Subthalamic nucleus lesions reduce low frequency oscillatory firing of substantia nigra pars reticulata neurons in a rat model of Parkinson's disease - PubMed (original) (raw)

Subthalamic nucleus lesions reduce low frequency oscillatory firing of substantia nigra pars reticulata neurons in a rat model of Parkinson's disease

K Y Tseng et al. Brain Res. 2001.

Abstract

Single unit recordings performed in animal models of Parkinson's disease revealed that output nuclei neurons display modifications in firing pattern and firing rate, which are supposed to give rise to the clinical manifestations of the illness. We examined the activity pattern of single units from the substantia nigra pars reticulata, the main output nuclei of the rodent basal ganglia, in urethane-anesthetized control and 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned rats (a widespread model of Parkinson's disease). We further studied the effect of a subthalamic nucleus lesion in both experimental groups. Subthalamic nucleus lesion produces behavioral improvement in animal models of Parkinson's disease, and was expected to reverse the changes induced by 6-hydroxydopamine lesions. A meticulous statistical investigation, which included a non-biased classification of the recorded units by means of cluster analysis, allowed us to identify a low frequency oscillation of firing rate ( approximately 0.9 Hz) occurring in approximately 35% of the units recorded from 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned rats, as the main feature differentiating 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned and control rats. Subthalamic nucleus lesions significantly reduced the proportion of oscillatory units in 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned rats. However, the population of nigral units recorded from rats bearing both lesions still differed significantly from control units. These results suggest that oscillatory activity in the basal ganglia output nuclei may be related to some clinical features of parkinsonism, and suggest a putative mechanism through which therapeutic interventions aimed at modifying subthalamic nucleus function produce clinical benefit in Parkinson's disease.

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Subthalamic nucleus lesions reduce low frequency oscillatory firing of substantia nigra pars reticulata neurons in a rat model of Parkinson's disease - PubMed (original) (raw)