Philip Pavlovsky , Anna Gamaleya , Svetlana Asriyants , Alexey Tomskiy , Veronika Filyushkina , Dmitry Napalkov , Alexey Sedov
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Abstract
Objective
We aimed to investigate the differences in activity of globus pallidus externus (GPe) and internus (GPi) in Parkinson’s disease (PD) following levodopa uptake in comparison with the unmedicated state.
Methods
We compared single unit activity of the GPe and the GPi of two parkinsonian patients who exhibited levodopa-induced dyskinesias (LID) during deep brain stimulation surgeries with three unmedicated patients with comparable levodopa response. We focused on discharge rates, firing patterns and oscillatory properties of the neurons.
Results
We observed that the majority of the GPi neurons fired less frequently and regularly following levodopa administration, but no uniform differences were found in the GPe. We found no units oscillating in low beta (12–20 Hz) in either state, but several GPi cells demonstrated oscillatory discharge in 4–5 Hz and 20–30 Hz on medication.
Conclusions
Our findings suggest that the GPi is more uniformly responsive to levodopa than the GPe. They also point towards the plausible need for revisiting the model of beta oscillations’ emergence as a result of synchronized bursting in the STN-GPe-GPi network.
Significance
Our study investigates the effect of dopamine-replacement therapy with levodopa on the GPe and GPi at the single-cell level, contributing to understanding the PD pathophysiology.
期刊介绍:
As of January 1999, The journal Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, and its two sections Electromyography and Motor Control and Evoked Potentials have amalgamated to become this journal - Clinical Neurophysiology.
Clinical Neurophysiology is the official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology, the Brazilian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology, the Czech Society of Clinical Neurophysiology, the Italian Clinical Neurophysiology Society and the International Society of Intraoperative Neurophysiology.The journal is dedicated to fostering research and disseminating information on all aspects of both normal and abnormal functioning of the nervous system. The key aim of the publication is to disseminate scholarly reports on the pathophysiology underlying diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system of human patients. Clinical trials that use neurophysiological measures to document change are encouraged, as are manuscripts reporting data on integrated neuroimaging of central nervous function including, but not limited to, functional MRI, MEG, EEG, PET and other neuroimaging modalities.