期刊
出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2206828119
关键词
neuroscience; focused ultrasound; neuromodulation; photometry; epilepsy
资金
- NIH [MH116470, DA055056]
- Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award [1F32HL149458-01A1]
- Multi-Institutional Training in Genetic/Genomic Approaches to Sleep Disorders Award [5T32HL110952-08]
We developed a system that can monitor the neural activity of specific cell types in the deep brain using focused ultrasound. By selectively adjusting the parameters, we were able to increase the activity of inhibitory neurons while suppressing the activity of excitatory neurons. This inhibitory effect was confirmed to be localized in the hippocampus through metabolic imaging.
Focused ultrasound (FUS) is a powerful tool for noninvasive modulation of deep brain activity with promising therapeutic potential for refractory epilepsy; however, tools for examining FUS effects on specific cell types within the deep brain do not yet exist. Consequently, how cell types within heterogeneous networks can be modulated and whether parameters can be identified to bias these networks in the context of complex behaviors remains unknown. To address this, we developed a fiber Photometry Coupled focused Ultrasound System (PhoCUS) for simultaneously monitoring FUS effects on neural activity of subcortical genetically targeted cell types in freely behaving animals. We identified a parameter set that selectively increases activity of parvalbumin interneurons while suppressing excitatory neurons in the hippocampus. A net inhibitory effect localized to the hippocampus was further confirmed through whole brain metabolic imaging. Finally, these inhibitory selective parameters achieved significant spike suppression in the kainate model of chronic temporal lobe epilepsy, opening the door for future noninvasive therapies.
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