective closed-loop techniques for the control of synchronization in ensembles of interacting oscillators. We here computationally design stimulation signals for electrical stimulation of neuronal tissue that preserve the desynchronizing delayed feedback characteristics and comply with mandatory charge deposit-related safety requirements. For this, the amplitude of the high-frequency (HF) train of biphasic charge-balanced pulses used by the standard HF deep brain stimulation (DBS) is modulated by the smooth feedback signals. In this way we combine the desynchronizing delayed feedback approach with the HF DBS technique. We show that such a pulsatile delayed feedback stimulation can effectively and robustly desynchronize a network of model neurons comprising subthalamic nucleus and globus pallidus external and suggest this approach for desynchronizing closed-loop DBS. Intriguingly, an interphase gap introduced between the recharging phases of the charge-balanced biphasic pulses can significantly improve the stimulation-induced desynchronization and reduce the amount of the administered stimulation. In view of the recent experimental and clinical studies indicating a superiority of the closed-loop DBS to open-loop HF DBS, our results may contribute to a further development of effective stimulation methods for the treatment of neurological disorders characterized by abnormal neuronal synchronization.
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- Oleksandr V Popovych
- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine - Neuromodulation, Jülich Research Center, Jülich, Germany.
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine - Neuromodulation, Jülich Research Center, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine - Neuromodulation, Jülich Research Center, Jülich, Germany.,Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.,Department of Neuromodulation, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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Popovych OV, Lysyansky B, Rosenblum M, Pikovsky A, Tass PA. Pulsatile desynchronizing delayed feedback for closed-loop deep brain stimulation. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0173363. [PMID: 28273176 PMCID: PMC5342235 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2016] [Accepted: 02/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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High-frequency (HF) deep brain stimulation (DBS) is the gold standard for the treatment of medically refractory movement disorders like Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, and dystonia, with a significant potential for application to other neurological diseases. The standard setup of HF DBS utilizes an open-loop stimulation protocol, where a permanent HF electrical pulse train is administered to the brain target areas irrespectively of the ongoing neuronal dynamics. Recent experimental and clinical studies demonstrate that a closed-loop, adaptive DBS might be superior to the open-loop setup. We here combine the notion of the adaptive high-frequency stimulation approach, that aims at delivering stimulation adapted to the extent of appropriately detected biomarkers, with specifically desynchronizing stimulation protocols. To this end, we extend the delayed feedback stimulation methods, which are intrinsically closed-loop techniques and specifically designed to desynchronize abnormal neuronal synchronization, to pulsatile electrical brain stimulation. We show that permanent pulsatile high-frequency stimulation subjected to an amplitude modulation by linear or nonlinear delayed feedback methods can effectively and robustly desynchronize a STN-GPe network of model neurons and suggest this approach for desynchronizing closed-loop DBS.
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- Oleksandr V. Popovych
- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine - Neuromodulation, Jülich Research Center, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine - Neuromodulation, Jülich Research Center, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine - Neuromodulation, Jülich Research Center, Jülich, Germany
- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Department of Neuromodulation, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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Enriquez-Geppert S, Huster RJ, Herrmann CS. EEG-Neurofeedback as a Tool to Modulate Cognition and Behavior: A Review Tutorial. Front Hum Neurosci 2017; 11:51. [PMID: 28275344 PMCID: PMC5319996 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2016] [Accepted: 01/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Neurofeedback is attracting renewed interest as a method to self-regulate one’s own brain activity to directly alter the underlying neural mechanisms of cognition and behavior. It not only promises new avenues as a method for cognitive enhancement in healthy subjects, but also as a therapeutic tool. In the current article, we present a review tutorial discussing key aspects relevant to the development of electroencephalography (EEG) neurofeedback studies. In addition, the putative mechanisms underlying neurofeedback learning are considered. We highlight both aspects relevant for the practical application of neurofeedback as well as rather theoretical considerations related to the development of new generation protocols. Important characteristics regarding the set-up of a neurofeedback protocol are outlined in a step-by-step way. All these practical and theoretical considerations are illustrated based on a protocol and results of a frontal-midline theta up-regulation training for the improvement of executive functions. Not least, assessment criteria for the validation of neurofeedback studies as well as general guidelines for the evaluation of training efficacy are discussed.
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- Stefanie Enriquez-Geppert
- Department of Clinical and Developmental Neuropsychology, Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Groningen Groningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Oslo Oslo, Norway
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- Experimental Psychology Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Faculty VI Medical and Health Sciences, University of Oldenburg Oldenburg, Germany
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Wang J, Nebeck S, Muralidharan A, Johnson MD, Vitek JL, Baker KB. Coordinated Reset Deep Brain Stimulation of Subthalamic Nucleus Produces Long-Lasting, Dose-Dependent Motor Improvements in the 1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine Non-Human Primate Model of Parkinsonism. Brain Stimul 2016; 9:609-17. [PMID: 27151601 DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2016.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2015] [Revised: 02/25/2016] [Accepted: 03/18/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Novel deep brain stimulation (DBS) paradigms are being explored in an effort to further optimize therapeutic outcome for patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). One approach, termed 'Coordinated Reset' (CR) DBS, was developed to target pathological oscillatory network activity. with desynchronizing effects and associated therapeutic benefit hypothesized to endure beyond cessation of stimulus delivery. OBJECTIVE To characterize the acute and carry-over effects of low-intensity CR DBS versus traditional DBS (tDBS) in the region of the subthalamic nucleus (STN). METHODS A within-subject, block treatment design involving the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) non-human primate model of parkinsonism was used. Each treatment block consisted of five days of daily DBS delivery followed by a one week minimum post-treatment observation window. Motor behavior was quantified using a modified rating scale for both animals combined with an objective, upper-extremity reach task in one animal. RESULTS Both animals demonstrated significant motor improvements during acute tDBS; however, within-session and post-treatment carry-over was limited. Acute motor improvements were also observed in response to low-intensity CR DBS; however, both within- and between-session therapeutic carry-over enhanced progressively following each daily treatment. Moreover, in contrast to tDBS, five consecutive days of CR DBS treatment yielded carry-over benefits that persisted for up to two weeks without additional intervention. Notably, the magnitude and time-course of CR DBS' effects on each animal varied with daily dose-duration, pointing to possible interaction effects involving baseline parkinsonian severity. CONCLUSION Our results support the therapeutic promise of CR DBS for PD, including its potential to induce carryover while reducing both side effect risk and hardware power consumption.
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- Jing Wang
- 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 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 Neuroscience, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
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Zeitler M, Tass PA. Anti-kindling Induced by Two-Stage Coordinated Reset Stimulation with Weak Onset Intensity. Front Comput Neurosci 2016; 10:44. [PMID: 27242500 PMCID: PMC4868855 DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2016.00044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2016] [Accepted: 04/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Abnormal neuronal synchrony plays an important role in a number of brain diseases. To specifically counteract abnormal neuronal synchrony by desynchronization, Coordinated Reset (CR) stimulation, a spatiotemporally patterned stimulation technique, was designed with computational means. In neuronal networks with spike timing–dependent plasticity CR stimulation causes a decrease of synaptic weights and finally anti-kindling, i.e., unlearning of abnormally strong synaptic connectivity and abnormal neuronal synchrony. Long-lasting desynchronizing aftereffects of CR stimulation have been verified in pre-clinical and clinical proof of concept studies. In general, for different neuromodulation approaches, both invasive and non-invasive, it is desirable to enable effective stimulation at reduced stimulation intensities, thereby avoiding side effects. For the first time, we here present a two-stage CR stimulation protocol, where two qualitatively different types of CR stimulation are delivered one after another, and the first stage comes at a particularly weak stimulation intensity. Numerical simulations show that a two-stage CR stimulation can induce the same degree of anti-kindling as a single-stage CR stimulation with intermediate stimulation intensity. This stimulation approach might be clinically beneficial in patients suffering from brain diseases characterized by abnormal neuronal synchrony where a first treatment stage should be performed at particularly weak stimulation intensities in order to avoid side effects. This might, e.g., be relevant in the context of acoustic CR stimulation in tinnitus patients with hyperacusis or in the case of electrical deep brain CR stimulation with sub-optimally positioned leads or side effects caused by stimulation of the target itself. We discuss how to apply our method in first in man and proof of concept studies.
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- Magteld Zeitler
- Research Center Jülich, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Neuromodulation (INM-7) Jülich, Germany
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- Research Center Jülich, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Neuromodulation (INM-7)Jülich, Germany; Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford UniversityStanford, CA, USA; Department of Neuromodulation, University of CologneCologne, Germany
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Lücken L, Popovych OV, Tass PA, Yanchuk S. Noise-enhanced coupling between two oscillators with long-term plasticity. Phys Rev E 2016; 93:032210. [PMID: 27078347 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.93.032210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Spike timing-dependent plasticity is a fundamental adaptation mechanism of the nervous system. It induces structural changes of synaptic connectivity by regulation of coupling strengths between individual cells depending on their spiking behavior. As a biophysical process its functioning is constantly subjected to natural fluctuations. We study theoretically the influence of noise on a microscopic level by considering only two coupled neurons. Adopting a phase description for the neurons we derive a two-dimensional system which describes the averaged dynamics of the coupling strengths. We show that a multistability of several coupling configurations is possible, where some configurations are not found in systems without noise. Intriguingly, it is possible that a strong bidirectional coupling, which is not present in the noise-free situation, can be stabilized by the noise. This means that increased noise, which is normally expected to desynchronize the neurons, can be the reason for an antagonistic response of the system, which organizes itself into a state of stronger coupling and counteracts the impact of noise. This mechanism, as well as a high potential for multistability, is also demonstrated numerically for a coupled pair of Hodgkin-Huxley neurons.
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- Leonhard Lücken
- Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine - Neuromodulation, Jülich Research Center, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine - Neuromodulation, Jülich Research Center, Jülich, Germany.,Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.,Department of Neuromodulation, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics, Berlin, Germany.,Institute of Mathematics, Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Zeitler M, Tass PA. Augmented brain function by coordinated reset stimulation with slowly varying sequences. Front Syst Neurosci 2015; 9:49. [PMID: 25873867 PMCID: PMC4379899 DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2015.00049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2014] [Accepted: 03/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Several brain disorders are characterized by abnormally strong neuronal synchrony. Coordinated Reset (CR) stimulation was developed to selectively counteract abnormal neuronal synchrony by desynchronization. For this, phase resetting stimuli are delivered to different subpopulations in a timely coordinated way. In neural networks with spike timing-dependent plasticity CR stimulation may eventually lead to an anti-kindling, i.e., an unlearning of abnormal synaptic connectivity and abnormal synchrony. The spatiotemporal sequence by which all stimulation sites are stimulated exactly once is called the stimulation site sequence, or briefly sequence. So far, in simulations, pre-clinical and clinical applications CR was applied either with fixed sequences or rapidly varying sequences (RVS). In this computational study we show that appropriate repetition of the sequence with occasional random switching to the next sequence may significantly improve the anti-kindling effect of CR. To this end, a sequence is applied many times before randomly switching to the next sequence. This new method is called SVS CR stimulation, i.e., CR with slowly varying sequences. In a neuronal network with strong short-range excitatory and weak long-range inhibitory dynamic couplings SVS CR stimulation turns out to be superior to CR stimulation with fixed sequences or RVS.
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- Magteld Zeitler
- Research Center Jülich, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Neuromodulation (INM-7) Jülich, Germany
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- Research Center Jülich, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Neuromodulation (INM-7) Jülich, Germany ; Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University Stanford, CA, USA ; Department of Neuromodulation, University of Cologne Cologne, Germany
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Eggermont JJ, Tass PA. Maladaptive neural synchrony in tinnitus: origin and restoration. Front Neurol 2015; 6:29. [PMID: 25741316 PMCID: PMC4330892 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2015.00029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2014] [Accepted: 02/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Tinnitus is the conscious perception of sound heard in the absence of physical sound sources external or internal to the body, reflected in aberrant neural synchrony of spontaneous or resting-state brain activity. Neural synchrony is generated by the nearly simultaneous firing of individual neurons, of the synchronization of membrane-potential changes in local neural groups as reflected in the local field potentials, resulting in the presence of oscillatory brain waves in the EEG. Noise-induced hearing loss, often resulting in tinnitus, causes a reorganization of the tonotopic map in auditory cortex and increased spontaneous firing rates and neural synchrony. Spontaneous brain rhythms rely on neural synchrony. Abnormal neural synchrony in tinnitus appears to be confined to specific frequency bands of brain rhythms. Increases in delta-band activity are generated by deafferented/deprived neuronal networks resulting from hearing loss. Coordinated reset (CR) stimulation was developed in order to specifically counteract such abnormal neuronal synchrony by desynchronization. The goal of acoustic CR neuromodulation is to desynchronize tinnitus-related abnormal delta-band oscillations. CR neuromodulation does not require permanent stimulus delivery in order to achieve long-lasting desynchronization or even a full-blown anti-kindling but may have cumulative effects, i.e., the effect of different CR epochs separated by pauses may accumulate. Unlike other approaches, acoustic CR neuromodulation does not intend to reduce tinnitus-related neuronal activity by employing lateral inhibition. The potential efficacy of acoustic CR modulation was shown in a clinical proof of concept trial, where effects achieved in 12 weeks of treatment delivered 4–6 h/day persisted through a preplanned 4-week therapy pause and showed sustained long-term effects after 10 months of therapy, leading to 75% responders.
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- Jos J Eggermont
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary , Calgary, AB , Canada ; Department of Psychology, University of Calgary , Calgary, AB , Canada
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine - Neuromodulation (INM-7), Research Center Jülich , Jülich , Germany ; Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University , Stanford, CA , USA ; Department of Neuromodulation, University of Cologne , Cologne , Germany
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