Abstract
Thalamic deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an FDA-approved neurosurgical treatment for medication-refractory essential tremor. Its therapeutic benefit is highly dependent upon stimulation frequency and voltage parameters. We investigated these stimulation parameter-dependent effects on neural network activation by performing functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during DBS of the ventral lateral (VL) thalamus and comparing the blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) signals induced by multiple stimulation parameter combinations in a within-subject study of swine. Low (10. Hz) and high (130. Hz) frequency stimulation was applied at 3, 5, and 7. V in the VL thalamus of normal swine (n. =. 5). We found that stimulation frequency and voltage combinations differentially modulated the brain network activity in the sensorimotor cortex, the basal ganglia, and the cerebellum in a parameter-dependent manner. Notably, in the motor cortex, high frequency stimulation generated a negative BOLD response, while low frequency stimulation increased the positive BOLD response. These frequency-dependent differential effects suggest that the VL thalamus is an exemplary target for investigating functional network connectivity associated with therapeutic DBS.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 181-188 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | NeuroImage |
Volume | 105 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 5 2015 |
Keywords
- Deep brain stimulation (DBS)
- Essential tremor (ET)
- FMRI
- High frequency stimulation (HFS)
- Low frequency stimulation (LFS)
- Ventral lateral thalamus (VL thalamus)
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neurology
- Cognitive Neuroscience