Pedunculopontine nucleus deep brain stimulation changes spinal cord excitability in Parkinson's disease patients.
J Neural Transm (Vienna)
; 115(5): 731-5, 2008 May.
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ABSTRACT
Bilateral peduncolopontine nucleus (PPN) and subthalamic nucleus (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS) was performed in six-advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) patients. We report the effect of both PPN-DBS (25 Hz) and STN-DBS (185 Hz) on patient spinal reflex excitability by utilizing the soleus-Hoffman reflex (HR) threshold. Compared to controls (n = 9), patients showed an increase of HR-threshold, which was scarcely affected by levodopa, but significantly reduced by DBS. In particular, we found that PPN-DBS alone, or plus STN-DBS induced a complete recovery of HR-threshold up to control values. The HR-threshold changes, although do not allow to investigate the contribution of specific intraspinal pathways, suggest that PPN may play a key-role in modulating spinal excitability in PD possibly by improving the basal ganglia-brainstem descending system activity.
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Doença de Parkinson
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Medula Espinal
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Núcleo Tegmental Pedunculopontino
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Estimulação Encefálica Profunda
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Reflexo H
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2008
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