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ArticleBiomedical engineering online2019

Selective modulation of neuronal firing by pulse stimulations with different frequencies in rat hippocampus.

Chen Qiu, Zhouyan Feng, Lvpiao Zheng, Weijian Ma

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Article in Biomedical engineering online, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Chen QiuKey Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering of Education Ministry, College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrumentation Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, Zhejiang, China.
Zhouyan FengKey Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering of Education Ministry, College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrumentation Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, Zhejiang, China. fengzhouyan@zju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4110-4239
Lvpiao ZhengKey Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering of Education Ministry, College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrumentation Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, Zhejiang, China.
Weijian MaKey Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering of Education Ministry, College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrumentation Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, Zhejiang, China.
Zhejiang University · CNMinistry of Education · NZ

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National Natural Science Foundation of China 30970753
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDeep brain stimulation (DBS) has a good prospect for treating many brain diseases. Recent studies have shown that axonal activation induced by pulse stimulations may play an important role in DBS therapies through wide projections of axonal fibers. However, it is undetermined whether the downstream neurons are inhibited or excited by axonal stimulation. The present study addressed the question in rat hippocampus by in vivo experiments.

methodsPulse stimulations with different frequencies (10-400 Hz) were applied to the Schaffer collateral, the afferent fiber of hippocampal CA1 region in anaesthetized rats. Single-unit spikes of interneurons and pyramidal cells in the downstream region of stimulation were recorded and evaluated.

resultsStimulations with a lower frequency (10 or 20 Hz) did not change the firing rates of interneurons but decreased the firing rates of pyramidal cells (the principal neurons) significantly. The phase-locked firing of interneurons during these stimulations might increase the efficacy of GABAergic inhibitions on the principal neurons. However, stimulations with a higher frequency (100-400 Hz) increased the firing rates of both types of the neurons significantly. In addition, the increases of interneurons' firing were greater than the increases of pyramidal cells. Presumably, increase of direct excitation from afferent impulses together with failure of GABAergic inhibition might result in the increase of pyramidal cells' firing by a higher stimulation frequency. Furthermore, silent periods appeared immediately following the cessation of stimulations, indicating a full control of the neuronal firing by the stimulation pulses during axonal stimulation. Furthermore longer silent periods were associated with higher stimulation frequencies.

conclusionsLow-frequency (10-20 Hz) and high-frequency (100-400 Hz) stimulations of afferent axonal fibers exerted opposite effects on principal neurons in rat hippocampus CA1. These results provide new information for advancing deep brain stimulation to treat different brain disorders.

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AnimalsAxonsDeep Brain StimulationHippocampusMaleNeuronsRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyElectrical pulse stimulationHippocampal CA1 regionInterneuronsPyramidal cellsSilent periodStimulation frequencyUnit spike

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