期刊
JOURNAL OF NEURAL ENGINEERING
卷 17, 期 4, 页码 -出版社
IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/ab9db8
关键词
vagus nerve stimulation; neuromodulation; side effects; bioelectronic medicine; electroceuticals; swine; LivaNova
资金
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Biological Technologies Office (BTO) Targeted Neuroplasticity Training Program
- Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) Systems Center with (SSC) Pacific [N66001-17-2-4010]
- NIH SPARC [OT2 OD025340]
- CTSA from the National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS) [TL1 TR002380]
Objective Clinical data suggest that efficacious vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is limited by side effects such as cough and dyspnea that have stimulation thresholds lower than those for therapeutic outcomes. VNS side effects are putatively caused by activation of nearby muscles within the neck, via direct muscle activation or activation of nerve fibers innervating those muscles. Our goal was to determine the thresholds at which various VNS-evoked effects occur in the domestic pig-an animal model with vagus anatomy similar to human-using the bipolar helical lead deployed clinically. Approach Intrafascicular electrodes were placed within the vagus nerve to record electroneurographic (ENG) responses, and needle electrodes were placed in the vagal-innervated neck muscles to record electromyographic (EMG) responses. Main results Contraction of the cricoarytenoid muscle occurred at low amplitudes (similar to 0.3 mA) and resulted from activation of motor nerve fibers in the cervical vagus trunk within the electrode cuff which bifurcate into the recurrent laryngeal branch of the vagus. At higher amplitudes (similar to 1.4 mA), contraction of the cricoarytenoid and cricothyroid muscles was generated by current leakage outside the cuff to activate motor nerve fibers running within the nearby superior laryngeal branch of the vagus. Activation of these muscles generated artifacts in the ENG recordings that may be mistaken for compound action potentials representing slowly conducting A delta-, B-, and C-fibers. Significance Our data resolve conflicting reports of the stimulation amplitudes required for C-fiber activation in large animal studies (>10 mA) and human studies (mu A). After removing muscle-generated artifacts, ENG signals with post-stimulus latencies consistent with A delta- and B-fibers occurred in only a small subset of animals, and these signals had similar thresholds to those that caused bradycardia. By identifying specific neuroanatomical pathways that cause off-target effects and characterizing the stimulation dose-response curves for on- and off-target effects, we hope to guide interpretation and optimization of clinical VNS.
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