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Neurosurg Focus ; 38(6): E5, 2015 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26030705

RESUMO

OBJECT: Cases of postoperative psychosis in Parkinson's disease patients receiving deep brain stimulation (DBS) treatment have previously been published. However, the magnitude of symptom incidence and the clinical risk factors are currently unknown. This retrospective study sheds light on these issues by investigating psychosis in a group of 128 Parkinson's disease patients who received DBS implants. METHODS: A retrospective chart review was performed to obtain surgery dates, follow-up clinic visit dates, and associated stimulation parameter settings (contacts in use and the polarity of each along with stimulation voltage, frequency, and pulse width) for each patient. Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale II Thought Disorder scores, used as a clinical assessment tool to evaluate the presence of psychosis at each visit, were also collected. The data were compiled into a database and analyzed. RESULTS: The lifetime incidence of psychosis in this cohort of patients was 28.1%. The data suggest that risk of psychosis remains fairly constant throughout the first 5 years after implantation of a DBS system and that patients older at the time of receiving the first DBS implant are not only more likely to develop psychosis, but also to develop symptoms sooner than their younger counterparts. Further analysis provides evidence that psychosis is largely independent of the clinically used electrode contact and of stimulation parameters prior to psychosis onset. CONCLUSIONS: Although symptoms of psychosis are widely seen in patients with Parkinson's disease in the years following stimulator placement, results of the present suggest that most psychoses occurring postoperatively are likely independent of implantation and stimulation settings.


Assuntos
Estimulação Encefálica Profunda/efeitos adversos , Globo Pálido/fisiologia , Doença de Parkinson/terapia , Complicações Pós-Operatórias/etiologia , Transtornos Psicóticos/etiologia , Fatores Etários , Idoso , Feminino , Seguimentos , Humanos , Incidência , Estimativa de Kaplan-Meier , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Doença de Parkinson/epidemiologia , Escalas de Graduação Psiquiátrica , Transtornos Psicóticos/epidemiologia , Estudos Retrospectivos , Índice de Gravidade de Doença
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J Neurophysiol ; 112(9): 2147-63, 2014 Nov 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25122702

RESUMO

This study investigates adaptation of high-frequency cortical responses [>60 Hz; high-gamma (HG)] to simple and complex sounds in human nonprimary auditory cortex. We used intracranial electrocorticographic recordings to measure event-related changes in HG power as a function of stimulus probability. Tone and speech stimuli were presented in a series of traditional oddball and control paradigms. We hypothesized that HG power attenuates with stimulus repetition over multiple concurrent time scales in auditory association cortex. Time-frequency analyses were performed to identify auditory-responsive sites. Single-trial analyses and quantitative modeling were then used to measure trial-to-trial changes in HG power for high (frequent), low (infrequent), and equal (control) stimulus probabilities. Results show strong reduction of HG responses to frequently repeated tones and speech, with no differences in responses to infrequent and equal-probability stimuli. Adaptation of the HG frequent response, and not stimulus-acoustic differences or deviance-detection enhancement effects, accounted for the differential responses observed for frequent and infrequent sounds. Adaptation of HG responses showed a rapid onset (less than two trials) with slower adaptation between consecutive, repeated trials (2-10 s) and across trials in a stimulus block (∼7 min). The auditory-evoked N100 response also showed repetition-related adaptation, consistent with previous human scalp and animal single-unit recordings. These findings indicate that HG responses are highly sensitive to the regularities of simple and complex auditory events and show adaptation on multiple concurrent time scales in human auditory association cortex.


Assuntos
Adaptação Fisiológica , Córtex Auditivo/fisiologia , Potenciais Evocados Auditivos , Ritmo Gama , Adolescente , Adulto , Córtex Auditivo/fisiopatologia , Epilepsia/fisiopatologia , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino
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Neurochem Res ; 37(4): 680-8, 2012 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22139482

RESUMO

This report entails in vivo and in vitro studies concerned with free radical species involved in brain ischemia. The participation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS) in the early manifestation of cerebral ischemia/reperfusion was investigated in gerbils exposed to transient global ischemia using 4-OH-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl (TPL), a well-known antioxidant. TPL treatment reversed cerebral postischemic hypoperfusion and tissue edema in these animals. The findings are consistent with ROS/RNS participation in tissue injury and the reduction of cerebromicrovascular blood flow (CBF) during postischemic recirculation. The activation/deactivation of signal transduction pathway by oxidation/antioxidation [i.e., using hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)/TPL] was evaluated in cultured human brain endothelial cells (HBEC) to assess the involvement of endothelial-dependent mechanisms. The data showed that H2O2 activates various "stress" kinases and vasodilalator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP); activation of this pathway was reduced by inhibitors of Rho- or IP-3 kinases, as well as TPL. H2O2 also induced cytoskeleton (actin) rearrangements in HBEC; this effect was prevented by inhibitors of Rho/IP3 kinase or TPL. The observed activation/deactivation of H2O2-induced "stress" kinase is in agreement with the reported capacity of ROS/RNS to stimulate the oxidative signal transduction pathway. The noted TPL reduction of H2O2-induced phosphorylation of kinase strongly suggests that the beneficial effect of TPL implicates the stress signal transduction pathway. This may represent a mechanism for the cerebral postischemic manifestations observed by in vivo experiments.


Assuntos
Antioxidantes/uso terapêutico , Isquemia Encefálica/metabolismo , Óxidos N-Cíclicos/farmacologia , Óxidos N-Cíclicos/uso terapêutico , Endotélio Vascular/fisiologia , Transdução de Sinais/fisiologia , Animais , Antioxidantes/farmacologia , Isquemia Encefálica/tratamento farmacológico , Células Cultivadas , Endotélio Vascular/efeitos dos fármacos , Gerbillinae , Humanos , Estresse Oxidativo/efeitos dos fármacos , Estresse Oxidativo/fisiologia , Espécies Reativas de Oxigênio/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais/efeitos dos fármacos , Marcadores de Spin
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Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35742432

RESUMO

The COVID-19 pandemic within the United States of America resulted in over 800,000 deaths as of February 2022 and has been addressed by social distancing or stay-at-home measures. Collective prolonged multimodal trauma on this scale is likely to elicit symptomatology in the general population consistent with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), somatization, anxiety, and stress. The psychological component of this response contributes substantially to the burden of this disease worldwide. This cross-sectional study examines the relationship between COVID-19-related concern, anxiety, and perceived stress on PTSD-like symptomatology over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants were recruited via social media within the United States of America between 8th May 2020 and 11th August 2021 to complete an internet questionnaire including mood, personality, and COVID-19-specific scales. General anxiety and PTSD-like symptomatology were above the screening cutoffs for most respondents. These measures increased in severity over the pandemic, with the change point of our Concern scale preceding that of the other significant measures. Measures of COVID-19-related concern, generalized anxiety, and PTSD-like symptomatology were strongly correlated with each other. Anxiety, perceived stress, and PTSD-like symptomatology are strongly interrelated, increase with pandemic length, and are linked to reported levels of concern over COVID-19. These observations may aid future research and policy as the pandemic continues.


Assuntos
COVID-19 , Transtornos de Estresse Pós-Traumáticos , Ansiedade/epidemiologia , Ansiedade/psicologia , COVID-19/epidemiologia , Estudos Transversais , Depressão/epidemiologia , Humanos , Pandemias/prevenção & controle , Transtornos de Estresse Pós-Traumáticos/psicologia , Estresse Psicológico/epidemiologia , Estados Unidos
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Mov Disord ; 26(7): 1348-52, 2011 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21500279

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BACKGROUND: This is a retrospective analysis of thalamic neuronal and electromyogram activities between subjects with organic dystonia and a subject with psychogenic dystonia in whom a thalamotomy was carried out before the diagnosis of psychogenic dystonia was made. RESULTS: The signal-to-noise ratio in the lowest frequency band (dystonia frequency < 0.76 Hz) in the electromyogram was not significantly different by diagnosis or muscle. The coherence at dystonia frequency for wrist flexors X biceps electromyograms was significantly higher in organic dystonia, whereas the phase was not apparently different from zero for either diagnosis. In a thalamic pallidal relay nucleus (ventral oral posterior), neuronal firing rates were not apparently different between psychogenic and organic dystonia. The neuronal signal-to-noise ratio in ventral oral posterior was significantly higher in organic dystonia than in psychogenic dystonia, whereas both were greater than in controls with chronic pain. Spike X electromyogram coherence apparently was not different between psychogenic and organic dystonia. The proportion of thalamic cells responding to joint movements was higher in the cerebellar relay nucleus (ventral intermediate) of psychogenic dystonia than in organic dystonia. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that some features, such as firing rates and thalamic reorganization, are similar in psychogenic and organic dystonia. Other features differ, such as the coherence between the electromyograms from different muscles and the thalamic neuronal signal-to-noise ratio, which may reflect pathophysiological factors in organic dystonia. © 2011 Movement Disorder Society.


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Distonia/diagnóstico , Distúrbios Distônicos/diagnóstico , Distúrbios Distônicos/cirurgia , Eletrodiagnóstico/métodos , Tálamo/cirurgia , Adulto , Mapeamento Encefálico/métodos , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Distonia/fisiopatologia , Distúrbios Distônicos/fisiopatologia , Eletromiografia , Feminino , Humanos , Estudos Retrospectivos , Tálamo/fisiologia
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Brain Struct Funct ; 225(4): 1293-1312, 2020 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32303844

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The cortico-basal ganglia-thalamo-cortical feedback loops that consist of distinct white matter pathways are important for understanding in vivo imaging studies of functional and anatomical connectivity, and for localizing subthalamic white matter structures in surgical approaches for movement disorders, such as Parkinson's disease. Connectomic analysis in animals has identified fiber connections between the basal ganglia and thalamus, which pass through the fields of Forel, where other fiber pathways related to motor, sensory, and cognitive functions co-exist. We now report these pathways in the human brain on ex vivo mesoscopic (250 µm) diffusion tensor imaging and on tractography. The locations of the tracts were identified relative to the adjacent gray matter structures, such as the internal and external segments of the globus pallidus; the zona incerta; the subthalamic nucleus; the substantia nigra pars reticulata and compacta; and the thalamus. The connectome atlas of the human subthalamic region may serve as a resource for imaging studies and for neurosurgical planning.


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Imagem de Tensor de Difusão , Núcleo Subtalâmico/anatomia & histologia , Substância Branca/anatomia & histologia , Adulto , Gânglios da Base/anatomia & histologia , Humanos , Processamento de Imagem Assistida por Computador/métodos , Masculino , Vias Neurais/anatomia & histologia , Tálamo/anatomia & histologia
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J Neurosci ; 27(18): 4995-5004, 2007 May 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17475808

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Central pain is neuropathic pain resulting from a lesion of the CNS, such as a stroke [poststroke central pain (CPSP)]. Lesions involving the posterior thalamus lead to reduction or loss of sensation and to CPSP, although the responsible nuclei have not been identified. We now examine the hypotheses that thalamic lesions must extend posterior to the ventral caudal nucleus (Vc) and include ventral medial posterior nucleus (VMpo), to result in loss of cold sensibility and CPSP. Patients with small thalamic strokes associated with CPSP were evaluated by atlas-based mapping of magnetic resonance imaging scans, and by somatosensory testing. All lesions involved posterior Vc; two lesions also involved nuclei posterior to Vc, but not VMpo. All patients tested had alterations of cold pain sensation and tactile sensation, as measured by von Frey hairs. Three patients had altered cool sensation, and the patient with the least involvement of Vc had normal cool thresholds, suggesting that a critical volume of Vc must be involved before cool sensation is impaired. Perception of warm was impaired only in lesions involving nuclei posterior to Vc. Heat pain perception was never affected. In a subject with cold allodynia, a single-subject protocol PET study measured the responses to immersion of either hand in a 20 degrees C waterbath. The scan during stimulation of the affected hand was characterized by intense activation of contralateral sensorimotor cortex. Therefore, there are modality-specific subnuclear structures in the posterior thalamus, but lesions of Vc not involving VMpo are sufficient to impair cold sensibility and to produce CPSP.


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Temperatura Baixa , Dor/patologia , Sensação Térmica , Núcleos Ventrais do Tálamo/patologia , Idoso , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Dor/diagnóstico , Dor/etiologia , Medição da Dor/métodos , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/complicações , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/patologia , Sensação Térmica/fisiologia
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J Neurosurg ; 108(4): 757-63, 2008 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18377256

RESUMO

OBJECT: The purpose of this cadaveric study was to explore a modification to the Bertrand procedure for the treatment of spasmodic torticollis, namely the denervation of the levator scapulae (LS) muscle for laterocollis. METHODS: The authors performed a series of 9 cadaveric dissections. Five were done to identify the anterior innervation of the LS, and the remaining 4 were to identify the tendinous insertions of the LS onto the lateral masses of the cervical spine via a posterior approach. The nerve supply to the LS from the anterior divisions of the C-3 and C-4 nerve roots and the contribution from the dorsal scapular nerve were identified over the anterior surface of the muscle. RESULTS: The C-3 and C-4 nerve root branches were situated within 2 cm of each other and inferior to the punctum nervosum. The dorsal scapular contribution was clearly identified in 2 cadavers. Selective denervation of this muscle is possible through the same posterior triangle incision used for denervating the sternocleidomastoid muscle of its accessory nerve branches. This approach will be helpful in patients with laterocollis contralateral to the direction of chin turning. The authors compare this approach to the posterior approach for sectioning the insertions of the LS muscle onto the C1-4 posterior tubercles. The latter approach is appropriate for ipsilateral laterocollis. CONCLUSIONS: The posterior triangle approach for denervating the LS muscle is a safe and easy addition to the Bertrand procedure and can be helpful in selected cases of torticollis with a laterocollis component.


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Denervação Muscular/métodos , Músculo Esquelético/inervação , Torcicolo/cirurgia , Vértebras Cervicais/inervação , Feminino , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Músculo Esquelético/cirurgia , Raízes Nervosas Espinhais/cirurgia
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Front Hum Neurosci ; 11: 247, 2017.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28536516

RESUMO

In auditory cortex, neural responses decrease with stimulus repetition, known as adaptation. Adaptation is thought to facilitate detection of novel sounds and improve perception in noisy environments. Although it is well established that adaptation occurs in primary auditory cortex, it is not known whether adaptation also occurs in higher auditory areas involved in processing complex sounds, such as speech. Resolving this issue is important for understanding the neural bases of adaptation and to avoid potential post-operative deficits after temporal lobe surgery for treatment of focal epilepsy. Intracranial electrocorticographic recordings were acquired simultaneously from electrodes implanted in primary and association auditory areas of the right (non-dominant) temporal lobe in a patient with complex partial seizures originating from the inferior parietal lobe. Simple and complex sounds were presented in a passive oddball paradigm. We measured changes in single-trial high-gamma power (70-150 Hz) and in regional and inter-regional network-level activity indexed by cross-frequency coupling. Repetitive tones elicited the greatest adaptation and corresponding increases in cross-frequency coupling in primary auditory cortex. Conversely, auditory association cortex showed stronger adaptation for complex sounds, including speech. This first report of multi-regional adaptation in human auditory cortex highlights the role of the non-dominant temporal lobe in suppressing neural responses to repetitive background sounds (noise). These results underscore the clinical utility of functional mapping to avoid potential post-operative deficits including increased listening difficulties in noisy, real-world environments.

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Brain ; 128(Pt 7): 1556-70, 2005 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15817517

RESUMO

Subdural electrocorticographic (ECoG) recordings in patients undergoing epilepsy surgery have shown that functional activation is associated with event-related broadband gamma activity in a higher frequency range (>70 Hz) than previously studied in human scalp EEG. To investigate the utility of this high gamma activity (HGA) for mapping language cortex, we compared its neuroanatomical distribution with functional maps derived from electrical cortical stimulation (ECS), which remains the gold standard for predicting functional impairment after surgery for epilepsy, tumours or vascular malformations. Thirteen patients had undergone subdural electrode implantation for the surgical management of intractable epilepsy. Subdural ECoG signals were recorded while each patient verbally named sequentially presented line drawings of objects, and estimates of event-related HGA (80-100 Hz) were made at each recording site. Routine clinical ECS mapping used a subset of the same naming stimuli at each cortical site. If ECS disrupted mouth-related motor function, i.e. if it affected the mouth, lips or tongue, naming could not be tested with ECS at the same cortical site. Because naming during ECoG involved these muscles of articulation, the sensitivity and specificity of ECoG HGA were estimated relative to both ECS-induced impairments of naming and ECS disruption of mouth-related motor function. When these estimates were made separately for 12 electrode sites per patient (the average number with significant HGA), the specificity of ECoG HGA with respect to ECS was 78% for naming and 81% for mouth-related motor function, and equivalent sensitivities were 38% and 46%, respectively. When ECS maps of naming and mouth-related motor function were combined, the specificity and sensitivity of ECoG HGA with respect to ECS were 84% and 43%, respectively. This study indicates that event-related ECoG HGA during confrontation naming predicts ECS interference with naming and mouth-related motor function with good specificity but relatively low sensitivity. Its favourable specificity suggests that ECoG HGA can be used to construct a preliminary functional map that may help identify cortical sites of lower priority for ECS mapping. Passive recordings of ECoG gamma activity may be done simultaneously at all electrode sites without the risk of after-discharges associated with ECS mapping, which must be done sequentially at pairs of electrodes. We discuss the relative merits of these two functional mapping techniques.


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Mapeamento Encefálico/métodos , Encéfalo/cirurgia , Córtex Cerebral/fisiologia , Epilepsia/psicologia , Epilepsia/cirurgia , Rememoração Mental , Adolescente , Adulto , Encéfalo/fisiopatologia , Estimulação Elétrica , Eletrodos Implantados , Campos Eletromagnéticos , Epilepsia/fisiopatologia , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Destreza Motora , Boca/fisiopatologia , Período Pós-Operatório , Processamento de Sinais Assistido por Computador , Resultado do Tratamento
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Biochem Biophys Rep ; 8: 254-260, 2016 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28955964

RESUMO

N-arachidonoyl-l-serine (ARA-S) is an endogenous lipid, chemically related to the endocannabinoid, N-arachidonoyl ethanolamine (i.e., anandamide) and with similar physiologic and pathophysiologic functions. Reports indicate that ARA-S possesses vasoactive and neuroprotective properties resembling those of cannabinoids. However, in contrast to cannabinoids, ARA-S binds weakly to its known classical receptors, CB1 and CB2, and is therefore considered to be a 'cannabinoid-like' substance. The originally described ARA-S induced-endothelial-dependent vasorelaxation was not abrogated by CB1, CB2 receptor antagonists or TRPV1 competitive inhibitor. The present report demonstrates that ARA-S enhances the fluorescence staining of both cannabinoid receptors (CB1 and CB2) in human brain endothelial cells (HBEC). This reaction is specific since it was reduced by respective selective receptor antagonist (SR141716A and SR141728A). ARA-S alone or in the presence of ET-1 was shown to alter the cytoskeleton (actin). Both ARA-S stimulated phosphorylation of various kinases (MAPK, Akt, JNK and c-JUN) and alteration of cytoskeleton are mediated via CB1, CB2 and TRPV1 receptors. The findings also showed the involvement of Rho/Rock and PI3/Akt/NO pathways in the ARA-S-induced phosphorylation of kinases and actin reorganization in HBEC. All of the above mentioned ARA-S-induced effects were reduced by the treatment with LY294002 (inhibitor of PI3/Akt kinase), except MAPK kinase. In addition, MAPK, JNK, c-JUN phosphorylation were inhibited by H1152 (inhibitor of Rho/ROCK kinase), except Akt kinase. Furthermore, PI3/Akt pathway was inhibited by pretreatment with l-NAME (inhibitor of NOS). The findings suggest that ARA-S is a modulator of Rho kinase and may play a critical role in the regulation of its activity and subsequent effects on the cytoskeleton and its role in supporting essential cell functions like vasodilation, proliferation and movement.

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Pain ; 87(2): 113-119, 2000 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10924804

RESUMO

Many lines of evidence implicate the somatosensory areas near the lateral sulcus (Sylvian fissure) in the cortical representation of pain. Anatomical tracing studies in the monkey show nociceptive projection pathways to the vicinity of the secondary somatosensory cortex in the parietal operculum, and to anterior parts of insular cortex deep inside the Sylvian fissure. Clinical observations demonstrate alterations in pain sensation following lesions in these two areas in human parasylvian cortex. Imaging studies in humans reveal increased blood flow in parasylvian cortex, both contralaterally and ipsilaterally, in response to painful stimuli. Painful stimuli (such as laser radiant heat) evoke potentials with a scalp maximum at anterior temporal positions (T3 and T4). Several dipole source analyses as well as subdural recordings have confirmed that the earliest evoked potential following painful laser stimulation of the skin derives from sources in the parietal operculum. Thus, imaging and electrophysiological studies in humans suggest that parasylvian cortex is activated by painful stimuli, and is one of the first cortical relay stations in the central processing of these stimuli. There is mounting evidence for closely located but separate representations of pain (deep parietal operculum and anterior insula) and touch (secondary somatosensory cortex and posterior insula) in parasylvian cortex. This anatomical separation may be one of the reasons why single unit recordings of nociceptive neurons are scarce within regions comprising low-threshold mechanoreceptive neurons. The functional significance (sensory-discriminative, affective-motivational, cognitive-evaluative) of the closely spaced parasylvian cortical areas in acute and chronic pain is only poorly understood. It is likely that some of these areas are involved in sensory-limbic projection pathways that may subserve the recognition of potentially tissue damaging stimuli as well as pain memory.


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Mapeamento Encefálico , Medição da Dor , Dor/fisiopatologia , Córtex Somatossensorial/fisiologia , Animais , Humanos , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética
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Pain ; 31(2): 225-236, 1987 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-3501563

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We have performed single unit analysis of the activity of cells located in the ventral nuclear group of thalamus in a patient with dysesthetic pain below the level of a clinically complete traumatic spinal cord transection at C5. Cells located in the parasagittal plane 14 mm lateral to the midline responded to tactile stimulation in small facial and intraoral receptive fields, which were characteristic of patients without somatosensory abnormality [30]. In this patient the 16 mm lateral parasagittal plane contained cells with receptive fields located on the occiput and neck instead of the upper extremity as would normally be expected. Cells with receptive fields on the neck and occiput had not previously been observed in recordings from single units (n = 531) responding to somatosensory stimulation [30]. Thus, on the basis of their location in a region of thalamus which normally represents parts of the body below the level of the spinal cord transection and their unusual receptive fields adjacent to these same parts of the body, we propose that the cells in the 16 mm lateral plane have lost their normal afferent input. Analysis of the autopower spectra of spike trains indicates that cells in the 16 mm lateral plane exhibited a higher mean firing rate and greater tendency to fire in bursts than cells in the 14 mm lateral plane (P less than 0.005). Finally, electrical stimulation at the recording sites in the 16 mm lateral plane evoked a burning sensation in the occiput, neck and upper extremity. These results suggest that regions of thalamus which have lost their normal somatosensory input contain neurons which exhibit abnormal spontaneous and evoked activity and that electrical stimulation of these regions can produce the sensation of burning dysesthesia.


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Dor/fisiopatologia , Traumatismos da Medula Espinal/fisiopatologia , Tálamo/fisiopatologia , Potenciais de Ação , Humanos , Masculino , Microeletrodos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Dor/etiologia , Manejo da Dor , Traumatismos da Medula Espinal/complicações , Estimulação Elétrica Nervosa Transcutânea
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J Neurosurg ; 99(4): 768-71, 2003 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-14567614

RESUMO

The authors present the case of a 49-year-old woman with disabling bilateral upper-extremity cerebellar tremor that resolved unexpectedly after placement of an intrathecal baclofen pump for lower-extremity spasticity. The tremor amplitude decreased nearly linearly with increasing intrathecal baclofen dosage, and disappeared completely at a dose of 250 microg/day. In this report the authors demonstrate the role of the gamma-aminobutyric acidergic system in the pathogenesis of cerebellar tremor, and these findings may lead to a new treatment modality for patients disabled by this manifestation of their disease.


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Baclofeno/uso terapêutico , Cerebelo/fisiopatologia , Agonistas GABAérgicos/uso terapêutico , Receptores de GABA/fisiologia , Tremor/tratamento farmacológico , Tremor/fisiopatologia , Baclofeno/administração & dosagem , Feminino , Agonistas GABAérgicos/administração & dosagem , Humanos , Bombas de Infusão Implantáveis , Injeções Espinhais , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Esclerose Múltipla/complicações , Tremor/etiologia , Ácido gama-Aminobutírico
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Clin Neurophysiol ; 124(1): 70-82, 2013 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22771035

RESUMO

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the test-retest reliability of event-related power changes in the 30-150 Hz gamma frequency range occurring in the first 150 ms after presentation of an auditory stimulus. METHODS: Repeat intracranial electrocorticographic (ECoG) recordings were performed with 12 epilepsy patients, at ≥1-day intervals, using a passive odd-ball paradigm with steady-state tones. Time-frequency matching pursuit analysis was used to quantify changes in gamma-band power relative to pre-stimulus baseline. Test-retest reliability was estimated based on within-subject comparisons (paired t-test, McNemar's test) and correlations (Spearman rank correlations, intra-class correlations) across sessions, adjusting for within-session variability. Reliability estimates of gamma-band response robustness, spatial concordance, and reproducibility were compared with corresponding measurements from concurrent auditory evoked N1 responses. RESULTS: All patients showed increases in gamma-band power, 50-120 ms post-stimulus onset, that were highly robust across recordings, comparable to the evoked N1 responses. Gamma-band responses occurred regardless of patients' performance on behavioral tests of auditory processing, medication changes, seizure focus, or duration of test-retest interval. Test-retest reproducibility was greatest for the timing of peak power changes in the high-gamma range (65-150 Hz). Reliability of low-gamma responses and evoked N1 responses improved at higher signal-to-noise levels. CONCLUSIONS: Early cortical auditory gamma-band responses are robust, spatially concordant, and reproducible over time. SIGNIFICANCE: These test-retest ECoG results confirm the reliability of auditory gamma-band responses, supporting their utility as objective measures of cortical processing in clinical and research studies.


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Estimulação Acústica , Córtex Auditivo/fisiologia , Eletroencefalografia , Adolescente , Adulto , Idade de Início , Craniotomia , Eletrodos Implantados , Potenciais Evocados Auditivos/fisiologia , Feminino , Lateralidade Funcional/fisiologia , Humanos , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Convulsões/fisiopatologia , Percepção da Fala/fisiologia , Adulto Jovem
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Neuroreport ; 22(17): 939-42, 2011 Dec 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22009193

RESUMO

This review presents a summary of recent efforts in understanding the systems of the brain involved in motor imagery. Motor imagery likely involves many cortical regions in its generation, but in action may also involve subcortical structures. The parietal lobe seems to be particularly important, as demonstrated by brain imaging studies and patients with lesions of this region. Brain activity correlated with imagery may be related to an efference copy used to compare with peripheral sensory signals for the correction of movement. Amputees with phantom representations have also provided valuable information in this field, as they demonstrate cortical reorganization, which also alters imagery of the missing limb. The following summary explores the recent difficult and challenging studies used to tease out motor imagery in man.


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Imaginação/fisiologia , Movimento/fisiologia , Desempenho Psicomotor/fisiologia , Animais , Encéfalo/fisiologia , Humanos
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Pain ; 152(12): 2781-2791, 2011 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22033363

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The human 'pain network' includes cortical areas that are activated during the response to painful stimuli (termed category 1) or during psychological processes that modulate pain, for example, distraction (termed category 2). These categories include parts of the parasylvian (PS), medial frontal (MF), and paracentral cortex (S1&M1). Here we test the hypothesis that causal interactions both within and between category 1 and category 2 modules occur during attention to a painful stimulus. Event-related causality (ERC) was calculated from local field potentials recorded directly from these cortical areas during the response to a painful cutaneous laser stimulus in patients being monitored for epilepsy. The number of electrodes involved in pairs with significant ERC in category 1 was greater for pre-stimulus vs post-stimulus and for attention vs distraction. This is consistent with our prior evidence that the category 1 'pain network' changes rapidly with time intervals and tasks. In contrast, the interaction between categories was often unchanged or stable across intervals and tasks, particularly in MF. The proportion of contacts involved in interactions with PS was greater during distraction vs attention while activation was less, which suggests that distraction involves an inhibitory process in PS. Functional interactions between categories were overwhelmingly in the direction from category 2>1, particularly for contacts in MF which often had a driver role. These results demonstrate that MF is densely interconnected throughout the 'pain network' so that stimulation of MF might be used to disrupt the 'pain network' as a therapy for pain.


Assuntos
Atenção/fisiologia , Córtex Cerebral/fisiologia , Rede Nervosa/fisiologia , Percepção da Dor/fisiologia , Limiar da Dor/fisiologia , Dor/fisiopatologia , Adulto , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Dor/psicologia , Limiar da Dor/psicologia , Adulto Jovem
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Neuroreport ; 22(2): 88-92, 2011 Jan 26.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21150804

RESUMO

Functional imaging studies show that motor imagery activates multiple structures in the human forebrain. We now show that phantom movements in an amputee and imagined movements in intact individuals elicit responses from neurons in several human thalamic nuclei. These include the somatic sensory nucleus receiving input from the periphery (ventral caudal), and the motor nuclei receiving input from the cerebellum [ventral intermediate (Vim)] and the basal ganglia [ventral oral posterior (Vop)]. Seven neurons in the amputee showed phantom movement-related activity (three Vim, two Vop, and two ventral caudal). In addition, seven neurons in a group of three controls showed motor imagery-related activity (four Vim and three Vop). These studies were performed during single neuron recording sessions in patients undergoing therapeutic treatment of phantom pain, tremor, and chronic pain conditions by thalamic stimulation. The activity of neurons in these sensory and motor nuclei, respectively, may encode the expected sensory consequences and the dynamics of planned movements.


Assuntos
Imaginação/fisiologia , Movimento/fisiologia , Neurônios/fisiologia , Membro Fantasma/fisiopatologia , Tálamo/fisiopatologia , Adulto , Idoso , Mapeamento Encefálico , Eletromiografia , Eletrofisiologia , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Tremor/fisiopatologia
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