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Meszaros C, Kurucz P, Baksa G, Alpar A, Ganslandt O, Brandner S, Barany L. Topographical anatomy of the subthalamic region with special interest in the human medial forebrain bundle. J Neurosurg 2024:1-11. [PMID: 38489821 DOI: 10.3171/2024.1.jns232066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024]
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OBJECTIVE The medial forebrain bundle (MFB) is a novel promising deep brain stimulation (DBS) target in severe affective disorders that courses through the subthalamic region according to tractography studies. Its potential therapeutic role arose in connection with the development of hypomania during stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) in Parkinson's disease, offering an alternative explanation for the occurrence of this side effect. However, until now its course exclusively described by tractography had not yet been confirmed by any anatomical method. The aim of this study was to fill this gap as well as to provide a detailed description of the fiber tracts surrounding the STN to facilitate a better understanding of the background of side effects occurring during STN DBS. METHODS Ten human cadaveric brains (20 hemispheres) and 100 healthy subjects (200 hemispheres) from the S500 Release of the Human Connectome Project were involved in this study. Nineteen hemispheres were dissected according to Klingler's method. One additional hemisphere was prepared for histological examinations to validate the macroscopical results and stained with neurofibril silver impregnation according to Krutsay. The authors also aimed to reconstruct the MFB using tractography and correlated the results with their dissections and histological findings. RESULTS The white matter connections coursing through the subthalamic region were successfully dissected. The ansa lenticularis, lenticular fasciculus, thalamic fasciculus, ipsi- and contralateral cerebellar fibers, and medial lemniscus were revealed as closely related fiber tracts to the STN. However, the existence of a distinct fiber bundle corresponding to the MFB described by tractography could not be identified. Using tractography, the authors showed that the depiction of the streamlines representing the MFB was also strongly dependent on the threshold parameters. CONCLUSIONS According to this study's findings, the streamlines of the MFB described by tractography arise from the limitations of the diffusion-weighted MRI fiber tracking method and actually correspond to subthalamic fiber bundles, especially the ansa lenticularis and lenticular fasciculus, which erroneously continue in the anterior limb of the internal capsule, toward the prefrontal cortex.
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- Cintia Meszaros
- 1Department of Anatomy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- 2Department of Neurosurgery, Katharinenhospital, Klinikum Stuttgart, Germany
- 3Department of Neurosurgery, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany; and
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- 1Department of Anatomy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- 1Department of Anatomy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
- 4MTA-SE NAP Research Group of Experimental Neuroanatomy and Developmental Biology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- 2Department of Neurosurgery, Katharinenhospital, Klinikum Stuttgart, Germany
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- 3Department of Neurosurgery, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany; and
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- 3Department of Neurosurgery, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany; and
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Youn J, Oyama G, Hattori N, Shimo Y, Kuusimäki T, Kaasinen V, Antonini A, Kim D, Lee JI, Cho KR, Cho JW. Subthalamic deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease with SNCA mutations: Based on the follow-up to 10 years. Brain Behav 2022; 12:e2503. [PMID: 35040589 PMCID: PMC8865141 DOI: 10.1002/brb3.2503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Revised: 11/23/2021] [Accepted: 01/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUNDS Although the short-term efficacy of bilateral subthalamic deep brain stimulation (DBS) has been reported in a limited number of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients with SNCA mutations, there are no data for long-term outcome. METHODS This multicenter retrospective study investigated previously reported PD patients with SNCA mutations, implanted with bilateral subthalamic DBS. We compared demographic and clinical data at baseline and last follow-up. Clinical data of motor and nonmotor symptoms and motor fluctuation were collected up to 10 years from DBS surgery. RESULTS Among four subjects, three had SNCA duplication and one had c.158C.A (p.A53E) mutation. The mean post-implantation follow-up duration was 5.4 ± 3.7 years. All patients with SNCA duplication showed favorable outcome, although one died from breast cancer 1.5 years after DBS. The patient with the missense mutation became wheelchair-bound due to progressed axial, cognitive and psychiatric symptoms after 3.5 years from DBS despite the benefit on motor fluctuation. CONCLUSION Based on findings in our small cohort, subthalamic DBS could be beneficial for motor fluctuation in PD patients with SNCA mutations, especially those with SNCA duplication, and cognitive and psychiatric symptoms are important for the long-term outcome of subthalamic DBS.
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- Jinyoung Youn
- Departments of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,Neuroscience Center, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Neurocenter, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.,Clinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Neurocenter, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.,Clinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Parkinson and Movement Disorders Unit, Department of Neurosciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Departments of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,Neuroscience Center, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Departments of Neurosurgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Departments of Neurosurgery, Konkuk University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Departments of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,Neuroscience Center, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Lemaire JJ, De Salles A, Coll G, El Ouadih Y, Chaix R, Coste J, Durif F, Makris N, Kikinis R. MRI Atlas of the Human Deep Brain. Front Neurol 2019; 10:851. [PMID: 31507507 PMCID: PMC6718608 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2019.00851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2019] [Accepted: 07/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Mastering detailed anatomy of the human deep brain in clinical neurosciences is challenging. Although numerous pioneering works have gathered a large dataset of structural and topographic information, it is still difficult to transfer this knowledge into practice, even with advanced magnetic resonance imaging techniques. Thus, classical histological atlases continue to be used to identify structures for stereotactic targeting in functional neurosurgery. Physicians mainly use these atlases as a template co-registered with the patient's brain. However, it is possible to directly identify stereotactic targets on MRI scans, enabling personalized targeting. In order to help clinicians directly identify deep brain structures relevant to present and future medical applications, we built a volumetric MRI atlas of the deep brain (MDBA) on a large scale (infra millimetric). Twelve hypothalamic, 39 subthalamic, 36 telencephalic, and 32 thalamic structures were identified, contoured, and labeled. Nineteen coronal, 18 axial, and 15 sagittal MRI plates were created. Although primarily designed for direct labeling, the anatomic space was also subdivided in twelfths of AC-PC distance, leading to proportional scaling in the coronal, axial, and sagittal planes. This extensive work is now available to clinicians and neuroscientists, offering another representation of the human deep brain ([https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/] [hal-02116633]). The atlas may also be used by computer scientists who are interested in deciphering the topography of this complex region.
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- Jean-Jacques Lemaire
- Service de Neurochirurgie, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Université Clermont Auvergne, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Engineering School SIGMA Clermont, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Radiation Oncology, HCOR Neuroscience, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Service de Neurochirurgie, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Université Clermont Auvergne, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Engineering School SIGMA Clermont, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Service de Neurochirurgie, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Université Clermont Auvergne, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Engineering School SIGMA Clermont, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Service de Neurochirurgie, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Université Clermont Auvergne, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Engineering School SIGMA Clermont, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Service de Neurochirurgie, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Université Clermont Auvergne, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Engineering School SIGMA Clermont, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Service de Neurologie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Université Clermont Auvergne, Engineering School SIGMA Clermont, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Surgical Planning Laboratory, Center for Morphometric Analysis, A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- Surgical Planning Laboratory, Center for Morphometric Analysis, A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.,Robert Greenes Distinguished Director of Biomedical Informatics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.,Computer Science Department, Fraunhofer MEVIS, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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Sánchez-Zavaleta R, Cortés H, Avalos-Fuentes JA, García U, Segovia Vila J, Erlij D, Florán B. Presynaptic cannabinoid CB2 receptors modulate [ 3 H]-Glutamate release at subthalamo-nigral terminals of the rat. Synapse 2018; 72:e22061. [PMID: 30022523 DOI: 10.1002/syn.22061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2018] [Revised: 07/12/2018] [Accepted: 07/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Recent studies suggested the expression of CB2 receptors in neurons of the CNS, however, most of these studies have only explored one aspect of the receptors, i.e., expression of protein, messenger RNA, or functional response, and more complete studies appear to be needed to establish adequately their role in the neuronal function. Electron microscopy studies showed the presence of CB2r in asymmetric terminals of the substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNr), and its mRNA appeared is expressed in the subthalamic nucleus. Here, we explore the expression, source, and functional effects of such receptors by different experimental approaches. Through PCR and immunochemistry, we showed mRNA and protein for CB2rs in slices and primary neuronal cultures from subthalamus. GW833972A, GW405833, and JHW 133, three CB2r agonists dose-dependent inhibited K+ -induced [3 H]-Glutamate release in slices of SNr, and the two antagonist/inverse agonists, JTE-907 and AM630, but not AM281, a CB1r antagonist, prevented GW833972A effect. Subthalamus lesions with kainic acid prevented GW833972A inhibition on release and decreased CB2r protein in nigral synaptosomes, thus nigral CB2rs originate in subthalamus. Inhibition of [3 H]-Glutamate release was PTX- and gallein-sensitive, suggesting a Giβγ -mediated effect. P/Q Ca2+ -type channel blocker, ω-Agatoxin-TK, also inhibited the [3 H]-Glutamate release, this effect was occluded with GW833972A inhibition, indicating that the βγ subunit effect is exerted on Ca2+ channel activity. Finally, microinjections of GW833972A in SNr induced contralateral turning. Our data showed that presynaptic CB2rs inhibit [3 H]-Glutamate release in subthalamo-nigral terminals by P/Q-channels modulation through the Giβγ subunit and suggested their participation in motor behavior.
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- Rodolfo Sánchez-Zavaleta
- Departamento de Fisiología, Biofísica y Neurociencias, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México City, México
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- Laboratorio de Medicina Genómica, Departamento de Genética, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Ciudad de México, México
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Biofísica y Neurociencias, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México City, México
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Biofísica y Neurociencias, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México City, México
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Biofísica y Neurociencias, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México City, México
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- Department of Physiology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Biofísica y Neurociencias, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México City, México
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Elgebaly A, Elfil M, Attia A, Magdy M, Negida A. Neuropsychological performance changes following subthalamic versus pallidal deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and metaanalysis. CNS Spectr 2018; 23:10-23. [PMID: 28236811 DOI: 10.1017/S1092852917000062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Studies comparing subthalamus (STN) and globus pallidus internus (GPi) deep brain stimulation (DBS) for the management of Parkinson's disease in terms of neuropsychological performance are scarce and heterogeneous. Therefore, we performed a systematic review and metaanalysis to compare neuropsychological outcomes following STN DBS versus GPi DBS. METHODS A computer literature search of PubMed, the Web of Science, and Cochrane Central was conducted. Records were screened for eligible studies, and data were extracted and synthesized using Review Manager (v. 5.3 for Windows). RESULTS Seven studies were included in the qualitative synthesis. Of them, four randomized controlled trials (n=345 patients) were pooled in the metaanalysis models. The standardized mean difference (SMD) of change in the Stroop color-naming test favored the GPi DBS group (SMD=-0.31, p=0.009). However, other neuropsychological outcomes did not favor either of the two groups (Stroop word-reading: SMD=-0.21, p=0.08; the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) digits forward: SMD=0.08, p=0.47; Trail Making Test Part A: SMD=-0.05, p=0.65; WAIS-R digit symbol: SMD=-0.16, p=0.29; Trail Making Test Part B: SMD=-0.14, p=0.23; Stroop color-word interference: SMD=-0.16, p=0.18; phonemic verbal fluency: bilateral DBS SMD=-0.04, p=0.73, and unilateral DBS SMD=-0.05, p=0.83; semantic verbal fluency: bilateral DBS SMD=-0.09, p=0.37, and unilateral DBS SMD=-0.29, p=0.22; Boston Naming Test: SMD=-0.11, p=0.33; Beck Depression Inventory: bilateral DBS SMD=0.15, p=0.31, and unilateral DBS SMD=0.36, p=0.11). CONCLUSIONS There was no statistically significant difference in most of the neuropsychological outcomes. The present evidence does not favor any of the targets in terms of neuropsychological performance.
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Neudorfer C, El Majdoub F, Hunsche S, Richter K, Sturm V, Maarouf M. Deep Brain Stimulation of the H Fields of Forel Alleviates Tics in Tourette Syndrome. Front Hum Neurosci 2017; 11:308. [PMID: 28659777 PMCID: PMC5468420 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2017] [Accepted: 05/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The current rationale for target selection in Tourette syndrome revolves around the notion of cortico-basal ganglia circuit involvement in the pathophysiology of the disease. However, despite extensive research, the ideal target for deep brain stimulation (DBS) is still under debate, with many structures being neglected and underexplored. Based on clinical observations and taking into account the prevailing hypotheses of network processing in Tourette syndrome, we chose the fields of Forel, namely field H1, as a target for DBS. The fields of Forel constitute the main link between the striatopallidal system and the thalamocortical network, relaying pallidothalamic projections from core anatomical structures to the thalamic ventral nuclear group. In a retrospective study we investigated two patients suffering from chronic, medically intractable Tourette syndrome who underwent bilateral lead implantation in field H1 of Forel. Clinical scales revealed significant alleviation of tics and comorbid symptoms, namely depression and anxiety, in the postoperative course in both patients.
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- Clemens Neudorfer
- Department of Stereotaxy and Functional Neurosurgery, Cologne-Merheim Medical Center, Witten/Herdecke UniversityCologne, Germany
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- Department of Stereotaxy and Functional Neurosurgery, Cologne-Merheim Medical Center, Witten/Herdecke UniversityCologne, Germany
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- Department of Stereotaxy and Functional Neurosurgery, Cologne-Merheim Medical Center, Witten/Herdecke UniversityCologne, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, LVR Clinics CologneCologne, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of WürzburgWürzburg, Germany
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- Department of Stereotaxy and Functional Neurosurgery, Cologne-Merheim Medical Center, Witten/Herdecke UniversityCologne, Germany
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Kita T, Shigematsu N, Kita H. Intralaminar and tectal projections to the subthalamus in the rat. Eur J Neurosci 2016; 44:2899-2908. [PMID: 27717088 PMCID: PMC5157720 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2016] [Revised: 09/19/2016] [Accepted: 09/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Projections from the posterior intralaminar thalamic nuclei and the superior colliculus (SC) to the subthalamic nucleus (STN) and the zona incerta (ZI) have been described in the primate and rodent. The aims of this study was to investigate several questions on these projections, using modern neurotracing techniques in rats, to advance our understanding of the role of STN and ZI. We examined whether projection patterns to the subthlamus can be used to identify homologues of the primate centromedian (CM) and the parafascicular nucleus (Pf) in the rodent, the topography of the projection including what percent of intralaminar neurons participate in the projections, and electron microscopic examination of intralaminar synaptic boutons in STN. The aim on the SC‐subthalamic projection was to examine whether STN is the main target of the projection. This study revealed: (i) the areas similar to primate CM and Pf could be recognized in the rat; (ii) the Pf‐like area sends a very heavy topographically organized projection to STN but very sparse projection to ZI, which suggested that Pf might control basal ganglia function through STN; (iii) the projection from the CM‐like area to the subthalamus was very sparse; (iv) Pf boutons and randomly sampled asymmetrical synapses had similar distributions on the dendrites of STN neurons; and (v) the lateral part of the deep layers of SC sends a very heavy projection to ZI and moderate to sparse projection to limited parts of STN, suggesting that SC is involved in a limited control of basal ganglia function.
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- Takako Kita
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, College of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 855 Monroe Avenue, Memphis, TN, 38163, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, College of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 855 Monroe Avenue, Memphis, TN, 38163, USA
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Kita T, Osten P, Kita H. Rat subthalamic nucleus and zona incerta share extensively overlapped representations of cortical functional territories. J Comp Neurol 2014; 522:4043-56. [PMID: 25048050 DOI: 10.1002/cne.23655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2014] [Revised: 07/15/2014] [Accepted: 07/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The subthalamic nucleus (STN) and the zona incerta (ZI) are two major structures of the subthalamus. The STN has strong connections between the basal ganglia and related nuclei. The ZI has strong connections between brainstem reticular nuclei, sensory nuclei, and nonspecific thalamic nuclei. Both the STN and ZI receive heavy projections from a subgroup of layer V neurons in the cerebral cortex. The major goal of this study was to investigate the following two questions about the cortico-subthalamic projections using the lentivirus anterograde tracing method in the rat: 1) whether cortical projections to the STN and ZI have independent functional organizations or a global organization encompassing the entire subthalamus as a whole; and 2) how the cortical functional zones are represented in the subthalamus. This study revealed that the subthalamus receives heavy projections from the motor and sensory cortices, that the cortico-subthalamic projections have a large-scale functional organization that encompasses both the STN and two subdivisions of the ZI, and that the group of cortical axons that originate from a particular area of the cortex sequentially innervate and form separate terminal fields in the STN and ZI. The terminal zones formed by different cortical functional areas have highly overlapped and fuzzy borders, as do the somatotopic representations of the sensorimotor cortex in the subthalamus. The present study suggests that the layer V neurons in the wide areas of the sensorimotor cortex simultaneously control STN and ZI neurons. Together with other known afferent and efferent connections, possible new functionality of the STN and ZI is discussed.
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- Takako Kita
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, College of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, 38163
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Baron MS, Chaniary KD, Rice AC, Shapiro SM. Multi-neuronal recordings in the Basal Ganglia in normal and dystonic rats. Front Syst Neurosci 2011; 5:67. [PMID: 21941468 PMCID: PMC3171071 DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2011.00067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2011] [Accepted: 08/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Classical rate-based pathway models are invaluable for conceptualizing direct/indirect basal ganglia pathways, but cannot account for many aspects of normal and abnormal motor control. To better understand the contribution of patterned basal ganglia signaling to normal and pathological motor control, we simultaneously recorded multi-neuronal and EMG activity in normal and dystonic rats. We used the jaundiced Gunn rat model of kernicterus as our experimental model of dystonia. Stainless steel head fixtures were implanted on the skulls and EMG wires were inserted into antagonistic hip muscles in nine dystonic and nine control rats. Under awake, head-restrained conditions, neuronal activity was collected from up to three microelectrodes inserted in the principal motor regions of the globus pallidus (GP), subthalamic nucleus, and entopeduncular nucleus (EP). In normal animals, most neurons discharged in regular or irregular patterns, without appreciable bursting. In contrast, in dystonic animals, neurons discharged in slow bursty or irregular, less bursty patterns. In normal rats, a subset of neurons showed brief discharge bursts coinciding with individual agonist or antagonist EMG bursts. In contrast, in dystonics, movement related discharges were characterized by more prolonged bursts which persist over multiple dystonic co-contraction epics. The pattern of movement related decreases in discharge activity however did not differ in dystonics compared to controls. In severely dystonic rats, exclusively, simultaneously recorded units often showed abnormally synchronized movement related pauses in GP and bursts in EP. In conclusion, our findings support that slow, abnormally patterned neuronal signaling is a fundamental pathophysiological feature of intrinsic basal ganglia nuclei in dystonia. Moreover, from our findings, we suggest that excessive movement related silencing of neuronal signaling in GP profoundly disinhibits EP and in turn contributes to sustained, unfocused dystonic muscle contractions.
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- Mark S. Baron
- Department of Neurology, Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, VA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, VA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, VA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, VA, USA
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Stefani A, Fedele E, Pierantozzi M, Galati S, Marzetti F, Peppe A, Pastore FS, Bernardi G, Stanzione P. Reduced GABA Content in the Motor Thalamus during Effective Deep Brain Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus. Front Syst Neurosci 2011; 5:17. [PMID: 21519387 PMCID: PMC3078559 DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2011.00017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2010] [Accepted: 03/22/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN), in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients, is a well established therapeutic option, but its mechanisms of action are only partially known. In our previous study, the clinical transitions from OFF- to ON-state were not correlated with significant changes of GABA content inside GPi or substantia nigra reticulata. Here, biochemical effects of STN-DBS have been assessed in putamen (PUT), internal pallidus (GPi), and inside the antero-ventral thalamus (VA), the key station receiving pallidothalamic fibers. In 10 advanced PD patients undergoing surgery, microdialysis samples were collected before and during STN-DBS. cGMP, an index of glutamatergic transmission, was measured in GPi and PUT by radioimmunoassay, whereas GABA from VA was measured by HPLC. During clinically effective STN-DBS, we found a significant decrease in GABA extracellular concentrations in VA (−30%). Simultaneously, cGMP extracellular concentrations were enhanced in PUT (+200%) and GPi (+481%). These findings support a thalamic dis-inhibition, in turn re-establishing a more physiological corticostriatal transmission, as the source of motor improvement. They indirectly confirm the relevance of patterning (instead of mere changes of excitability) and suggest that a rigid interpretation of the standard model, at least when it indicates the hyperactive indirect pathway as key feature of hypokinetic signs, is unlikely to be correct. Finally, given the demonstration of a key role of VA in inducing clinical relief, locally administration of drugs modulating GABA transmission in thalamic nuclei could become an innovative therapeutic strategy.
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- Alessandro Stefani
- Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Fondazione S. Lucia, Roma, Italy
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Redgrave P, Coizet V, Comoli E, McHaffie JG, Leriche M, Vautrelle N, Hayes LM, Overton P. Interactions between the Midbrain Superior Colliculus and the Basal Ganglia. Front Neuroanat 2010; 4:132. [PMID: 20941324 PMCID: PMC2952460 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2010.00132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2010] [Accepted: 08/26/2010] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
Abstract
An important component of the architecture of cortico-basal ganglia connections is the parallel, re-entrant looped projections that originate and return to specific regions of the cerebral cortex. However, such loops are unlikely to have been the first evolutionary example of a closed-loop architecture involving the basal ganglia. A phylogenetically older, series of subcortical loops can be shown to link the basal ganglia with many brainstem sensorimotor structures. While the characteristics of individual components of potential subcortical re-entrant loops have been documented, the full extent to which they represent functionally segregated parallel projecting channels remains to be determined. However, for one midbrain structure, the superior colliculus (SC), anatomical evidence for closed-loop connectivity with the basal ganglia is robust, and can serve as an example against which the loop hypothesis can be evaluated for other subcortical structures. Examination of ascending projections from the SC to the thalamus suggests there may be multiple functionally segregated systems. The SC also provides afferent signals to the other principal input nuclei of the basal ganglia, the dopaminergic neurones in substantia nigra and to the subthalamic nucleus. Recent electrophysiological investigations show that the afferent signals originating in the SC carry important information concerning the onset of biologically significant events to each of the basal ganglia input nuclei. Such signals are widely regarded as crucial for the proposed functions of selection and reinforcement learning with which the basal ganglia have so often been associated.
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Affiliation(s)
- Peter Redgrave
- Neuroscience Research Unit, Department of Psychology, University of SheffieldSheffield, UK
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- Neuroscience Research Unit, Department of Psychology, University of SheffieldSheffield, UK
- INSERM U836 - GIN - Unit 1, Joseph Fourier UniversityGrenoble, France
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- Neuroscience Research Unit, Department of Psychology, University of SheffieldSheffield, UK
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São PauloSão Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Wake Forest University School of MedicineWinston Salem, NC, USA
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- Neuroscience Research Unit, Department of Psychology, University of SheffieldSheffield, UK
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- Neuroscience Research Unit, Department of Psychology, University of SheffieldSheffield, UK
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- Neuroscience Research Unit, Department of Psychology, University of SheffieldSheffield, UK
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- Neuroscience Research Unit, Department of Psychology, University of SheffieldSheffield, UK
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Kolomiets BP, Deniau JM, Mailly P, Ménétrey A, Glowinski J, Thierry AM. Segregation and convergence of information flow through the cortico-subthalamic pathways. J Neurosci 2001; 21:5764-72. [PMID: 11466448 PMCID: PMC6762642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2001] [Revised: 05/04/2001] [Accepted: 05/11/2001] [Indexed: 02/20/2023] Open
Abstract
Cortico-basal ganglia circuits are organized in parallel channels. Information flow from functionally distinct cortical areas remains segregated within the striatum and through its direct projections to basal ganglia output structures. Whether such a segregation is maintained in trans-subthalamic circuits is still questioned. The effects of electrical stimulation of prefrontal, motor, and auditory cortex were analyzed in the subthalamic nucleus as well as in the striatum of anesthetized rats. In the striatum, cells (n = 300) presenting an excitatory response to stimulation of these cortical areas were located in distinct striatal territories, and none of the cells responded to two cortical stimulation sites. In the subthalamic nucleus, both prefrontal and motor cortex stimulations induced early and late excitatory responses as a result of activation of the direct cortico-subthalamic pathway and of the indirect cortico-striato-pallido-subthalamic pathway, respectively. Stimulation of the auditory cortex, which does not send direct projection to the subthalamic nucleus, induced only late excitatory responses. Among the subthalamic responding cells (n = 441), a few received both prefrontal and motor cortex (n = 19) or prefrontal and auditory cortex (n = 10) excitatory inputs, whereas a larger number of cells were activated from both motor and auditory cortices (n = 48). The data indicate that the segregation of cortical information flow originating from prefrontal, motor, and auditory cortices that occurred in the striatum is only partly maintained in the subthalamic nucleus. It can be proposed that the existence of specific patterns of convergence of information flow from these functionally distinct cortical areas in the subthalamic nucleus allows interactions between parallel channels.
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- B P Kolomiets
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U114, Chaire de Neuropharmacologie, Collège de France, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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