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ArticleCerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)2022

Deep brain stimulation for parkinson's disease induces spontaneous cortical hypersynchrony in extended motor and cognitive networks.

Maxwell B Wang, Matthew J Boring, Michael J Ward, R Mark Richardson, Avniel Singh Ghuman

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Article in Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  6. Functional network reorganization following VIM-MRgFUS for essential tremor.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2026
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  7. The electric brain: approach to suboptimal DBS parameters.Clinical parkinsonism & related disorders · 2026
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  10. Dysfunction of motor cortices in Parkinson's disease.Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Maxwell B WangProgram of Neural Computation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9217-6593
Matthew J BoringCenter for Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Michael J WardDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
R Mark RichardsonDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2620-7387
Avniel Singh GhumanProgram of Neural Computation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.

Funding

TRAINING PROGRAM FOR MD/PHD STUDENTST32GM008208 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI STEINMAN, RICHARD A · 1987 to 2021
$15.4M
Predoctorial Training in Basic NeuroscienceT32NS007433 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI MERINEY, STEPHEN D · 1998 to 2022
$8.0M
Inside the Social Perception Network: Dynamics, Connectivity, and StimulationR01MH107797 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI GHUMAN, AVNIEL S · 2015 to 2019
$2.4M
Neurocognitive basis of attention and eye movement guidance in the real world scenesR21EY030297 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI GHUMAN, AVNIEL S · 2019 to 2020
$430k
NEI NIH HHS R21 EY030297NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008208NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH107797NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS007433
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mechanism of action of deep brain stimulation (DBS) to the basal ganglia for Parkinson's disease remains unclear. Studies have shown that DBS decreases pathological beta hypersynchrony between the basal ganglia and motor cortex. However, little is known about DBS's effects on long range corticocortical synchronization. Here, we use machine learning combined with graph theory to compare resting-state cortical connectivity between the off and on-stimulation states and to healthy controls. We found that turning DBS on increased high beta and gamma band synchrony (26 to 50 Hz) in a cortical circuit spanning the motor, occipitoparietal, middle temporal, and prefrontal cortices. The synchrony in this network was greater in DBS on relative to both DBS off and controls, with no significant difference between DBS off and controls. Turning DBS on also increased network efficiency and strength and subnetwork modularity relative to both DBS off and controls in the beta and gamma band. Thus, unlike DBS's subcortical normalization of pathological basal ganglia activity, it introduces greater synchrony relative to healthy controls in cortical circuitry that includes both motor and non-motor systems. This increased high beta/gamma synchronization may reflect compensatory mechanisms related to DBS's clinical benefits, as well as undesirable non-motor side effects.

Indexed as

Deep Brain StimulationMotor CortexParkinson DiseaseBasal GangliaCognitionHumansdeep brain stimulationfunctional connectivitymagnetoencephalographyparkinson’s diseasesynchrony

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PMID35136991
PMCPMC9574237

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