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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2024

High-frequency amplitude-modulated sinusoidal stimulation induces desynchronized yet controllable neural firing.

Beatrice Barra, Ritesh Kumar, Chaitanya Gopinath, Ehsan Mirzakhalili, Scott F Lempka, Robert A Gaunt, Lee E Fisher

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Beatrice BarraRehab Neural Engineering Labs, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5636-6429
Ritesh KumarRehab Neural Engineering Labs, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Chaitanya GopinathRehab Neural Engineering Labs, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Ehsan MirzakhaliliDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Scott F LempkaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Robert A GauntRehab Neural Engineering Labs, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6202-5818
Lee E FisherRehab Neural Engineering Labs, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9072-3119
University of Pittsburgh · USCentral European Institute of Technology · CZUniversity of Michigan · US

Funding

Coordinated Microstimulation of Sacral Afferent Pathways to Control Continence and Micturition ReflexesR01NS088184 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI GAUNT, ROBERT A · 2017 to 2022
$2.0M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS088184
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regaining sensory feedback is pivotal for people living with limb amputation. Electrical stimulation of sensory fibers in peripheral nerves has been shown to restore focal percepts in the missing limb. However, conventional rectangular current pulses induce sensations often described as unnatural. This is likely due to the synchronous and periodic nature of activity evoked by these pulses. Here we introduce a fast-oscillating amplitude-modulated sinusoidal (FAMS) stimulation waveform that desynchronizes evoked neural activity. We used a computational model to show that sinusoidal waveforms evoke asynchronous and irregular firing and that firing patterns are frequency dependent. We designed the FAMS waveform to leverage both low- and high-frequency effects and found that membrane non-linearities enhance neuron-specific differences when exposed to FAMS. We implemented this waveform in a feline model of peripheral nerve stimulation and demonstrated that FAMS-evoked activity is more asynchronous than activity evoked by rectangular pulses, while being easily controllable with simple stimulation parameters. These results represent an important step towards biomimetic stimulation strategies useful for clinical applications to restore sensory feedback.

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biomimetic electrical stimulationperipheral nervessensory feedback

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PMID38405798
PMCPMC10888888
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