期刊
CURRENT BIOLOGY
卷 23, 期 5, 页码 436-440出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.01.068
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资金
- Medical Research Council
- Rosetrees Trust
- National Institute for Health Research Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
- Wellcome Trust
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [WT 0888771Z/091Z]
- Centre of Excellence in Personalised Healthcare
- MRC [G0901503] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [G0901503] Funding Source: researchfish
Tremor can dominate Parkinson's disease and yet responds less well to dopaminergic medications than do other cardinal symptoms of this condition [1, 2]. Deep brain stimulation can provide striking tremor relief, but the introduction of stimulating electrodes deep in the substance of the brain carries significant risks, including those of hemorrhage [3]. Here, we pioneer an alternative approach in which we noninvasively apply transcranial alternating current stimulation (TACS) over the motor cortex [4, 5] to induce phase cancellation of the rest tremor rhythm. We first identify the timing of cortical oscillations responsible for rest tremor in the periphery by delivering tremor-frequency stimulation over motor cortex but do not couple this stimulation to the on-going tremor instead, the rhythms simply drift in and out of phase alignment with one another. Slow alternating periods of phase cancellation and reinforcement result, informing on the phase alignments that induce the greatest change in tremor amplitude. Next, we deliver stimulation at these specified phase alignments to demonstrate controlled suppression of the on-going tremor. With this technique we can achieve almost 50% average reduction in resting tremor amplitude and in so doing form the basis of a closed-loop tremor-suppression therapy that could be extended to other oscillopathies.
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