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Thalamic Single-Unit and Local Field Potential Activity in Tourette Syndrome
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Thalamic Single-Unit and Local Field Potential Activity in Tourette Syndrome

Sara Marceglia, Domenico Servello, Guglielmo Foffani, Mauro Porta, Marco Sassi, Simona Mrakic-Sposta, Manuela Rosa, Sergio Barbieri and Alberto Priori
Movement disorders, v 25(3), pp 300-308
15 Feb 2010
PMID: 20108375

Abstract

Clinical Neurology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Neurosciences & Neurology Science & Technology
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the ventralis oralis (VO) complex of the thalamus improves tics in patients with Tourette syndrome (TS). To neurophysiologically describe the VO complex we recorded, in seven patients with TS undergoing DBS electrode implantation, single-unit activity during surgery and local field potentials (LFPs) a few days after Surgery. Single unit recordings showed that the VO complex is characterized by a localized pattern of bursting neuronal activity. LFP spectra demonstrated that VO of TS patients has a prominent oscillatory activity at low frequencies (2-7 Hz) and in the a-band (8-13 Hz), and a virtually absent beta activity. In each patient, the main LFP frequency significantly correlated with single-unit interburst frequency. In conclusion, we observed an oscillatory bursting activity in the VO as target region in patients with severe TS Undergoing DBS surgery. (C) 2010 Movement Disorder Society

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