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Lin CW, Li JY, Kuo TB, Huang CW, Huang SS, Yang CC. Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia Worsens Brain Damage and Sensorimotor Behavioral Abnormalities after Ischemic Stroke: Effect on Autonomic Nervous Activity and Sleep Patterns. Brain Res 2022; 1798:148159. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2022.148159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2022] [Revised: 10/31/2022] [Accepted: 11/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Chang Y, Jang J, Cho J, Lee J, Son Y, Park S, Kim C. Seamless Capacitive Body Channel Wireless Power Transmission Toward Freely Moving Multiple Animals in an Animal Cage. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS 2022; 16:714-725. [PMID: 35976817 DOI: 10.1109/tbcas.2022.3199455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Unstable wireless power transmission toward multiple living animals in an animal cage is one of the significant barriers to performing long-term and real-time neural monitoring in preclinical research. Here, seamless capacitive body channel (SCB) wireless power transmission (WPT) along with power management integrated circuit (PMIC) is designed using a standard 65 nm CMOS process. The SCB WPT enables stable wireless power transmission toward multiple 35 mm×20 mm×2 mm sized receivers (RXs) attached to freely moving animals in a 600 mm×600 mm×120 mm sized animal cage. By utilizing fringe-field capacitance and a body channel for wireless power link between the cage and RXs, the maximum difference in all measured power efficiencies in diverse scenarios is only 6.66 % with a 20 mW load. Even with a 90 ° RX rotation against the cage, power efficiency marks 17.76 %. Furthermore, an in-vivo experiment conducted with three untethered rats demonstrates the capability of continuous long-term power delivery in practical situations.
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Equivalent current dipole sources of neurofeedback training-induced alpha activity through temporal/spectral analytic techniques. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0264415. [PMID: 35213609 PMCID: PMC8880644 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Much of the work in alpha NFT has focused on evaluating changes in alpha amplitude. However, the generation mechanism of training-induced alpha activity has not yet been clarified. The present study aimed to identify sources of training-induced alpha activity through four temporal/spectral analytic techniques, i.e., the max peak average (MPA), positive average (PA), negative average (NA) and event-related spectral perturbation average (ERSPA) methods. Thirty-five healthy participants were recruited into an alpha group receiving feedback of 8–12-Hz amplitudes, and twenty-eight healthy participants were recruited into a control group receiving feedback of random 4-Hz amplitudes from the range of 7 to 20 Hz. Twelve sessions were performed within 4 weeks (3 sessions per week). The control group had no change in the amplitude spectrum. In contrast, twenty-nine participants in the alpha group showed significant alpha amplitude increases exclusively and were identified as “responders”. A whole-head EEG was recorded for the “responders” after NFT. The epochs of training-induced alpha activity from whole-head EEG were averaged by four different methods for equivalent current dipole source analysis. High agreement and Cohen’s kappa coefficients on dipole source localization between each method were observed, showing that the dipole clusters of training-induced alpha activity were consistently located in the precuneus, posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) and middle temporal gyrus. The residual variance (goodness of fit) for dipole estimation of the MPA was significantly smaller than that of the others. Our findings indicate that the precuneus, PCC and middle temporal gyrus play important roles in enhancing training-induced alpha activity. The four averaging methods (especially the MPA method) were suitable for investigating sources of brainwaves. Additionally, three dipoles can be used for dipole source analysis of training-induced alpha activity in future research, especially the training sites are around the central regions.
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Validation of eyes-closed resting alpha amplitude predicting neurofeedback learning of upregulation alpha activity. Sci Rep 2021; 11:19615. [PMID: 34608244 PMCID: PMC8490456 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-99235-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Neurofeedback training (NFT) enables users to learn self-control of EEG activity of interest and then to create many benefits on cognitive function. A considerable number of nonresponders who fail to achieve successful NFT have often been reported in the within-session prediction. This study aimed to investigate successful EEG NFT of upregulation alpha activity in terms of trainability, independence, and between-session predictability validation. Forty-six participants completed 12 training sessions. Spectrotemporal analysis revealed the upregulation success on brain activity of 8-12 Hz exclusively to demonstrate trainability and independence of alpha NFT. Three learning indices of between-session changes exhibited significant correlations with eyes-closed resting state (ECRS) alpha amplitude before the training exclusively. Through a stepwise linear discriminant analysis, the prediction model of ECRS's alpha frequency band amplitude exhibited the best accuracy (89.1%) validation regarding the learning index of increased alpha amplitude on average. This study performed a systematic analysis on NFT success, the performance of the 3 between-session learning indices, and the validation of ECRS alpha activity for responder prediction. The findings would assist researchers in obtaining insight into the training efficacy of individuals and then attempting to adapt an efficient strategy in NFT success.
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Wei TY, Young CP, Liu YT, Xu JH, Liang SF, Shaw FZ, Kuo CE. Development of a rule-based automatic five-sleep-stage scoring method for rats. Biomed Eng Online 2019; 18:92. [PMID: 31484584 PMCID: PMC6727553 DOI: 10.1186/s12938-019-0712-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2018] [Accepted: 08/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Background Sleep problem or disturbance often exists in pain or neurological/psychiatric diseases. However, sleep scoring is a time-consuming tedious labor. Very few studies discuss the 5-stage (wake/NREM1/NREM2/transition sleep/REM) automatic fine analysis of wake–sleep stages in rodent models. The present study aimed to develop and validate an automatic rule-based classification of 5-stage wake–sleep pattern in acid-induced widespread hyperalgesia model of the rat. Results The overall agreement between two experts’ consensus and automatic scoring in the 5-stage and 3-stage analyses were 92.32% (κ = 0.88) and 94.97% (κ = 0.91), respectively. Standard deviation of the accuracy among all rats was only 2.93%. Both frontal–occipital EEG and parietal EEG data showed comparable accuracies. The results demonstrated the performance of the proposed method with high accuracy and reliability. Subtle changes exhibited in the 5-stage wake–sleep analysis but not in the 3-stage analysis during hyperalgesia development of the acid-induced pain model. Compared with existing methods, our method can automatically classify vigilance states into 5-stage or 3-stage wake–sleep pattern with a promising high agreement with sleep experts. Conclusions In this study, we have performed and validated a reliable automated sleep scoring system in rats. The classification algorithm is less computation power, a high robustness, and consistency of results. The algorithm can be implanted into a versatile wireless portable monitoring system for real-time analysis in the future.
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- Ting-Ying Wei
- Dept. of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan
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- Dept. of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Sciences Industry, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, 711, Taiwan
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- Dept. of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan
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- Dept. of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan.
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- Department of Automatic Control Engineering, Feng Chia University, Taichung, 407, Taiwan.
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Neural mechanism of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in improving heart rate variability and sleep disturbance after myocardial infarction. Sleep Med 2018; 48:61-69. [PMID: 29859479 DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2018.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2018] [Revised: 04/05/2018] [Accepted: 04/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Sympathetic hyperactivity and poor sleep quality are reported in myocardial infarction (MI) patients and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) can improve long-term survival in these patients. We aimed to evaluate ACEI effects on cardiac autonomic activity (CAA) and disordered sleep patterns in ambulatory rats after MI. METHODS Polysomnographic recording was performed in sham (n = 8) and MI (n = 9) male rats during normal daytime sleep before and after captopril treatment. Spectral analyses of the electroencephalogram and electromyogram were evaluated to define active waking (AW), quiet sleep (QS), and paradoxical sleep (PS). Central sleep apnea (CSA) events were measured by analyzing the electromyogram of the diaphragm. CAA was measured by power spectrum analyses of heart rate variability (HRV). RESULTS In the MI group, there was a higher low frequency/high frequency ratio during sleep, which reduced significantly after captopril treatment, especially at the QS stage compared to that before captopril treatment. The frequency of sleep interruption was higher in the MI group than the sham group. Increased AW and PS, and decreased QS times were noted in the MI group compared to the sham group. These changes were restored to baseline after captopril treatment in the MI group. CSA events were significantly increased in the MI group, and were restored to the normal level after captopril treatment. CONCLUSIONS Our results demonstrate significant sleep fragmentation with sympathetic hyperactivity after MI, and that captopril restores the autonomic dysfunction and sleep disorder. These findings suggest that ACEI improved sleep-related respiration disorder after MI by restoring autonomic homeostasis, and provide a hypothesis generating for future studies in humans.
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Spike densities of the amygdala and neocortex reflect progression of kindled motor seizures. Med Biol Eng Comput 2017; 56:99-112. [PMID: 28674781 DOI: 10.1007/s11517-017-1672-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2016] [Accepted: 06/15/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Amygdala kindling is a common temporal lobe-like seizure model. In the present study, temporal and spectral analyses of the ictal period were investigated throughout amygdala kindling in response to different behavioral seizures. Right-side amygdala was kindled to induce epileptiform afterdischarges (ADs). ADs of both the frontal cortex and amygdala were analyzed. Powers of the low (0-9 Hz)- and high (12-30 Hz)-frequency bands in response to different behavioral seizures were calculated. Densities of upward and downward peaks of spikes, which reflected information of spike count and spike pattern, throughout kindle-induced ADs were calculated. Progression was seen in the temporal and spectral characteristics of amygdala-kindled ADs in response to behaviors. Numbers of significant differences of all 1-s AD segments between two Racine's seizure stages were significantly higher in upward and downward indexes of the temporal spike than those using the spectral method in both the amygdala and neocortex. Ability for distinguishing seizure stages was significantly higher in temporal spike density of amygdala ADs compared to those of frontal ADs. Our results showed that amygdala kindling caused spectrotemporal changes of activities in the amygdala and frontal cortex. The density of spike-related peaks had better distinguishability in response to behavioral seizures, particularly in a seizure zone of amygdala. The present study provides a new temporal index of spike's peak density to understand progression of motor seizures in the kindling process.
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Jia Y, Mirbozorgi SA, Wang Z, Hsu CC, Madsen TE, Rainnie D, Ghovanloo M. Position and Orientation Insensitive Wireless Power Transmission for EnerCage-Homecage System. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2017; 64:2439-2449. [PMID: 28410095 DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2017.2691720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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We have developed a new headstage architecture as part of a smart experimental arena, known as the EnerCage-HC2 system, which automatically delivers stimulation and collects behavioral data over extended periods with minimal small animal subject handling or personnel intervention in a standard rodent homecage. Equipped with a four-coil inductive link, the EnerCage-HC2 system wirelessly powers the receiver (Rx) headstage, irrespective of the subject's location or head orientation, eliminating the need for tethering or carrying bulky batteries. On the transmitter (Tx) side, a driver coil, five high-quality (Q) factor segmented resonators at different heights and orientations, and a closed-loop Tx power controller create a homogeneous electromagnetic (EM) field within the homecage 3-D space, and compensate for drops in power transfer efficiency (PTE) due to Rx misalignments. The headstage is equipped with four small slanted resonators, each covering a range of head orientations with respect to the Tx resonators, which direct the EM field toward the load coil at the bottom of the headstage. Moreover, data links based on Wi-Fi, UART, and Bluetooth low energy are utilized to enables remote communication and control of the Rx. The PTE varies within 23.6%-33.3% and 6.7%-10.1% at headstage heights of 8 and 20 cm, respectively, while continuously delivering >40 mW to the Rx electronics even at 90° rotation. As a proof of EnerCage-HC2 functionality in vivo, a previously documented on-demand electrical stimulation of the globus pallidus, eliciting consistent head rotation, is demonstrated in three freely behaving rats.
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Hsueh J, Chen T, Chen J, Shaw F. Neurofeedback training of EEG alpha rhythm enhances episodic and working memory. Hum Brain Mapp 2016; 37:2662-75. [PMID: 27038114 PMCID: PMC6867560 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2015] [Revised: 02/18/2016] [Accepted: 03/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Neurofeedback training (NFT) of the alpha rhythm has been used for several decades but is still controversial in regards to its trainability and effects on working memory. Alpha rhythm of the frontoparietal region are associated with either the intelligence or memory of healthy subjects and are also related to pathological states. In this study, alpha NFT effects on memory performances were explored. Fifty healthy participants were recruited and randomly assigned into a group receiving a 8-12-Hz amplitude (Alpha) or a group receiving a random 4-Hz amplitude from the range of 7 to 20 Hz (Ctrl). Three NFT sessions per week were conducted for 4 weeks. Working memory was assessed by both a backward digit span task and an operation span task, and episodic memory was assessed using a word pair task. Four questionnaires were used to assess anxiety, depression, insomnia, and cognitive function. The Ctrl group had no change in alpha amplitude and duration. In contrast, the Alpha group showed a progressive significant increase in the alpha amplitude and total alpha duration of the frontoparietal region. Accuracies of both working and episodic memories were significantly improved in a large proportion of participants of the Alpha group, particularly for those with remarkable alpha-amplitude increases. Scores of four questionnaires fell in a normal range before and after NFT. The current study provided supporting evidence for alpha trainability within a small session number compared with that of therapy. The findings suggested the enhancement of working and episodic memory through alpha NFT. Hum Brain Mapp 37:2662-2675, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Jen‐Jui Hsueh
- Institute of Biomedical EngineeringNational Cheng Kung UniversityTainanTaiwan
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- Department of PsychologyNational Cheng Kung UniversityTainanTaiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical EngineeringNational Cheng Kung UniversityTainanTaiwan
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- Department of PsychologyNational Cheng Kung UniversityTainanTaiwan
- Mind Research and Imaging CenterNational Cheng Kung UniversityTainanTaiwan
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Chen SD, Wang YL, Liang SF, Shaw FZ. Rapid Amygdala Kindling Causes Motor Seizure and Comorbidity of Anxiety- and Depression-Like Behaviors in Rats. Front Behav Neurosci 2016; 10:129. [PMID: 27445726 PMCID: PMC4916743 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2016] [Accepted: 06/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Amygdala kindling is a model of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) with convulsion. The rapid amygdala kindling has an advantage on quick development of motor seizures and for antiepileptic drugs screening. The rapid amygdala kindling causes epileptogenesis accompanied by an anxiolytic response in early isolation of rat pups or depressive behavior in immature rats. However, the effect of rapid amygdala kindling on comorbidity of anxiety- and depression-like behaviors is unexplored in adult rats with normal breeding. In the present study, 40 amygdala stimulations given within 2 days were applied in adult Wistar rats. Afterdischarge (AD) and seizure stage were recorded throughout the amygdala kindling. Anxiety-like behaviors were evaluated by the elevated plus maze (EPM) test and open field (OF) test, whereas depression-like behaviors were assessed by the forced swim (FS) and sucrose consumption (SC) tests. A tonic-clonic convulsion was provoked in the kindle group. Rapid amygdala kindling resulted in a significantly lower frequency entering an open area of either open arms of the EPM or the central zone of an OF, lower sucrose intake, and longer immobility of the FS test in the kindle group. Our results suggest that rapid amygdala kindling elicited severe motor seizures comorbid with anxiety- and depression-like behaviors.
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- Shang-Der Chen
- Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of MedicineKaohsiung, Taiwan; Center for Translational Research in Biomedical Science, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of MedicineKaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Cheng Kung University Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Cheng Kung UniversityTainan, Taiwan; Institute of Medical Informatics, National Cheng Kung UniversityTainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychology, National Cheng Kung University Tainan, Taiwan
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Tsai CY, Lei YY, Yang LY, Chiu WC. Changes of masseter muscle activity following injection of botulinum toxin type A in adult rats. Orthod Craniofac Res 2015; 18:202-11. [PMID: 26083593 DOI: 10.1111/ocr.12095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate changes in masseter muscle function following intramuscular injection of different dose-dependent botulinum toxin type A (BTXA). SETTING AND SAMPLE POPULATION Department of Orthodontics at Taipei Medical University. Fifty-two, 70-day-old male Wistar rats were randomly divided into four groups. Group I received 7.5 U of BTXA (0.3 ml), Group II received 5.0 U, and Group III received 2.5 U in the right masseter muscle, respectively. Group IV is the control and received no BTXA injection. MATERIALS AND METHODS A wire electrode device was implanted to record muscle activity. One week after implantation, the rats were fed every 2 h and EMG signals were recorded during the first hour. All signals were recorded for 12 weeks. Thereafter, EMG data were analyzed for statistical calculation and weights of masseter muscles were measured. RESULTS Masseter muscle activity decreased 99% during the first week after BTXA injection and gradually recovered from the 3rd week on in Groups I-III. By the 12th week, muscle activity recovered to 41% in Groups I and II and 56.26% in Group III. No significant changes of muscle activity were observed in Group IV. CONCLUSION BTXA induced a reduction in masseter muscle activity and an increased toxin dose resulted in greater depression of muscle activity.
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- C Y Tsai
- School of Dentistry, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Division of Orthodontics, Department of Dentistry, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- School of Dentistry, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- School of Dentistry, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Orthodontics, Cardinal Tien Hospital Yung Ho Branch, Yungho, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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Lin LC, Juan CT, Chang HW, Chiang CT, Wei RC, Lee MW, Mok HK, Yang RC. Mozart K.448 attenuates spontaneous absence seizure and related high-voltage rhythmic spike discharges in Long Evans rats. Epilepsy Res 2013; 104:234-40. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2012.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2012] [Revised: 11/02/2012] [Accepted: 11/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Shaw FZ, Liao YF, Chen RF, Huang YH, Lin RCS. The zona incerta modulates spontaneous spike-wave discharges in the rat. J Neurophysiol 2013; 109:2505-16. [PMID: 23446687 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00750.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The contribution of the zona incerta (ZI) of the thalamus on spike-wave discharges (SWDs) was investigated. Chronic recordings of bilateral cortices, bilateral vibrissa muscle, and unilateral ZI were performed in Long-Evans rats to examine the functional role of SWDs. Rhythmic ZI activity appeared at the beginning of SWD and was accompanied by higher-oscillation frequencies and larger spike magnitudes. Bilateral lidocaine injections into the mystacial pads led to a decreased oscillation frequency of SWDs, but the phenomenon of ZI-related spike magnitude enhancement was preserved. Moreover, 800-Hz ZI microstimulation terminates most of the SWDs and whisker twitching (WT; >80%). In contrast, 200-Hz ZI microstimulation selectively stops WTs but not SWDs. Stimulation of the thalamic ventroposteriomedial nucleus showed no obvious effect on terminating SWDs. A unilateral ZI lesion resulted in a significant reduction of 7- to 12-Hz power of both the ipsilateral cortical and contralateral vibrissae muscle activities during SWDs. Intraincertal microinfusion of muscimol showed a significant inhibition on SWDs. Our present data suggest that the ZI actively modulates the SWD magnitude and WT behavior.
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- Fu-Zen Shaw
- Department of Psychology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
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Huang HY, Lee HW, Chen SD, Shaw FZ. Lamotrigine ameliorates seizures and psychiatric comorbidity in a rat model of spontaneous absence epilepsy. Epilepsia 2012; 53:2005-14. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03664.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Kuo T, Li JY, Chen CY, Yang C. Changes in hippocampal theta activity during initiation and maintenance of running in the rat. Neuroscience 2011; 194:27-35. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2011] [Revised: 07/11/2011] [Accepted: 08/03/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Huang YM, Yang CCH, Lai CJ, Kuo TBJ. The influence of autonomic interventions on the sleep-wake-related changes in gastric myoelectrical activity in rats. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2011; 23:560-e208. [PMID: 21342364 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2011.01687.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Significant changes in autonomic activity occur at sleep-wake transitions and constitute an ideal setting for investigating the modulatory role of the autonomic nervous system on gastric myoelectrical activity (GMA). METHODS Using continuous power spectral analysis of electroencephalogram, electromyogram, and electrogastromyogram (EGMG) data from freely moving rats that had undergone chemical sympathetomy and/or truncal vagotomy, sleep-wake-related fluctuations in GMA were compared among the intervention groups. KEY RESULTS The pattern and extent of fluctuations in EGMG power across the sleep-wake states was blunted most significantly in rats undergoing both chemical sympathectomy and truncal vagotomy. The effect of these interventions also varied with respect to the transition between different sleep-wake states. The most prominent influences were observed between active waking and quiet sleep and between paradoxical sleep and quiet sleep. CONCLUSIONS & INFERENCES The sleep-wake-related fluctuations in EGMG power are a result of joint contributions from both sympathetic and vagal innervation. Vagotomy mainly resulted in a reduction in EGMG power, while the role of sympathetic innervation was unveiled by vagotomy and this was reflected most obviously in the extent of the fluctuations in EGMG power.
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- Y M Huang
- Department of Surgery, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
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Chen SD, Yeh KH, Huang YH, Shaw FZ. Effect of intracranial administration of ethosuximide in rats with spontaneous or pentylenetetrazol-induced spike-wave discharges. Epilepsia 2011; 52:1311-8. [PMID: 21729038 DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03067.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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PURPOSE Generalized absence seizures are characterized by bilateral spike-wave discharges (SWDs), particularly in the frontoparietal cortical region. In WAG/Rij and GAERS rats with absence epilepsy, recent evidence indicates that SWDs arise first from the lateral somatosensory cortex (LSC), that is, the cortical focus theory. To further understand the cortical role in SWD generation, two epileptic rat models were assessed. METHODS Two models, Long-Evans rats with spontaneous SWDs and Wistar rats with low-dose pentylenetetrazol-induced SWDs (20 mg/kg, i.p.), were administered intracortical or intrathalamic ethosuximide (ESM) or saline. Electroencephalographic recordings were analyzed before and after intracranial microinfusion to evaluate onset, frequency, and duration of SWDs. KEY FINDINGS In both epileptic rat models, ESM in the LSC significantly reduced SWD number, shortened SWD duration, and delayed SWD onset compared to saline. By contrast, ESM in the medial somatosensory cortex had little effect compared to saline. Intrathalamic infusion of ESM only delayed SWD onset. SIGNIFICANCE These findings suggest that the LSC may be essential for the occurrence of SWDs. Our data support the cortical focus theory for the generation of absence seizures.
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- Shang-Der Chen
- Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, 1 University Road, Tainan, Taiwan
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Kuo TBJ, Li JY, Shen-Yu Hsieh S, Chen JJ, Tsai CY, Yang CCH. Effect of aging on treadmill exercise induced theta power in the rat. AGE (DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS) 2010; 32:297-308. [PMID: 20411343 PMCID: PMC2926859 DOI: 10.1007/s11357-010-9143-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2009] [Accepted: 03/29/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The effects of aging on the electroencephalogram (EEG) power spectra of 8- and 60-week-old Wistar-Kyoto rats were examined during the waking baseline and treadmill exercise. Using continuous and simultaneous recordings of EEG and electromyogram signals, this study demonstrated that the alpha (10-13 Hz), theta (6-10 Hz), and delta (0.5-4 Hz) powers of the EEG were significantly lower in older rats as compared with young rats during the waking baseline. In the young rats, treadmill exercise resulted promptly in a higher alpha power, higher theta power, and higher theta power percentage as compared with the waking baseline. In the aged rats, treadmill exercise only resulted in a higher theta power and higher theta power percentage. During the treadmill exercise, however, the aged rats still showed a significantly lower exercise-evoked theta power change than the young rats. These results suggested that aging is accompanied by lower EEG activities during waking and this also is accompanied by an attenuated response of the brain to exercise in the rat.
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- Terry B. J. Kuo
- Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, No. 155, Sec. 2, Li-Nong St., Beitou, Taipei, 11221 Taiwan
- Sleep Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, No. 155, Sec. 2, Li-Nong St., Beitou, Taipei, 11221 Taiwan
- Department of Education and Research, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, 10341 Taiwan
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- Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, No. 155, Sec. 2, Li-Nong St., Beitou, Taipei, 11221 Taiwan
- Sleep Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, No. 155, Sec. 2, Li-Nong St., Beitou, Taipei, 11221 Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Exercise and Sport Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, 10610 Taiwan
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- Sleep Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, No. 155, Sec. 2, Li-Nong St., Beitou, Taipei, 11221 Taiwan
- Department of Education and Research, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, 10341 Taiwan
- Department of Physical Therapy and Assistive Technology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, 11221 Taiwan
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- Department of Education and Research, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, 10341 Taiwan
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- Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, No. 155, Sec. 2, Li-Nong St., Beitou, Taipei, 11221 Taiwan
- Sleep Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, No. 155, Sec. 2, Li-Nong St., Beitou, Taipei, 11221 Taiwan
- Department of Education and Research, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, 10341 Taiwan
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Kuo TBJ, Lai CT, Hsu FC, Tseng YJ, Li JY, Shieh KR, Tsai SC, Yang CCH. Cardiac neural regulation oscillates with the estrous cycle in freely moving female rats: the role of endogenous estrogens. Endocrinology 2010; 151:2613-21. [PMID: 20392827 DOI: 10.1210/en.2009-1410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Both estrogens levels and sleep/wakefulness states have been separately reported to affect cardiac autonomic regulation. In this study, we examined the integrated effects of the estrous and sleep cycles on cardiac autonomic activity in freely moving adult female rats. Cardiac autonomic activities were measured by analyzing the power spectrum of heart rate variability. High-frequency power (HF) and low-frequency power to HF ratio are closely correlated with cardiac parasympathetic and sympathetic activity, respectively. Ten days after electrodes were implanted, electroencephalogram, electromyogram, and electrocardiogram were recorded 6 h daily for 12 consecutive days to cover at least two estrous cycles. Estrous-cycle stages were determined using vaginal smears. Sleep cycle-related heart rate variability parameter oscillations were seen in all rats. However, the estrous cyclicity and estrous-cycle-related changes were only observed in the control rats and not in ovariectomized or the estrogen receptor antagonist, tamoxifen, treatment rats. A significantly higher HF was observed in estrous rats compared with diestrous rats or ovariectomized rats no matter whether the rats were asleep or awake. However, a significantly low-frequency power to HF ratio was only observed in quiet sleep (QS) during estrus. All these differences disappeared after treatment with tamoxifen. Our results suggest that estrous-cycle-related changes in cardiac neural regulations can be mainly attributed to endogenous estrogens, and these effects are most obviously manifest during QS. Estrous rats during QS would be equivalent to the late follicular phase of the women menstrual cycle and involve strong vagal tone but weak sympathetic activity.
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- Terry B J Kuo
- Sleep Research Center and Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, No. 155, Section 2, Linong Street, Taipei 11221, Taiwan
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Huang YM, Yang CCH, Lai CJ, Kuo TBJ. Involvement of sympathetic function in the sleep-related change of gastric myoelectrical activity in rats. J Sleep Res 2010; 19:192-200. [PMID: 19845848 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2009.00773.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The gastric myoelectrical activity (GMA) fluctuates across sleep-wake states as a result of modulation by the brain-gut axis. The role of the autonomic nervous system in this phenomenon, however, was not elucidated fully. Through simultaneous recording and subsequent continuous power spectral analysis of electroencephalogram, electromyogram, electrocardiogram and electrogastromyogram (EGMG) in 16 freely moving Wistar rats, the sleep-wake states of the animals were defined and indices of cardiac autonomic regulation and GMA were calculated. We found that both cardiac autonomic regulation and GMA fluctuated through sleep-wake cycles. Correlation analysis further revealed significant correlations between EGMG power and each of the R-R interval, high-frequency power, low-frequency power, very-low-frequency power, low-frequency power to high-frequency power ratio and normalized low-frequency power of heart rate variability with respect to their trend of change across different sleep-wake states. These results suggest that the sleep-wake-related change of GMA was related to sympathovagal balance. The sympathetic nerve may play a more important role in the central modulation of GMA than perceived previously.
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- Yu-Min Huang
- Department of Surgery, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
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Depression- and anxiety-like behaviors of a rat model with absence epileptic discharges. Neuroscience 2009; 160:382-93. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.02.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2008] [Revised: 02/07/2009] [Accepted: 02/26/2009] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Huang CC, Liang SF, Young MS, Shaw FZ. A novel application of theS-transform in removing powerline interference from biomedical signals. Physiol Meas 2008; 30:13-27. [DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/30/1/002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Kuo TBJ, Shaw FZ, Lai CJ, Yang CCH. Asymmetry in sympathetic and vagal activities during sleep-wake transitions. Sleep 2008; 31:311-20. [PMID: 18363306 DOI: 10.1093/sleep/31.3.311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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STUDY OBJECTIVES To explore the role of autonomic nervous system in initiation of sleep-wake transitions. DESIGN Changes in cardiovascular variability during sleep-wake transitions of adult male Wistar-Kyoto rats on their normal daytime sleep were analyzed. INTERVENTIONS A 6-h daytime sleep-wakefulness recording session was performed. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS Electroencephalogram and electromyogram (EMG) signals were subjected to continuous power spectral analysis, from which mean power frequency of the electroencephalogram (MPF) and power of the EMG were quantified. Active waking (AW), quiet sleep (QS), and paradoxical sleep (PS) were defined every 8 s according to corresponding MPF and EMG power. Continuous power spectral analysis of R-R intervals was performed to quantify its high-frequency power (HF, 0.6-2.4 Hz), low-frequency power (0.06-0.6 Hz) to HF ratio (LF/HF). MPF exhibited two phases of change during AW-QS and QS-AW transitions: a slowly changing first phase followed by a rapidly changing second phase. HF increased linearly with the decrease of MPF during the first phase of AW-QS transition whereas LF/HF increased linearly with the increase of MPF during the first phase of QS-AW transition. However, the LF/HF was not correlated with the HF. The MPF and HF exhibited only a rapidly changing phase during QS-PS transition. The LF/HF declined transiently during the QS-PS transition, followed by a sustained increase in PS. CONCLUSIONS The parasympathetic activity before falling asleep and the sympathetic activity before waking up change coincidentally with EEG frequency, and may respectively contain the messages of sleeping and waking drives.
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- Terry B J Kuo
- Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Li JY, Kuo TB, Hsieh SS, Yang CC. Changes in electroencephalogram and heart rate during treadmill exercise in the rat. Neurosci Lett 2008; 434:175-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.01.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2007] [Revised: 08/09/2007] [Accepted: 01/24/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Tóth A, Hajnik T, Záborszky L, Détári L. Effect of basal forebrain neuropeptide Y administration on sleep and spontaneous behavior in freely moving rats. Brain Res Bull 2007; 72:293-301. [PMID: 17452289 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2007.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2006] [Revised: 11/17/2006] [Accepted: 01/09/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is present both in local neurons as well as in fibers in the basal forebrain (BF), an area that plays an important role in the regulation of cortical activation. In our previous experiments in anaesthetized rats, significant EEG changes were found after NPY injections to BF. EEG delta power increased while power in theta, alpha, and beta range decreased. The aim of the present experiments was to determine whether NPY infusion to BF can modulate sleep and behavior in freely moving rats. In this study, microinjections were made into the BF. Saline was injected to the control side, while either saline or one of two doses of NPY (0.5 microl, 300-500 pmol) to the treated side. EEG as well as behavioral changes were recorded. Behavioral elements after the NPY injections changed in a characteristic fashion in time and three consecutive phases were defined. In phase I (half hour 2), activated behavioral items (moving, rearing, grooming) appeared frequently. In phase II (half hours 3 and 4) activity decreased, while motionless state increased. Reappearance of activity was seen in phase III (half hours 5 and 6). NPY injections caused sleep-wake changes. The three phases described for behavioral changes were also reflected in the sleep data. During phase I, lower NPY dose increased wakefulness and decreased deep sleep. Reduced behavioral activity seen in phase II was partially reflected in the sleep. In this phase, wakefulness tended to increase in the third half hour, while decreased in the 4th half hour. Deep sleep and total slow wave sleep non-significantly decreased in the third and increased in the 4th half hour. In most cases, wakefulness was elevated again during Phase III, while sleep decreased. Length of single sleep-wake epochs did not change after NPY injections. Our results suggest a role for NPY in the integration of sleep and behavioral stages via the BF.
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- Attila Tóth
- Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter Sétány 1/C, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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Shaw FZ. 7-12 Hz high-voltage rhythmic spike discharges in rats evaluated by antiepileptic drugs and flicker stimulation. J Neurophysiol 2006; 97:238-47. [PMID: 17035363 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00340.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Paroxysmal 7- to 12-Hz high-voltage rhythmic spike (HVRS) or spike-wave discharges often appear in several particular strains of rats. However, functional hypotheses of these 7-12 Hz high-voltage cortical oscillations (absence seizure vs. idling mu rhythm) are inconclusive. The mu rhythm can be provoked by flicker stimulation (FS) in most people, but FS is less effective at eliciting absence epileptic activity. Therefore FS and antiepileptic drugs were used to verify the role of HVRS activity in Long-Evans rats with spontaneous HVRS discharges and Wistar rats without spontaneous HVRS discharges. The occurrence of HVRS discharges was significantly reduced by antiabsence drugs (ethosuximide, valproic acid, and diazepam) in dose-dependent manners, but high-dose carbamazepine displayed little effect. On the other hand, oscillation frequencies and durations of spontaneous HVRS discharges were not altered by FS. Under asynchronous brain activity, many FSs (>60%) elicited small-amplitude mu-rhythm-like activity in the barrel cortex concomitant with FS-related rhythms in the occipital cortex and resulted in significant augmentation of 7-12 Hz power in the parietal region. Furthermore, a large portion of FSs (>60%) revealed increase of 7-12 Hz power of the parietal cortex after ethosuximide administration (100 mg/kg ip) in Long-Evans rats. Similar FS-elicited phenomena also appeared in Wistar rats. Characteristics of FS-elicited mu-rhythm-like activities were consistent with those observed in humans, and they remarkably differed from those of spontaneous HVRS discharges. These results support the hypothesis that HVRS activity in Long-Evans rats may be an absence-like seizure activity rather than the mu rhythm.
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- Fu-Zen Shaw
- Institute of Cognitive Science, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Road, Tainan 701, Taiwan.
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Chen HY, Kuo TBJ, Shaw FZ, Lai CJ, Yang CCH. Sleep-related vagotonic effect of zolpidem in rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2005; 181:270-9. [PMID: 15778879 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-005-2236-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2004] [Accepted: 02/11/2005] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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RATIONALE Zolpidem is a relatively new nonbenzodiazepine sedative-hypnotic. The effects of zolpidem on autonomic functions remain unclear. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of zolpidem on sleep and related cardiac autonomic modulations as compared with triazolam in Wistar-Kyoto rats. METHODS Continuous power spectral analyses of electroencephalogram (EEG), electromyogram, and heart rate variability were performed on freely moving rats during daytime sleep. The consciousness states were classified into active waking (AW), quiet sleep (QS), and paradoxical sleep (PS). Drugs were administered via gavage and data within 2 h were analyzed. RESULTS All zolpidem (ZP3, 3 mg/kg; ZP30, 30 mg/kg) and triazolam (TZ0.075, 0.075 mg/kg; TZ0.75, 0.75 mg/kg) groups had longer accumulated QS time and averaged QS duration as compared with the vehicle control. The accumulated QS time and averaged QS duration of ZP3 were similar to those of TZ0.075. Significant suppressions of PS time were noted in all drug groups except ZP3. During QS, ZP3 and ZP30 exhibited significant increases of magnitude and percentage of EEG delta power, whereas TZ0.075 and TZ0.75 did not. Heart period and high-frequency power of heart rate variability increased significantly in ZP3 during all sleep-wake states. Both parameters, however, did not increase but even decreased in ZP30, TZ0.075, and TZ0.75. CONCLUSIONS Zolpidem not only caused a longer and deeper sleep but also led to an elevated cardiac vagal activity at a specific dose in the rat.
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- Hsiao Ying Chen
- Institute of Neuroscience, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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Shaw FZ, Liao YF. Relation Between Activities of the Cortex and Vibrissae Muscles During High-Voltage Rhythmic Spike Discharges in Rats. J Neurophysiol 2005; 93:2435-48. [PMID: 15625092 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00999.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Paroxysmal 5- to 12-Hz high-voltage rhythmic spike (HVRS) activities, which are accompanied by whisker twitching (WT), are found in Long Evans rats, but the function of these HVRS activities is still debated. In four major functional hypotheses of HVRS discharges, i.e., alpha tremor, attention/mu rhythm, idling/mu rhythm, and absence seizure, the first two hypotheses emphasize WT behavior in HVRS bouts. Whisker movement is primarily determined by activation of intrinsic and extrinsic muscles. To clarify the role of WT in HVRS activities, simultaneous recording of the activities from the cortex and intrinsic/extrinsic and neck muscles were performed. Most HVRS bouts (68.8%) revealed no time-locked WT behavior in a 2-h recording session. In addition, WT primarily arose from active protraction due to activation of intrinsic muscles followed by passive retraction. A small portion of WT resulted from activation of both vibrissae muscles with dynamic frequency-dependent phase shifts. Onset of the rhythmic vibrissae EMG significantly lagged behind HVRS onset, and the mean duration of vibrissae muscle activity was one-third to a one-half of a HVRS bout. Moreover, a greater number of HVRS bouts were associated with a longer HVRS duration and higher oscillation frequency. Oscillation frequencies of HVRS activities without WT behavior were significantly lower than those with WT. Under peripheral sensory/motor blockade by xylocaine injection, oscillation frequencies of HVRS bouts significantly decreased, but no remarkable changes in the number or duration of HVRS bouts were observed. Compared with vibrissa muscle activity during WT and exploratory whisking, the duration of muscular activity in each cycle was apparently longer during whisking bouts. Based on these results, overemphasis of the role of WT on HVRS activities might not be appropriate. Instead, HVRS discharges may be associated with absence seizure or idling state. In addition, peripheral inputs, including WT, may elevate the oscillation frequency of HVRS bouts. Moreover, different muscular controls may exist between WT and whisking.
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- Fu-Zen Shaw
- Institute of Neuroscience, Tzu Chi Univ., 701 Chung Yang Rd., Sec. 3, Hualien 970, Taiwan.
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Shaw FZ. Is spontaneous high-voltage rhythmic spike discharge in Long Evans rats an absence-like seizure activity? J Neurophysiol 2004; 91:63-77. [PMID: 12826656 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00487.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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A distinct high-voltage rhythmic spike (HVRS) discharge characterized by a barrage of negative spikes oscillating at 5-12 Hz was observed in chronically implanted Long Evans rats. Spontaneous HVRS discharges were exhibited in 90% of 40 Long Evans rats and occurred during sudden arrest of ongoing behavior (immobility) with occasional facial/whisker twitching. However, the function of HVRS discharges in Long Evans rats remains inconclusive to date and has been associated with alpha tremor/mu rhythm, attentive mu wave, and absence seizure. To elucidate the function of HVRS discharges in Long Evans rats, several experiments were performed. In a 6-h recording session (12:00-18:00), HVRS activities primarily occurred in several specific vigilance states, being particularly abundant in a short-lasting period before vigilance changes. Several characteristics, such as durations, oscillatory frequencies, and interspike intervals (ISIs) of HVRS discharges, were altered during wake-sleep states. Oscillatory frequencies were negatively correlated with durations of HVRS segments. In addition, ISIs of a HVRS episode exhibited a crescendo-decrescendo pattern. These variable ISIs could explain why a negative correlation was found between oscillatory frequencies and durations of HVRS episodes. Moreover, HVRS discharges were demonstrated to have widespread and near-synchronous distribution to bilateral cortical areas. In addition, innocuous electrical stimuli were unable to stop ongoing HVRS discharges. By contrast, noxious stimuli elicited behavioral arousal and immediately terminated most HVRS discharges. Cortical-evoked potentials in response to mild electrical stimulation under HVRS discharges were different from those under waking state but resemble those under slow-wave sleep with a smaller magnitude. Moreover, the temporal and spectral characteristics of spontaneous HVRS activities were analogous to those of seizure activities induced by penicillin and pentylenetetrazol. The incidence of spontaneous HVRS discharges was significantly decreased by ethosuximide administration. Based on these results, HVRS discharge might not be associated with a voluntary mu-rhythm behavior, instead it behaves as an absence-like seizure activity. These results were also collaborated using other genetic absence-seizure rats, such as WAG/Rij and GAERS rats. Possible mechanisms for the generation and termination of paroxysmal HVRS discharges are also discussed.
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- Fu-Zen Shaw
- Institute of Neuroscience, Tzu Chi University, Hualien 970, Taiwan.
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The role of the autonomic nervous system in spontaneous hypertension during each stage of the sleep-wake cycle remains unclear. The present study attempted to evaluate the differences in cardiac autonomic modulations among spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY), and Sprague-Dawley rats (SD) across sleep-wake cycles. Continuous power spectral analysis of electroencephalogram, electromyogram, and heart rate variability was performed in unanesthetized free moving rats during daytime sleep. Frequency-domain analysis of the stationary R-R intervals (RR) was performed to quantify the high-frequency power (HF), low-frequency power (LF)-to-HF ratio (LF/HF), and normalized LF (LF%) of heart rate variability. WKY and SD had similar mean arterial pressure, which is significantly lower than that of SHR during active waking, quiet sleep, and paradoxical sleep. Compared with WKY and SD, SHR had lower HF but similar RR, LF/HF, and LF% during active waking. During quiet sleep, SHR developed higher LF/HF and LF% in addition to lower HF. SHR ultimately exhibited significantly lower RR accompanied with higher LF/HF and LF% and lower HF during paradoxical sleep compared with WKY. We concluded that significant cardiac sympathovagal imbalance with an increased sympathetic modulation occurred in SHR during sleep, although it was less evident during waking.
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- Terry B J Kuo
- Dept. of Physiology, Tzu Chi Univ., 701, Sect. 3, Chung Yang Rd., Hualien 970, Taiwan
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Shaw FZ, Chew JH. Dynamic changes of gamma activities of somatic cortical evoked potentials during wake-sleep states in rats. Brain Res 2003; 983:152-61. [PMID: 12914976 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(03)03048-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Somatic evoked potentials (SEPs) from three brain sites elicited by electrical stimulation in 10 rats were recorded throughout wake-sleep states with intrinsic changes in temporal architectures under different vigilance states. Based on the patterns of spontaneous brain and muscle activities, three characteristic vigilance states could be classified: awake, slow-wave sleep (SWS), and paradoxical sleep (PS). Spontaneous gamma activities prominently appeared under awake and PS states, but less under SWS. SEP was filtered out via a zero-phase highpass filter (20 Hz) to extract the gamma activity of the SEP (gammaSEP). Gamma oscillations of SEPs were clearly observed and were reset by extrinsic electrical stimulation under awake and PS, but not under SWS state. Dynamic changes of gammaSEPs during wake-sleep states were also confirmed by multiple single-trial spectral analyses. Moreover, gamma oscillations were initiated at the parietal site, and the speed of its propagation in both frontal and occipital directions was significantly different. In addition, a clear two-component architecture of SEPs was observed under awake and PS states, and the gamma rhythmic activity was associated with the second component. Because gamma oscillations are related to feature binding in the waking state, evoked gammaSEPs in PS may be related to sensory integration analogous to the awake ones. By contrast, a long-lasting biphasic component of SEPs, which might be associated with augmenting response, was observed during SWS. Based on these results, the sleeping brain continuously monitors and selectively processes incoming flow. Our results also strongly support a two-stage information processing taking place in the cortex during sleep.
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- Fu-Zen Shaw
- Institute of Neuroscience, Tzu Chi University, No. 701, Chung Yang Road, Sec. 3, Hualien 970, Taiwan.
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Shaw FZ, Yen CT, Chen RF. A simple and effective process for noise reduction of multichannel cortical field potential recordings in freely moving rats. J Neurosci Methods 2003; 124:167-74. [PMID: 12706846 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-0270(03)00005-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Simple and useful steps, i.e. placing a grounded plate under the recording chamber as well as using multiple reference electrodes, are introduced here for obtaining reliable low-noise recordings of brain activity in freely moving rats. A general circuit model was built to analyze the electrical interference of both single-grounded and two-reference ground-free recording configurations. In both simulated and realistic conditions under two recording states, 60-Hz magnitude was in the microvolt range. Moreover, the noise was significantly reduced by shortening the distance between the subject and the grounded plate under the recording chamber. Furthermore, in chronically implanted rats, average 60-Hz interference of multichannel electroencephalograms of two-reference ground-free recordings (3.74 +/- 0.18 microV) was significantly smaller than that of the single-grounded condition (9.03 +/- 1.98 microV). Thus, we demonstrated that a lower-noise recording can be achieved by a two-reference configuration and a closely-placed metal grounded plate in an open-field circumstance. As compared to the use of a Faraday cage, this simple procedure is of benefit for long-term behavioral tracking with a video camera and for pharmacological experiments.
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- Fu-Zen Shaw
- Institute of Neuroscience, Tzu Chi University, No. 701, Chung Yang Rd. Sec. 3, Hualien 970, Taiwan.
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Yang CCH, Shaw FZ, Lai CJ, Lai CW, Kuo TBJ. Relationship between electroencephalogram slow-wave magnitude and heart rate variability during sleep in rats. Neurosci Lett 2003; 336:21-4. [PMID: 12493593 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(02)01200-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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To explore whether depth of sleep is related to changes in autonomic control in rats, continuous power-spectral analysis of electroencephalogram (EEG) and heart rate variability (HRV) was performed in unanesthetized rats during normal daytime sleep. Quiet sleep (QS) was associated with an increase in high-frequency power of HRV (0.6-2.4 Hz, HF) but a decrease in low-frequency power (0.06-0.6 Hz) to HF ratio (LF/HF) compared with awakening. During QS, LF/HF was significantly and negatively correlated with delta power of EEG (0.5-4.0 Hz), whereas mean R-R interval and HF were not. As in humans, cardiac sympathetic regulation in rats is negatively related to the depth of sleep during QS, although vagal regulation is not. Our methodology offers a parallel way of studying the interaction between cerebral cortical and autonomic functions in rats.
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- Cheryl C H Yang
- Department of Physiology, Tzu Chi University, No. 701 Chung Yang Road, Section 3, Hualien 970, Taiwan
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