| Literature DB >> 19034381 |
Annamaria Capozzo1, Tiziana Florio, Giuseppina Confalone, Daniela Minchella, Paolo Mazzone, Eugenio Scarnati.
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Electrical stimulation of the rat pedunculopontine nucleus (PPTg) (<25 Hz) synchronized firing of subthalamic neurons (STN) with each stimulus, and a continuous irregular activity often preceded recovery of burst discharges in control as well as in 6-hydroxydopamine lesioned animals. Firing was blocked both by increasing frequency of stimulation (>50 Hz) and current intensity (>500 microA). The data suggest that clinically relevant frequencies for PPTg deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease modulate burst discharges in STN neurons.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 19034381 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-008-0155-z
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neural Transm (Vienna) ISSN: 0300-9564 Impact factor: 3.575