期刊
NEUROMODULATION
卷 24, 期 5, 页码 863-869出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/ner.13147
关键词
FDG-PET; MRI; stereotactic radiosurgery
资金
- Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. Funding Source: Medline
- Zap Medical System Inc. Funding Source: Medline
This study demonstrates that focal metabolic changes can be induced in the brain through precise delivery of ionizing radiation, without causing brain lesions. The effects were significant at doses of 60 Gy or higher, with only 120 Gy resulting in visible ablation. This noninvasive approach may open new avenues for investigating neuromodulatory treatments for disorders involving dysfunctional brain circuits.
Objectives It would be a medically important advance if durable and focal neuromodulation of the brain could be delivered noninvasively and without ablation. This ongoing study seeks to elucidate the effects of precisely delivered ionizing radiation upon focal brain metabolism and the corresponding cellular integrity at that target. We hypothesize that focally delivered ionizing radiation to the brain can yield focal metabolic changes without lesioning the brain in the process. Materials and Methods We used stereotactic radiosurgery to deliver doses from 10 Gy to 120 Gy to the left primary motor cortex (M1) of Lee Sung miniature pigs (n= 8). One additional animal served as a nonirradiated control. We used positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) to quantify radiation dose-dependent effects by calculating the ratio of standard uptake values (SUV) of 2-deoxy-2-[F-18]-fluoro-D-glucose (F-18-FDG) between the radiated (left) and irradiated (right) hemispheres across nine months. Results We found that the FDG-PET SUV ratio at the targeted M1 was significantly lowered from the pre-radiation baseline measurements for animals receiving 60 Gy or higher, with the effect persisting at nine months after radiosurgery. Only at 120 Gy was a lesion suggesting ablation visible at the M1 target. Animals treated at 60-100 Gy showed a reduced signal in the absence of an identifiable lesion, a result consistent with the occurrence of neuromodulation. Conclusion Focal, noninvasive, and durable changes in brain activity can be induced without a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-visible lesion, a result that may be consistent with the occurrence of neuromodulation. This approach may provide new venues for the investigation of neuromodulatory treatments for disorders involving dysfunctional brain circuits. Postmortem pathological analysis is needed to elucidate whether there have been morphological changes not detected by MRI.
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