Journal
COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY
Volume 4, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
NATURE RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-020-01604-x
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- National Institutes of Health [F31HL145831, R21NS109571]
- National Science Foundation [DMR1644779]
- State of Florida
- MRC [UKDRI-5005] Funding Source: UKRI
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The study demonstrates that temporal interference stimulation can restore breathing in rats after opioid overdose and spinal cord injury, potentially offering an alternative and minimally invasive treatment option.
Respiratory insufficiency is a leading cause of death due to drug overdose or neuromuscular disease. We hypothesized that a stimulation paradigm using temporal interference (TI) could restore breathing in such conditions. Following opioid overdose in rats, two high frequency (5000Hz and 5001Hz), low amplitude waveforms delivered via intramuscular wires in the neck immediately activated the diaphragm and restored ventilation in phase with waveform offset (1Hz or 60 breaths/min). Following cervical spinal cord injury (SCI), TI stimulation via dorsally placed epidural electrodes uni- or bilaterally activated the diaphragm depending on current and electrode position. In silico modeling indicated that an interferential signal in the ventral spinal cord predicted the evoked response (left versus right diaphragm) and current-ratio-based steering. We conclude that TI stimulation can activate spinal motor neurons after SCI and prevent fatal apnea during drug overdose by restoring ventilation with minimally invasive electrodes. Sunshine et al use a combination of rat models and in silico modeling to show that temporal interference stimulation can prevent fatal apneas after opioid overdose, and can activate the diaphragm after spinal cord injury. This potentially paves the way for an alternative and minimally invasive treatment
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