Annals of Neurology
Annals of Neurology
5 years ago

A localized pallidal physiomarker in cervical dystonia

Colleen Slentz, Christof Brücke, Gerd-Helge Schneider, Andreas Horn, Andrea A. Kühn, Julius Huebl, Siobhan Ewert, Wolf-Julian Neumann
Objective: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) allows for direct recordings of neuronal activity from the human basal ganglia. In Parkinson's disease, a disease-specific physiomarker was identified that is now used to investigate adaptive closed-loop stimulation in first studies. In dystonia such a physiomarker is missing. Methods: Pallidal oscillations were recorded from 153 contact pairs in 27 patients. We investigated whether power amplitudes in theta and beta bands correlate with dystonic symptom severity across patients. We then projected theta power from each contact pair onto standard subcortical anatomy. This way, we defined a theta hot spot on a group level and investigated whether proximity of the active DBS contacts to it correlates with clinical improvement. Results: Dystonic symptom severity significantly correlated with theta, but not beta oscillatory amplitudes (ρ=0.4; P=0.009) and interhemispheric coherence (ρ=0.5; P=0.002). The sweet spot of theta activity localized to the posterior third of the internal pallidum and theta power correlated with proximity to this location (ρ=0.23; P=0.002), which coincided with three previously published coordinates describing optimal stimulation targets. Finally, motor improvement through pallidal long term DBS correlated with theta peak amplitude (ρ=0.38; P=0.018). Interpretation: Our findings suggest that theta oscillations in the internal pallidum are robustly associated with dystonic symptoms in cervical dystonia and may be a useful biomarker for adaptive closed-loop stimulation. Furthermore, theta oscillatory activity may have a predictive value for the clinical benefit after chronic DBS that could be used to improve intraoperative neurophysiological target mapping during electrode implantation. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Publisher URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/resolve/doi

DOI: 10.1002/ana.25095

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