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Independently together: subthalamic theta and beta opposite roles in predicting Parkinson's tremor.

ABSTRACT: Tremor is a core feature of Parkinson's disease and the most easily recognized Parkinsonian sign. Nonetheless, its pathophysiology remains poorly understood. Here, we show that multispectral spiking activity in the posterior-dorso-lateral oscillatory (motor) region of the subthalamic nucleus distinguishes resting tremor from the other Parkinsonian motor signs and strongly correlates with its severity. We evaluated microelectrode-spiking activity from the subthalamic dorsolateral oscillatory region of 70 Parkinson's disease patients who underwent deep brain stimulation surgery (114 subthalamic nuclei, 166 electrode trajectories). We then investigated the relationship between patients' clinical Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale score and their peak theta (4-7 Hz) and beta (13-30 Hz) powers. We found a positive correlation between resting tremor and theta activity (r = 0.41, P?r = -0.2, P?=?0.5). Hypothesizing that the two neuronal frequencies mask each other's relationship with resting tremor, we created a non-linear model of their proportional spectral powers and investigated its relationship with resting tremor. As hypothesized, patients' proportional scores correlated better than either theta or beta alone (r?=?0.54, P?r ? ?) to patients' resting tremor scores, we found a significant negative correlation between the two (r = -0.38, P?r ? ?scores to obtain an improved neural correlate of resting tremor (r?=?0.62, P?

SUBMITTER: Asch N

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7869429 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Independently together: subthalamic theta and beta opposite roles in predicting Parkinson's tremor.

Asch Nir N Herschman Yehuda Y Maoz Rotem R Auerbach-Asch Carmel R CR Valsky Dan D Abu-Snineh Muneer M Arkadir David D Linetsky Eduard E Eitan Renana R Marmor Odeya O Bergman Hagai H Israel Zvi Z

Brain communications 20200529 2

Tremor is a core feature of Parkinson's disease and the most easily recognized Parkinsonian sign. Nonetheless, its pathophysiology remains poorly understood. Here, we show that multispectral spiking activity in the posterior-dorso-lateral oscillatory (motor) region of the subthalamic nucleus distinguishes resting tremor from the other Parkinsonian motor signs and strongly correlates with its severity. We evaluated microelectrode-spiking activity from the subthalamic dorsolateral oscillatory regi ...[more]

PMID: 33585815

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Independently together: subthalamic theta and beta opposite roles in predicting Parkinson's tremor.

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