期刊
PARKINSONISM & RELATED DISORDERS
卷 65, 期 -, 页码 210-216出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2019.05.030
关键词
Parkinson's disease; Electroencephalography; Interhemispheric phase synchronization; Gait; Bimanual movements
资金
- Israel Science Foundation [1657-16]
- Israel Ministry of Health [3000-14527]
- German Israel Foundation (GIF) [I- 1298-415.13/2015]
- German Science Foundation (DFG) [KA 1676/4]
Introduction: Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by gait disturbances, which become severe during the advanced stages of the disease. Though gait impairments in Parkinson's disease have been extensively described in terms of spatiotemporal gait parameters, little is known regarding associated patterns of cortical activity. The objective of the present study is to test if interhemispheric synchronization differs between participants with PD and healthy elderly controls (NPD). We analyzed electroencephalography (EEG) signals recorded during bilateral movements, i.e., locomotion and hand tapping. Methods: Fifteen participants with PD ('OFF' their anti-parkinsonian medications) and eight NPD were assessed during quiet standing, straight-line walking, turning, and hand tapping tasks. Using a 32-electrode EEG array, we quantified the synchronization in periodic cortical activation between the brain hemispheres (interhemispheric phase synchronization; inter-PS). Theta, alpha, beta, and gamma bands were evaluated. Results: In all bands, inter-PS was significantly higher for the PD group as compared with the NPD group during standing and walking (p < 0.001) and during bimanual tasks (p = 0.026). Conclusions: Persons with PD exhibit increased inter-PS as compared with NPD participants. These findings support previous evidence from animal studies, that bilateral cortical hypersynchronization emerges from the asymmetric neural degeneration that is at the base of the disease. Future studies should elucidate the long-term temporal development of this hypersynchronization and its clinical relevance (e.g., can it 'serve' as prodromal marker?).
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