Journal
AGING-US
Volume 12, Issue 20, Pages 20611-20622Publisher
IMPACT JOURNALS LLC
DOI: 10.18632/aging.103946
Keywords
multiple system atrophy; ataxia; cerebellar cortex; iTBS; TMS-EEG
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81501119, 81771398, 81771909, 81871438]
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2019YFC0121200, 2019YFC0121202, 2019YFC0121203, 2018YFC1314500]
- Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission [Z161100002616001]
- China postdoctoral Science Foundation [2019M660720]
- Beijing Postdoctoral Research Foundation [2020-ZZ-014]
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Cerebellar ataxia is the predominant motor feature of multiple system atrophy cerebellar subtype (MSA-C). Although repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of the cerebellum is growingly applied in MSA, the mechanism is unknown. We examined dynamic connectivity changes of 20 patients with MSA and 25 healthy controls using TMS combined with electroencephalography. Observations that significantly decreased dynamic cerebello-frontal connectivity in patients have inspired attempts to modulate cerebellar connectivity in order to benefit MSA. We further explore the therapeutic potential of a 10-day treatment of cerebellar intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) in MSA by a randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled trial. The functional reorganization of cerebellar networks was investigated after the end of treatment in active and sham groups. The severity of the symptoms was evaluated using the Scale for Assessment and Rating of Ataxia scores. Patients treated with active stimulation showed an improvement of cerebello-frontal connectivity and balance functions, as revealed by a significant decrease in the ataxia scores (P < 0.01). Importantly, the neural activity of frontal connectivity from 80 to 100 ms after a single TMS was significantly related to the severity of the disease. Our study provides new proof that cerebellar iTBS improves motor imbalance in MSA by acting on cerebello-cortical plasticity.
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