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Levodopa affects functional brain networks in Parkinsonian resting tremor.
Pollok, Bettina; Makhloufi, Houssain; Butz, Markus; Gross, Joachim; Timmermann, Lars; Wojtecki, Lars; Schnitzler, Alfons.
Afiliação
  • Pollok B; Department of Neurology, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany. bettina.pollok@uni-duesseldorf.de
Mov Disord ; 24(1): 91-8, 2009 Jan 15.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18823037
Resting tremor in idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) is associated with an oscillatory network comprising cortical as well as subcortical brain areas. To shed light on the effect of levodopa on these network interactions, we investigated 10 patients with tremor-dominant PD and reanalyzed data in 11 healthy volunteers mimicking PD resting tremor. To this end, we recorded surface electromyograms of forearm muscles and neuromagnetic activity using a 122-channel whole-head magnetometer (MEG). Measurements were performed after overnight withdrawal of levodopa (OFF) and 30 min after oral application of fast-acting levodopa (ON). During OFF, patients showed the typical antagonistic resting tremor. Using the analysis tool Dynamic Imaging of Coherent Sources, we identified the oscillatory network associated with tremor comprising contralateral primary sensorimotor cortex (S1/M1), supplementary motor area (SMA), contralateral premotor cortex (PMC), thalamus, secondary somatosensory cortex (S2), posterior parietal cortex (PPC), and ipsilateral cerebellum oscillating at 8 to 10 Hz. After intake of levodopa, we found a significant decrease of cerebro-cerebral coupling between thalamus and motor cortical areas. Similarly, in healthy controls mimicking resting tremor, we found a significant decrease of functional interaction within a thalamus-premotor-motor network during rest. However, in patients with PD, decrease of functional interaction between thalamus and PMC was significantly stronger when compared with healthy controls. These data support the hypothesis that (1) in patients with PD the basal ganglia and motor cortical structures become more closely entrained and (2) levodopa is associated with normalization of the functional interaction between thalamus and motor cortical areas.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Tremor / Encéfalo / Levodopa / Transtornos Parkinsonianos / Rede Nervosa / Antiparkinsonianos Tipo de estudo: Etiology_studies Limite: Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: En Revista: Mov Disord Assunto da revista: NEUROLOGIA Ano de publicação: 2009 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Alemanha

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Tremor / Encéfalo / Levodopa / Transtornos Parkinsonianos / Rede Nervosa / Antiparkinsonianos Tipo de estudo: Etiology_studies Limite: Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: En Revista: Mov Disord Assunto da revista: NEUROLOGIA Ano de publicação: 2009 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Alemanha