Publication Database

Deep brain stimulation changes basal ganglia output nuclei firing pattern in the dystonic hamster (2010)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Leblois, Arthur

Reese, René

Labarre, David

Hamann, Melanie

Richter, Angelika

Boraud, Thomas

Meissner, Wassilios G

Quelle

Neurobiology of Disease

Bandzählung: 38

Heftzählung: 2

Seiten: 288 – 298

ISSN: 0969-9961

Sprache

Englisch

Verweise

DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2010.01.020

Pubmed: 20138992

Kontakt

Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie

Koserstr. 20
14195 Berlin
+49 30 838 53221
pharmakologie@vetmed.fu-berlin.de

Abstract / Zusammenfassung

Dystonia is a heterogeneous syndrome of movement disorders characterized by involuntary muscle contractions leading to abnormal movements and postures. While medical treatment is often ineffective, deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the internal pallidum improves dystonia. Here, we studied the impact of DBS in the entopeduncular nucleus (EP), the rodent equivalent of the human globus pallidus internus, on basal ganglia output in the dt(sz)-hamster, a well-characterized model of dystonia by extracellular recordings. Previous work has shown that EP-DBS improves dystonic symptoms in dt(sz)-hamsters. We report that EP-DBS changes firing pattern in the EP, most neurons switching to a less regular firing pattern during DBS. In contrast, EP-DBS did not change the average firing rate of EP neurons. EP neurons display multiphasic responses to each stimulation impulse, likely underlying the disruption of their firing rhythm. Finally, neurons in the substantia nigra pars reticulata display similar responses to EP-DBS, supporting the idea that EP-DBS affects basal ganglia output activity through the activation of common afferent fibers.