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Lowe KA, Zinke W, Phipps MA, Cosman J, Maddox M, Schall JD, Caskey CF. Visuomotor Transformations Are Modulated by Focused Ultrasound over Frontal Eye Field. Ultrasound Med Biol 2021; 47:679-692. [PMID: 33341303 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2020.11.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2020] [Revised: 11/16/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Neuromodulation with focused ultrasound (FUS) is being widely explored as a non-invasive tool to stimulate focal brain regions because of its superior spatial resolution and coverage compared with other neuromodulation methods. The precise effects of FUS stimulation on specific regions of the brain are not yet fully understood. Here, we characterized the behavioral effects of FUS stimulation directly applied through a craniotomy over the macaque frontal eye field (FEF). In macaque monkeys making directed eye movements to perform visual search tasks with direct or arbitrary responses, focused ultrasound was applied through a craniotomy over the FEF. Saccade response times (RTs) and error rates were determined for trials without or with FUS stimulation with pulses at a peak negative pressure of either 250 or 425 kPa. Both RTs and error rates were affected by FUS. Responses toward a target located contralateral to the FUS stimulation were approximately 3 ms slower in the presence of FUS in both monkeys studied, while only one exhibited a slowing of responses for ipsilateral targets. Error rates were lower in one monkey in this study. In another search task requiring making eye movements toward a target (pro-saccades) or in the opposite direction (anti-saccades), the RT for pro-saccades increased in the presence of FUS stimulation. Our results indicate the effectiveness of FUS to modulate saccadic responses when stimulating FEF in awake, behaving non-human primates.
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- Kaleb A Lowe
- Center for Integrative and Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Vanderbilt Vision Research Center, Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Center for Integrative and Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Vanderbilt Vision Research Center, Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Institute of Imaging Science, Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Center for Integrative and Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Vanderbilt Vision Research Center, Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Center for Integrative and Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Vanderbilt Vision Research Center, Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Center for Integrative and Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Vanderbilt Vision Research Center, Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Vanderbilt Vision Research Center, Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Institute of Imaging Science, Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
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Surowka AD, Gianoncelli A, Birarda G, Sala S, Cefarin N, Matruglio A, Szczerbowska-Boruchowska M, Ziomber-Lisiak A, Vaccari L. Soft X-ray induced radiation damage in thin freeze-dried brain samples studied by FTIR microscopy. J Synchrotron Radiat 2020; 27:1218-1226. [PMID: 32876596 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577520010103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2020] [Accepted: 07/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In order to push the spatial resolution limits to the nanoscale, synchrotron-based soft X-ray microscopy (XRM) experiments require higher radiation doses to be delivered to materials. Nevertheless, the associated radiation damage impacts on the integrity of delicate biological samples. Herein, the extent of soft X-ray radiation damage in popular thin freeze-dried brain tissue samples mounted onto Si3N4 membranes, as highlighted by Fourier transform infrared microscopy (FTIR), is reported. The freeze-dried tissue samples were found to be affected by general degradation of the vibrational architecture, though these effects were weaker than those observed in paraffin-embedded and hydrated systems reported in the literature. In addition, weak, reversible and specific features of the tissue-Si3N4 interaction could be identified for the first time upon routine soft X-ray exposures, further highlighting the complex interplay between the biological sample, its preparation protocol and X-ray probe.
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- Artur D Surowka
- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, SS 14, km 163.5, Basovizza, TS 34149 Trieste, Italy
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, SS 14, km 163.5, Basovizza, TS 34149 Trieste, Italy
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, SS 14, km 163.5, Basovizza, TS 34149 Trieste, Italy
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, SS 14, km 163.5, Basovizza, TS 34149 Trieste, Italy
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, SS 14, km 163.5, Basovizza, TS 34149 Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, al. Mickiewicza 30, Krakow 30-059, Poland
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- Chair of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University, ul. Czysta 18, Kraków 31-121, Poland
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, SS 14, km 163.5, Basovizza, TS 34149 Trieste, Italy
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Emmons EB, Kennedy M, Kim Y, Narayanan NS. Corticostriatal stimulation compensates for medial frontal inactivation during interval timing. Sci Rep 2019; 9:14371. [PMID: 31591426 PMCID: PMC6779764 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-50975-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2019] [Accepted: 09/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Prefrontal dysfunction is a common feature of brain diseases such as schizophrenia and contributes to deficits in executive functions, including working memory, attention, flexibility, inhibitory control, and timing of behaviors. Currently, few interventions improve prefrontal function. Here, we tested whether stimulating the axons of prefrontal neurons in the striatum could compensate for deficits in temporal processing related to prefrontal dysfunction. We used an interval-timing task that requires working memory for temporal rules and attention to the passage of time. Our previous work showed that inactivation of the medial frontal cortex (MFC) impairs interval timing and attenuates ramping activity, a key form of temporal processing in the dorsomedial striatum (DMS). We found that 20-Hz optogenetic stimulation of MFC axon terminals increased curvature of time-response histograms and improved interval-timing behavior. Furthermore, optogenetic stimulation of terminals modulated time-related ramping of medium spiny neurons in the striatum. These data suggest that corticostriatal stimulation can compensate for deficits caused by MFC inactivation and they imply that frontostriatal projections are sufficient for controlling responses in time.
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- Eric B Emmons
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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Chan AS, Lee TL, Yeung MK, Hamblin MR. Photobiomodulation improves the frontal cognitive function of older adults. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2019; 34:369-377. [PMID: 30474306 PMCID: PMC6333495 DOI: 10.1002/gps.5039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2018] [Accepted: 11/14/2018] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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OBJECTIVES The frontal lobe hypothesis of age-related cognitive decline suggests that the deterioration of the prefrontal cortical regions that occurs with aging leads to executive function deficits. Photobiomodulation (PBM) is a newly developed, noninvasive technique for enhancing brain function, which has shown promising effects on cognitive function in both animals and humans. This randomized, sham-controlled study sought to examine the effects of PBM on the frontal brain function of older adults. METHODS/DESIGNS Thirty older adults without a neuropsychiatric history performed cognitive tests of frontal function (ie, the Eriksen flanker and category fluency tests) before and after a single 7.5-minute session of real or sham PBM. The PBM device consisted of three separate light-emitting diode cluster heads (633 and 870 nm), which were applied to both sides of the forehead and posterior midline, and delivered a total energy of 1349 J. RESULTS Significant group (experimental, control) × time (pre-PBM, post-PBM) interactions were found for the flanker and category fluency test scores. Specifically, only the older adults who received real PBM exhibited significant improvements in their action selection, inhibition ability, and mental flexibility after vs before PBM. CONCLUSIONS Our findings support that PBM may enhance the frontal brain functions of older adults in a safe and cost-effective manner.
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- Agnes S. Chan
- Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong, China
- Chanwuyi Research Center for Neuropsychological Well-Being, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong, China
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
- Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Poulose SM, Rabin BM, Bielinski DF, Kelly ME, Miller MG, Thanthaeng N, Shukitt-Hale B. Neurochemical differences in learning and memory paradigms among rats supplemented with anthocyanin-rich blueberry diets and exposed to acute doses of 56Fe particles. Life Sci Space Res (Amst) 2017; 12:16-23. [PMID: 28212704 DOI: 10.1016/j.lssr.2016.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2016] [Accepted: 12/04/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The protective effects of anthocyanin-rich blueberries (BB) on brain health are well documented and are particularly important under conditions of high oxidative stress, which can lead to "accelerated aging." One such scenario is exposure to space radiation, consisting of high-energy and -charge particles (HZE), which are known to cause cognitive dysfunction and deleterious neurochemical alterations. We recently tested the behavioral and neurochemical effects of acute exposure to HZE particles such as 56Fe, within 24-48h after exposure, and found that radiation primarily affects memory and not learning. Importantly, we observed that specific brain regions failed to upregulate antioxidant and anti-inflammatory mechanisms in response to this insult. To further examine these endogenous response mechanisms, we have supplemented young rats with diets rich in BB, which are known to contain high amounts of antioxidant-phytochemicals, prior to irradiation. Exposure to 56Fe caused significant neurochemical changes in hippocampus and frontal cortex, the two critical regions of the brain involved in cognitive function. BB supplementation significantly attenuated protein carbonylation, which was significantly increased by exposure to 56Fe in the hippocampus and frontal cortex. Moreover, BB supplementation significantly reduced radiation-induced elevations in NADPH-oxidoreductase-2 (NOX2) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), and upregulated nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) in the hippocampus and frontal cortex. Overall results indicate that 56Fe particles may induce their toxic effects on hippocampus and frontal cortex by reactive oxygen species (ROS) overload, which can cause alterations in the neuronal environment, eventually leading to hippocampal neuronal death and subsequent impairment of cognitive function. Blueberry supplementation provides an effective preventative measure to reduce the ROS load on the CNS in an event of acute HZE exposure.
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- Shibu M Poulose
- USDA Human Nutrtion Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, 711 Washington Street, Boston MA 02111, USA
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- USDA Human Nutrtion Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, 711 Washington Street, Boston MA 02111, USA
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- USDA Human Nutrtion Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, 711 Washington Street, Boston MA 02111, USA
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- USDA Human Nutrtion Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, 711 Washington Street, Boston MA 02111, USA
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- USDA Human Nutrtion Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, 711 Washington Street, Boston MA 02111, USA
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- USDA Human Nutrtion Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, 711 Washington Street, Boston MA 02111, USA.
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Hata N, Shono T, Mizoguchi M, Matsumoto K, Guan Y, Nagata S, Hayashi K, Iwaki T, Sasaki T. Loss of heterozygosity analysis in an anaplastic oligodendroglioma arising after radiation therapy. Neurol Res 2013; 29:723-6. [PMID: 17553214 DOI: 10.1179/016164107x208068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE Oligodendroglial tumors rarely occur after radiation therapy. Here, we report a rare case of anaplastic oligodendroglioma arising after radiation therapy, in which genetic analysis was performed. CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION A 41-year-old man who had received radiation therapy for a tumor of the suprasellar and pineal regions 31 years previously, presented with headache and progressive right hemiparesis. Magnetic resonance (MR) images revealed a ring-enhanced mass lesion in the left frontal lobe. Total removal of the tumor was performed through left frontoparietal craniotomy, and the histologic diagnosis was anaplastic oligodendroglioma. Using 23 microsatellite markers, the allelic status of chromosomes 1p, 10, 17p and 19q was evaluated by a PCR-based loss of heterozygosity (LOH) assay. Markers on chromosomes 1p, 17p and 19q revealed LOH, but none of the markers on chromosome 10 showed LOH. Based on the genetic analysis, this tumor was considered to be sensitive to chemotherapy. Two courses of chemotherapy, with procarbazine, ACNU and vincristine, were performed. However, tumor recurrence was detected only 3 months after the surgery. Despite additional radiochemotherapy, the tumor aggressively increased in size and the patient died with multiple recurrent tumors 1 year after surgery. CONCLUSION The anaplastic oligodendroglioma presented in this report showed a more aggressive clinical course than was expected from the genetic analysis. The significance of 1p and 19q LOH in radiation-induced oligodendroglial tumors might differ from that in spontaneous counterparts.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Antineoplastic Agents/therapeutic use
- Brain Neoplasms/genetics
- Brain Neoplasms/physiopathology
- Brain Neoplasms/therapy
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 19/genetics
- Fatal Outcome
- Frontal Lobe/pathology
- Frontal Lobe/physiopathology
- Frontal Lobe/radiation effects
- Humans
- Loss of Heterozygosity/genetics
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Male
- Microsatellite Repeats/genetics
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
- Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced/genetics
- Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced/physiopathology
- Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced/therapy
- Oligodendroglioma/genetics
- Oligodendroglioma/physiopathology
- Oligodendroglioma/therapy
- Predictive Value of Tests
- Radiotherapy/adverse effects
- Treatment Failure
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- Nobuhiro Hata
- Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Uriarte A, Moissonnier P, Thibaud JL, Reyes-Gomez E, Devauchelle P, Blot S. Surgical treatment and radiation therapy of frontal lobe meningiomas in 7 dogs. Can Vet J 2011; 52:748-752. [PMID: 22210938 PMCID: PMC3119237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The cases of 7 adult dogs with generalized seizures managed by surgical excision and radiation therapy for frontal lobe meningiomas were reviewed. The neurological examination was unremarkable in 6 of the 7 dogs. Five dogs were operated on using a bilateral transfrontal sinus approach and 2 using a unilateral sinotemporal approach to the frontal lobe. One dog was euthanized 14 d after surgery; radiation therapy was initiated 3 wk after surgery in the remaining 6 dogs. Long-term follow-up consisted of neurological examination and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and/or computed tomography (CT) scan after radiation therapy. The mean survival time for dogs that had surgery and radiation therapy was 18 mo after surgery. Frontal lobe meningiomas have been associated with poor prognosis. However, the surgical approaches used in these cases, combined with radiation therapy, allow a survival rate for frontal lobe meningiomas similar to that for meningiomas located over the cerebral convexities.
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- Ane Uriarte
- Unité medico-chirurgicale de neurologie, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, Centre de Cancérologie Vétérinaire (Devauchel) - 7 Avenue du Générale du Gaulle-94700-Maisons-Alfort, France.
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Koturbash I, Zemp F, Kolb B, Kovalchuk O. Sex-specific radiation-induced microRNAome responses in the hippocampus, cerebellum and frontal cortex in a mouse model. Mutat Res 2011; 722:114-118. [PMID: 20478395 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2010.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2010] [Accepted: 05/08/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Ionizing radiation is an important treatment modality, but it is also a well-known genotoxic agent capable of damaging cells and tissues. Therefore radiation treatment can cause numerous side effects in exposed tissues and organs. Radiotherapy is a part of the front-line treatment regime for brain cancer patients, but can cause severe functional and morphological changes in exposed brain tissues. However, the mechanisms of radiation-induced effects in the brain are not well understood and are under-investigated. Recent data has implicated short RNAs, especially microRNAs, as important in radiation responses, yet nothing is known about radiation-induced changes in the brain microRNAome. We analyzed the effects of X-ray irradiation on microRNA expression in the hippocampus, frontal cortex, and cerebellum of male and female mice. Here, we report tissue-, time-, and sex-specific brain radiation responses, as well as show evidence of an interplay between microRNAs and their targets. Specifically, we show that changes in the expression of the miR-29 family may be linked, at least in part, to altered expression of de novo methyltransferase DNMT3a and changed global DNA methylation levels. Further, these sex-specific epigenetic changes may be correlated to the prevalence of radiation-induced cancers in males. We identified several microRNAs that can potentially serve as biomarkers of brain radiation exposure. In summary, our study may provide an important roadmap for further analysis of microRNA expression in different brain regions of male and female mice and for detailed dissection of radiation-induced brain responses.
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- Igor Koturbash
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
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Gold JI, Law CT, Connolly P, Bennur S. The relative influences of priors and sensory evidence on an oculomotor decision variable during perceptual learning. J Neurophysiol 2008; 100:2653-68. [PMID: 18753326 PMCID: PMC2585410 DOI: 10.1152/jn.90629.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2008] [Accepted: 08/27/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Choice behavior on simple sensory-motor tasks can exhibit trial-to-trial dependencies. For perceptual tasks, these dependencies reflect the influence of prior trials on choices that are also guided by sensory evidence, which is often independent across trials. Here we show that the relative influences of prior trials and sensory evidence on choice behavior can be shaped by training, such that prior influences are strongest when perceptual sensitivity to the relevant sensory evidence is weakest and then decline steadily as sensitivity improves. We trained monkeys to decide the direction of random-dot motion and indicate their decision with an eye movement. We characterized sequential dependencies by relating current choices to weighted averages of prior choices. We then modeled behavior as a drift-diffusion process, in which the weighted average of prior choices provided an additive offset to a decision variable that integrated incoming motion evidence to govern choice. The average magnitude of offset within individual training sessions declined steadily as the quality of the integrated motion evidence increased over many months of training. The trial-by-trial magnitude of offset was correlated with signals related to developing commands that generate the oculomotor response but not with neural activity in either the middle temporal area, which represents information about the motion stimulus, or the lateral intraparietal area, which represents the sensory-motor conversion. The results suggest that training can shape the relative contributions of expectations based on prior trends and incoming sensory evidence to select and prepare visually guided actions.
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- Joshua I Gold
- University of Pennsylvania, Department of Neuroscience, 116 Johnson Pavilion, 3610 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6074, USA.
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Bouvier C, De Paula AM, Fernandez C, Quilichini B, Scavarda D, Gentet JC, Figarella-Branger D. Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumour: 7-year event-free survival with gross total resection and radiotherapy in a 7-year-old boy. Childs Nerv Syst 2008; 24:143-7. [PMID: 17968559 DOI: 10.1007/s00381-007-0438-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2007] [Revised: 05/18/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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CASE STUDY We report the case of a 7-year-old boy who presented in 1998 a tumour of the left frontal lobe. Initially diagnosed as anaplastic ependymoma, the boy was treated by gross total resection followed by radiotherapy at the operated site. In July 2005, an orbital tumour was discovered and resected. The tumour was composed of sheets of rhabdoid cells which diffusely expressed vimentin and focally epithelial membrane antigen (EMA) and alpha-smooth actin by immunohistochemistry. The first tumour was re-examined. Small foci of rhabdoid cells were found. Immunohistochemistry anti-INI1 performed on both tumours was negative. Molecular techniques performed on frozen specimen of the orbital tumour confirmed the diagnosis of atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumour (ATRT). DISCUSSION We discuss the pathological criteria for diagnosis of ATRT and the usefulness of early radiotherapy in the light of the recent literature.
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- C Bouvier
- Service d'Anatomie Pathologique et de Neuropathologie, CHU Timone, Marseilles, France
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Qiu D, Kwong DLW, Chan GCF, Leung LHT, Khong PL. Diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging finding of discrepant fractional anisotropy between the frontal and parietal lobes after whole-brain irradiation in childhood medulloblastoma survivors: reflection of regional white matter radiosensitivity? Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2007; 69:846-51. [PMID: 17544593 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.04.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2007] [Revised: 04/13/2007] [Accepted: 04/13/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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PURPOSE To test the hypothesis that fractional anisotropy (FA) is more severely reduced in white matter of the frontal lobe compared with the parietal lobe after receiving the same whole-brain irradiation dose in a cohort of childhood medulloblastoma survivors. METHODS AND MATERIALS Twenty-two medulloblastoma survivors (15 male, mean [+/- SD] age = 12.1 +/- 4.6 years) and the same number of control subjects (15 male, aged 12.0 +/- 4.2 years) were recruited for diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging scans. Using an automated tissue classification method and the Talairach Daemon atlas, FA values of frontal and parietal lobes receiving the same radiation dose, and the ratio between them were quantified and denoted as FFA, PFA, and FA(f/p), respectively. The Mann-Whitney U test was used to test for significant differences of FFA, PFA, and FA(f/p) between medulloblastoma survivors and control subjects. RESULTS Frontal lobe and parietal lobe white matter FA were found to be significantly less in medulloblastoma survivors compared with control subjects (frontal p = 0.001, parietal p = 0.026). Moreover, these differences were found to be discrepant, with the frontal lobe having a significantly larger difference in FA compared with the parietal lobe. The FA(f/p) of control and medulloblastoma survivors was 1.110 and 1.082, respectively (p = 0.029). CONCLUSION Discrepant FA changes after the same irradiation dose suggest radiosensitivity of the frontal lobe white matter compared with the parietal lobe. Special efforts to address the potentially vulnerable frontal lobe after treatment with whole-brain radiation may be needed so as to balance disease control and treatment-related morbidity.
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- Deqiang Qiu
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Vollmann H, Wölfel S, Ohneseit P, Stransky E, Vonthein R, Wick W, Meyermann R, Simon P. Differential Expression of Egr1 and Activation of Microglia Following Irradiation in the Rat Brain. Strahlenther Onkol 2007; 183:248-55. [PMID: 17497096 DOI: 10.1007/s00066-007-1664-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2006] [Revised: 11/13/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Little is known about the immediate effects of whole-brain gamma-irradiation. The authors hypothesize that Egr1 as an immediate early gene and microglia both participate in early reactions. MATERIAL AND METHODS Both, expression of Egr1 and cellular distribution were studied in a temporal sequence in different brain regions of rats subjected to irradiation with 10 Gy. Brain tissue was examined using immunohistochemistry, real-time RT-PCR (reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction), and Western blotting. RESULTS Astroglia and oligodendroglia showed increased Egr1 immunoreactivity within the first hours following irradiation. This was accompanied by a strong peak in CD68 immunoreactivity histologically attributable to activated microglia. A high constitutive expression of Egr1 protein in the nuclei of activated neurons was reduced following irradiation and RT-PCR demonstrated significantly reduced levels of egr1-lv as a neuronal activity-related mRNA variant. CONCLUSION The induction of Egr1 in glial cells, as well as the activation of microglia take place earlier than histological changes reported so far. The authors revealed a temporal sequence of reactions that point toward the initiation of an immediate inflammatory response including reduced neuronal activity.
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Schulte-Herbrüggen O, Chourbaji S, Müller H, Danker-Hopfe H, Brandwein C, Gass P, Hellweg R. Differential regulation of nerve growth factor and brain-derived neurotrophic factor in a mouse model of learned helplessness. Exp Neurol 2006; 202:404-9. [PMID: 16914143 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2006.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2006] [Revised: 06/29/2006] [Accepted: 07/06/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Stress-induced helplessness in rodents constitutes a well-defined model to investigate neurobiological mechanisms of depression. Neurotrophins like nerve growth factor (NGF) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) have both been shown to be involved in neurobiological changes of physiological and pathological reactions to stress. In this study we investigated NGF and BDNF protein levels in the frontal cortex and hippocampus in mice treated with an established model of inducible helplessness via electric footshocks compared to untreated controls at various times (0 h up to 14 days after treatment). NGF levels were transiently decreased by one forth in the frontal cortex of shocked mice at 6 h after the stress treatment, whereas BDNF levels remained unchanged in the brain areas investigated throughout the time course. In addition, frontal cortex BDNF levels showed a significantly higher concentration in the right compared to the left hemisphere (up to 3-fold). This effect was detectable independently of treatment, namely in shocked and control mice at any time point measured. In conclusion, a transient decrease of frontal NGF constitutes the most striking correlate of neurobiological changes in this animal model of stress-induced change of behaviour. Interhemispherical differences of BDNF content in the frontal cortex are a new finding that might reflect intracerebral side dominance. Thus, subsequent studies of frontal cortex BDNF expression should carefully consider an interhemispherical variance to avoid misinterpretation.
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- O Schulte-Herbrüggen
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Eschenallee 3, 14050 Berlin, Germany
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Nyffeler T, Wurtz P, Lüscher HR, Hess CW, Senn W, Pflugshaupt T, von Wartburg R, Lüthi M, Müri RM. Extending lifetime of plastic changes in the human brain. Eur J Neurosci 2006; 24:2961-6. [PMID: 17156218 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05154.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The ability of the brain to adjust to changing environments and to recover from damage rests on its remarkable capacity to adapt through plastic changes of underlying neural networks. We show here with an eye movement paradigm that a lifetime of plastic changes can be extended to several hours by repeated applications of theta burst transcranial magnetic stimulation to the frontal eye field of the human cortex. The results suggest that repeated application of the same stimulation protocol consolidates short-lived plasticity into long-lasting changes.
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- Thomas Nyffeler
- Perception and Eye Movement Laboratory, Department of Neurology, University Hospital, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse 10, 3010 Bern, Switzerland
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Qiu D, Leung LHT, Kwong DLW, Chan GCF, Khong PL. Mapping radiation dose distribution on the fractional anisotropy map: applications in the assessment of treatment-induced white matter injury. Neuroimage 2006; 31:109-15. [PMID: 16448821 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2005] [Revised: 10/25/2005] [Accepted: 12/09/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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We describe a method to map whole brain radiation dose distribution on to diffusion tensor MR (DT-MR) fractional anisotropy (FA) images and illustrate its applications for studying dose-effect relationships and regional susceptibility in two childhood medulloblastoma survivors. To determine the FA changes voxel-by-voxel in white matter, the post-treatment follow-up FA maps were coregistered to baseline pre-treatment FA maps and automatic segmentation for white matter was carried out. DeltaFA maps representing relative FA change in white matter were hence generated for visual inspection and quantitative analysis. The radiation dose distribution, calculated from radiotherapy plan and exported as images, was coregistered to baseline FA images. DT-MR imaging and processing noise was small with root mean square value of 1.49% for mean DeltaFA. We evaluated the mean DeltaFA changes of regions-of-interest according to radiation dose regions to provide an estimate of the dose-response and found increasing reduction in mean DeltaFA with increasing radiation dose up to 45 Gy after which there was a reversal in the mean FA trend and mean FA approached baseline value. We also found more severe mean FA reduction in the frontal lobes compared to the parietal lobes despite the same radiation dose, suggesting regional susceptibility in the frontal lobe, and mean FA increase in the brainstem after radiation in both patients. We conclude that the method described may be useful in estimating dose-effect relationships and studying regional susceptibility of the brain to radiation in medulloblastoma survivors.
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- Deqiang Qiu
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Blk. K, Rm 406, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, 102 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
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Furuse M, Miyatake SI, Kuroiwa T. Cavernous malformation after radiation therapy for astrocytoma in adult patients: report of 2 cases. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2005; 147:1097-101; discussion 1101. [PMID: 16021386 DOI: 10.1007/s00701-005-0579-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2005] [Accepted: 05/24/2005] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Radiation-induced cavernous malformations are rarely reported, and most cases have been children. We describe two adult patients with cavernous malformation after irradiation for astrocytoma. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, at their ages of 53 years, showed a cavernous malformation in the irradiated field 26 and 10 years after resection and irradiation, respectively. Cavernous malformations were confirmed by the histopathological examination in the both cases. Radiation-induced cavernous malformations are rare in adult patients with astrocytoma. One reason why we found two such cases was that these patients had been successfully treated for astrocytoma and had long follow-up periods.
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MESH Headings
- Astrocytoma/diagnosis
- Astrocytoma/radiotherapy
- Blood Vessels/pathology
- Blood Vessels/physiopathology
- Blood Vessels/radiation effects
- Brain Neoplasms/diagnosis
- Brain Neoplasms/radiotherapy
- Cerebellar Neoplasms/diagnosis
- Cerebellar Neoplasms/radiotherapy
- Dementia/diagnosis
- Dementia/etiology
- Dementia/physiopathology
- Frontal Lobe/blood supply
- Frontal Lobe/pathology
- Frontal Lobe/radiation effects
- Hemangioma, Cavernous, Central Nervous System/diagnosis
- Hemangioma, Cavernous, Central Nervous System/etiology
- Hemangioma, Cavernous, Central Nervous System/physiopathology
- Humans
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
- Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced/diagnosis
- Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced/etiology
- Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced/physiopathology
- Radiotherapy/adverse effects
- Temporal Lobe/blood supply
- Temporal Lobe/pathology
- Temporal Lobe/radiation effects
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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- M Furuse
- Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan.
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Kang UG, Jeon WJ, Kim Y, Chung CK, Park JB, Juhnn YS, Kim YS. Transient activation of protein phosphatase 2A induced by electroconvulsive shock in the rat frontal cortex. Neurosci Lett 2005; 390:171-5. [PMID: 16143450 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.08.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2005] [Revised: 08/02/2005] [Accepted: 08/11/2005] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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We have attempted to determine the effects of electroconvulsive shock (ECS) on protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) in the frontal cortices of rats. PP2A exhibited a 30% increase in activity immediately after ECS treatment. Immunoblot analysis revealed that phosphorylation signals, including protein kinase B (Akt/PKB), glycogen synthase kinase-3beta (GSK-3beta), and cyclic adenosine monophosphate response element binding protein (CREB) were reduced immediately after ECS treatment. When an additional ECS was administered after the activation of these kinases, the immediate reactivation of PP2A overrode the kinase activity. ECS induces transient PP2A activation prior to kinase activation, and this pattern of activity may induce the biphasic phosphorylation of substrate proteins.
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- Ung Gu Kang
- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Takahashi K, Yamada M, Ohata H, Momose K, Higuchi T, Honda K, Yamada M. Expression of Ndrg2 in the rat frontal cortex after antidepressant and electroconvulsive treatment. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 2005; 8:381-9. [PMID: 15769300 DOI: 10.1017/s1461145705005134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2004] [Revised: 11/01/2004] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Although the therapeutic action of antidepressants most likely involves the regulation of serotonergic and noradrenergic signal transduction, no consensus has been reached concerning their precise molecular or cellular mechanisms of action. In the present study, we demonstrated that chronic treatment with a tricyclic antidepressant (imipramine) and a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (sertraline) reduced the expression of Ndrg2 mRNA and protein in the rat frontal cortex. Ndrg2 is a member of the N-Myc downstream-regulated genes. Interestingly, repeated ECT also significantly decreased Ndrg2 expression in this region of the brain. These data suggest that Ndrg2 may be a common functional molecule that is decreased after antidepressant treatment and ECT. Although, the functional role of Ndrg2 in the central nervous system remains unclear, our findings suggest that Ndrg2 may be associated with treatment-induced adaptive neural plasticity in the brain, a chronic target of antidepressant action. In conclusion, we have identified Ndrg2 as a candidate target molecule of antidepressants and ECT.
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- Kou Takahashi
- Department of Pharmacology, Showa University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
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Wig GS, Grafton ST, Demos KE, Kelley WM. Reductions in neural activity underlie behavioral components of repetition priming. Nat Neurosci 2005; 8:1228-33. [PMID: 16056222 DOI: 10.1038/nn1515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2005] [Accepted: 07/08/2005] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Repetition priming is a nonconscious form of memory that is accompanied by reductions in neural activity when an experience is repeated. To date, however, there is no direct evidence that these neural reductions underlie the behavioral advantage afforded to repeated material. Here we demonstrate a causal linkage between neural and behavioral priming in humans. fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) was used in combination with transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to target and disrupt activity in the left frontal cortex during repeated classification of objects. Left-frontal TMS disrupted both the neural and behavioral markers of priming. Neural priming in early sensory regions was unaffected by left-frontal TMS--a finding that provides evidence for separable conceptual and perceptual components of priming.
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- Gagan S Wig
- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA.
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Rousseau SJ, Jones IW, Pullar IA, Wonnacott S. Presynaptic α7 and non-α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors modulate [3H]d-aspartate release from rat frontal cortex in vitro. Neuropharmacology 2005; 49:59-72. [PMID: 15992581 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2005.01.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2004] [Revised: 01/20/2005] [Accepted: 01/28/2005] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The presynaptic nicotinic modulation of glutamatergic transmission in the CNS has been associated with activation of the alpha7 subtype of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) in sub-cortical regions, whereas in the frontal cortex, non-alpha7 nAChRs have been implicated. The aim of this investigation was to directly characterise nAChR-evoked release of excitatory amino acids from rat frontal cortex, by monitoring the release of [3H]D-aspartate from superfused synaptosomes or minces. Co-administration of a nAChR agonist with a depolarising stimulus enhanced [3H]D-aspartate release above the effect of depolarising agent alone. This enhancement was blocked by the nicotinic antagonist mecamylamine. Other experiments revealed that in the absence of a depolarising stimulus, the nAChR agonists nicotine, epibatidine and anatoxin-a could evoke the release of [3H]D-aspartate in a Ca2+- and concentration-dependant manner. Differential sensitivity to the alpha7- and beta2*-selective nAChR antagonists alpha-bungarotoxin (alpha-Bgt) and dihydro-beta-erythroidine (DHbetaE) implicated two nAChR subtypes (alpha7 and beta2*), and this was supported by using the subtype-selective agonists choline (10 mM; alpha7 selective, blocked by alpha-Bgt but not by DHbetaE) and 5-Iodo-A-85380 (10 nM; beta2*-selective, blocked by DHbetaE but not by alpha-Bgt). Immunocytochemistry showed that alpha-Bgt labelling was associated with structures immunopositive for vesicular glutamate transporters, in both frontal cortex sections and synaptosome preparations, supporting the presence of alpha7 nAChR on glutamatergic terminals in rat frontal cortex.
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- Stephen J Rousseau
- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK
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Stanojlović OP, Zivanović DP, Mirković SD, Mikhaleva II. Antiepileptic activity of delta sleep-inducing peptide and its analogue in metaphit-provoked seizures in rats. Seizure 2005; 14:240-7. [PMID: 15911358 DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2005.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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PROBLEM Previous studies have shown that humoral, endogenous and somnogenic, delta sleep-inducing peptide (DSIP) has influence on insomnia, pain, adaptation to stress, epilepsy, etc. We investigated the potential of DSIP and its analogue DSIP-12 (a nonapeptide with alanine in position 2 of DSIP molecule substituted by beta-alanine) to antagonize metaphit (1-[1(3-isothiocyanatophenyl)-cyclohexyl]piperidine) induced generalized, reflex audiogenic seizures in adult male Wistar albino rats. METHODS The rats divided in four groups received (i.p.): saline; metaphit; metaphit+DSIP; and metaphit+DSIP-12, respectively. Metaphit-treated animals displaying seizure in eight previous tests received DSIP or DSIP-12 and afterwards audiogenic stimuli were applied at hourly intervals for the next 30 h. The animals were exposed to sound stimulation 60 min after metaphit administration and further on at hourly intervals. Incidence and severity of seizures were behaviorally analyzed. Selected EEGs and power spectra were recorded and analyzed. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS Metaphit led to hypersynchronous epileptiform activity (polyspikes and spike-wave complexes) and increased power spectra 0.5-30 h after the treatment. Severity of metaphit seizures increased with time to reach the peak 7-12 h after injection. DSIP and DSIP-12 significantly (*P<0.05 and **P<0.01) increased in delta and theta frequency bands and decreased the incidence, mean seizure grade and duration of metaphit convulsions. The results suggest that DSIP and DSIP-12 may be considered as potential antiepileptics in the animal model, DSIP-12 being more efficient than DSIP.
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- Olivera P Stanojlović
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Visegradska 26/II, Serbia.
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Thiel A, Habedank B, Winhuisen L, Herholz K, Kessler J, Haupt WF, Heiss WD. Essential language function of the right hemisphere in brain tumor patients. Ann Neurol 2005; 57:128-31. [PMID: 15622534 DOI: 10.1002/ana.20342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Neuroimaging studies of language networks in patients with brain lesions of the left language-dominant hemisphere have shown activation in the right inferior frontal gyrus (IFG). We tested the functional relevance of right IFG activation using neuroimaging-guided repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to disturb language function over bilateral IFG in right-handed patients with brain tumors and controls. All subjects were susceptible to TMS over the left IFG. In patients, this susceptibility correlated with left-sided the degree of language lateralization to the left. Those patients with lowest dominance were also susceptible to right-sided TMS proving relevant language function of the right IFG.
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- Alexander Thiel
- Department of Neurology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
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Hirata M, Sugawara Y, Fukutomi Y, Oomoto K, Murase K, Miki H, Mochizuki T. Measurement of radiation dose in cerebral CT perfusion study. Radiat Med 2005; 23:97-103. [PMID: 15827526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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PURPOSE To evaluate radiation dose in cerebral perfusion studies with a multi-detector row CT (MDCT) scanner on various voltage and current settings by using a human head phantom. MATERIALS AND METHODS Following the CT perfusion study protocol, continuous cine scans (1 sec/rotation x60 sec) consisting of four 5-mm-thick contiguous slices were performed three times at variable tube voltages of 80 kV, 100 kV, 120 kV, and 140 kV with the same tube current setting of 200 mA and on variable current settings of 50 mA, 100 mA, 150 mA, and 200 mA with the same tube voltage of 80 kV. Radiation doses were measured using a total of 41 theroluminescent dosimeters (TLDs) placed in the human head phantom. Thirty-six TLDs were inside and three were on the surface of the slice of the X-ray beam center, and two were placed on the surface 3 cm caudal assuming the lens position. RESULTS Average radiation doses of surface, inside, and lens increased in proportion to the increases of tube voltage and tube current. The lowest inside dose was 87.6+/-15.3 mGy, and the lowest surface dose was 162.5+/-6.7 mGy at settings of 80 kV and 50 mA. The highest inside dose was 1,591.5+/-179.7 mGy, and the highest surface dose was 2,264.6+/-123.7 mGy at 140 kV-200 mA. At 80 kV-50 mA, the average radiation dose of lens was the lowest at 5.5+/-0.0 mGy. At 140 kV-200 mA the radiation dose of lens was the highest at 127.2+/-0.6 mGy. CONCLUSION In cerebral CT perfusion study, radiation dose can vary considerably. Awareness of the patient's radiation dose is recommended.
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- Masaaki Hirata
- Department of Radiology, Ehime University School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, Toon, Japan
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The authors investigated the effect of external Qi-therapy (EQT) on changes in encephalograms (EEGs) and circulating cortisol concentrations. Ten college students participated in crossover sessions, receiving EQT or placebo treatment with their eyes open. Subjects reported improved emotions of satisfaction, relaxation, and calmness during EQT as compared to levels reported during placebo treatments. There were significant differences in the proportions of alpha and beta EEG waves between the two sessions, and the relative strengths of alpha waves were higher during EQT than during control sessions (p < .05). Plasma cortisol concentrations during EQT were significantly lower than during control sessions p < .05). Thus, Qi-therapy was more effective in inducing relaxation than placebo treatment.
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- Myeong Soo Lee
- Center for Integrative Medicine, Institute of Medical Science, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Republic of Korea.
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Chernyshev BV, Panasyuk YA, Semikopnaya II, Timofeeva NO. Activity of neurons in the basal magnocellular nucleus during performance of an operant task. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 34:907-18. [PMID: 15686136 DOI: 10.1023/b:neab.0000042575.79517.b6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Spike activity was studied in 95 neurons in the basal magnocellular nucleus in rabbits during spontaneous behavior and during performance of a conditioned operant response. Nearly half the neurons (48.4%) showed significant (p < 0.05) negative correlations between spontaneous discharges and the power of the frontal lobe EEG delta rhythm; most of these cells could be identified as cholinergic projection neurons. Neurons of this group had predominantly excitatory responses to the conditioned stimulus during performance of the operant task, while the responses to the conditioned stimulus of presumptively non-cholinergic neurons, not projecting to the cortex, were mainly inhibitory. The activatory responses of neurons in the basal magnocellular nucleus to the conditioned stimulus were markedly stronger while the animals performed the operant response as compared with performances in which there was no response to the conditioned stimulus. These results provide evidence that the basal magnocellular nucleus supports the level of waking and attending required for performance of operant conditioned reflex activity.
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- B V Chernyshev
- Department of Higher Nervous Activity, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University.
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P3a and P3b event-related brain potentials to auditory stimuli were recorded for 17 unmedicated patients with borderline personality disorder, 17 matched healthy controls and 100 healthy control participants spanning five decades. Using high-resolution fragmentary decomposition for single-trial event-related potential analysis, distinctive disturbances in P3a in borderline personality disorder patients were found: abnormally enhanced amplitude, failure to habituate and a loss of temporal locking with P3b. Normative age dependencies from 100 controls suggest that natural age-related decline in P3a amplitude is reduced in borderline personality disorder patients and is likely to indicate failure of frontal maturation. On the basis of the theories of Hughlings Jackson, this conceptualization of borderline personality disorder is consistent with an aetiological model of borderline personality disorder.
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- Russell Meares
- Department of PsychologicalMedicine, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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Kim Y, Seo MS, Kang UG, Yoon SC, Ahn YM, Kim YS, Juhnn YS. Activation of Cdk2-pRB-E2F1 cell cycle pathway by repeated electroconvulsive shock in the rat frontal cortex. Biol Psychiatry 2005; 57:107-9. [PMID: 15607308 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2004.10.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2004] [Revised: 06/16/2004] [Accepted: 10/11/2004] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Recent reports indicate that repeated electroconvulsive shock (ECS) induces cortical cell proliferation, suggesting the possibility that ECS may activate cell cycle progression in the rat brain cortex. METHODS Sprague-Dawley rats (150-200g) were divided into four treatment groups and then given sham treatment or ECS treatment for 1, 5, and 10 days, respectively. The activity of cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (Cdk2), phosphorylation, and total protein amount of cyclin D1, cyclin E, pocket retinoblastoma family of protein (pRB), and E2F1 were analyzed in the rat cerebral cortex. RESULTS The activity of Cdk2, the protein amount of pRB, Ser795 phosphorylation of pRB, and the protein amount of E2F1 were all increased compared with the sham-treated control subjects, and these increases were enhanced with the increasing number of ECS. In contrast, the protein amounts of Cdk2, cyclin D1, and cyclin E were not changed by repeated ECS. CONCLUSIONS The Cdk2-pRB-E2F1 cell cycle pathway is activated by repeated ECS in the rat frontal cortex.
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- Yeni Kim
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science and Institute for Institute of Human Behavioral Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 28 Yongon-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul 110-799, Republic of Korea
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Chen AY, Lee H, Hartman J, Greco C, Ryu JK, O'Donnell R, Boggan J. Secondary supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor following irradiation in a patient with low-grade astrocytoma. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2005; 26:160-2. [PMID: 15661719 PMCID: PMC7975032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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We report a case of a supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) that occurred 12 years after cranial irradiation for a grade II astrocytoma. Neuroimaging was unable to distinguish between a recurrence of the original neoplasm and the development of a new, distinct entity. Pathologic review assisted by immunohistochemical staining, however, revealed a high-grade PNET. Although rare, PNET needs to be included in the differential diagnoses for previously irradiated patients, who develop recurrent brain tumors in the presence of uncharacteristic imaging features.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Astrocytoma/radiotherapy
- Biomarkers, Tumor/analysis
- Brain Neoplasms/diagnosis
- Brain Neoplasms/pathology
- Brain Neoplasms/radiotherapy
- Cranial Irradiation
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Frontal Lobe/radiation effects
- Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein/analysis
- Humans
- Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced/diagnosis
- Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced/pathology
- Neoplasms, Second Primary/diagnosis
- Neoplasms, Second Primary/pathology
- Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive/diagnosis
- Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive/pathology
- Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
- Supratentorial Neoplasms/diagnosis
- Supratentorial Neoplasms/pathology
- Synaptophysin/analysis
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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- Allan Y Chen
- Department of Radiation Oncology , University of California-Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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The central dopamine systems are involved in several aspects of normal brain function and are implicated in a number of human disorders. Hence, it is important to understand the mechanisms that control dopamine release in the brain. The striatum of the rat receives both dopaminergic and glutamatergic projections that synaptically target striatal neurons but not each other. Nevertheless, these afferents do form frequent appositional contacts, which has engendered interest in the question of whether they communicate with each other despite the absence of a direct synaptic connection. In this study, we used voltammetry in conjunction with carbon fiber microelectrodes in anesthetized rats to further examine the effect of the ionotropic glutamate antagonist, kynurenate, on extracellular dopamine levels in the striatum. Intrastriatal infusions of kynurenate decreased extracellular dopamine levels, suggesting that glutamate acts locally within the striatum via ionotropic receptors to regulate the basal extracellular dopamine concentration. Infusion of tetrodotoxin into the medial forebrain bundle or the striatum did not alter the voltammetric response to the intrastriatal kynurenate infusions, suggesting that glutamate receptors control a non-vesicular release process that contributes to the basal extracellular dopamine level. However, systemic administration of the dopamine uptake inhibitor, nomifensine (20 mg/kg i.p.), markedly decreased the amplitude of the response to kynurenate infusions, suggesting that the dopamine transporter mediates non-vesicular dopamine release. Collectively, these findings are consistent with the idea that endogenous glutamate acts locally within the striatum via ionotropic receptors to control a tonic, impulse-independent, transporter-mediated mode of dopamine release. Although numerous prior in vitro studies had suggested that such a process might exist, it has not previously been clearly demonstrated in an in vivo experiment.
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- Laura M Borland
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
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Frontal eye field (FEF) neurons discharge in response to behaviorally relevant stimuli that are potential targets for saccades. Distinct visual and motor processes have been dissociated in the FEF of macaque monkeys, but little is known about the visual processing capacity of FEF in humans. We used double-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation [(d)TMS] to investigate the timing of target discrimination during visual conjunction search. We applied dual TMS pulses separated by 40 msec over the right FEF and vertex. These were applied in five timing conditions to sample separate time windows within the first 200 msec of visual processing. (d)TMS impaired search performance, reflected in reduced d' scores. This effect was limited to a time window between 40 and 80 msec after search array onset. These parameters correspond with single-cell activity in FEF that predicts monkeys' behavioral reports on hit, miss, false alarm, and correct rejection trials. Our findings demonstrate a crucial early role for human FEF in visual target discrimination that is independent of saccade programming.
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- Jacinta O'Shea
- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, UK.
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Dräger B, Breitenstein C, Helmke U, Kamping S, Knecht S. Specific and nonspecific effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation on picture-word verification. Eur J Neurosci 2004; 20:1681-7. [PMID: 15355336 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03623.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can temporarily impair or improve performance, including language processing. It remains unclear, however, (i) which scalp sites are most appropriate to achieve the desired effects and (ii) which experimental setups produce facilitation or inhibition of language functions. We assessed the effects of TMS at different stimulation sites on picture-word verification in healthy volunteers. Twenty healthy volunteers with left language lateralization, as determined by functional transcranial Dopplersonography, performed picture-word verification prior to and after rTMS (1 Hz for 600 s at 110% of subjects' resting motor thresholds). Stimulation sites were the classical language areas (Broca's and Wernicke's), their homolog brain regions of the right hemisphere, and the occipital cortex. Additionally, sham stimulation over Broca's area was applied in a subsample of 11 subjects. As a control task, 10 volunteers performed a colour-tone matching task under the same experimental conditions. There was a general nonspecific arousal effect for both verum and sham TMS for both the picture-word verification and for the control task. However, superimposed there were opposite effects on picture-word verification for stimulation of Wernicke's area and Broca's area, namely a relative inhibition in the case of Wernicke's area and a relative facilitation in the case of Broca's area. These results demonstrate that low frequency rTMS has both general arousing effects and domain-specific effects.
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- Bianca Dräger
- Department of Neurology, University of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Strasse 33, 48129 Münster, Germany.
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Schönfeldt-Lecuona C, Grön G, Walter H, Büchler N, Wunderlich A, Spitzer M, Herwig U. Stereotaxic rTMS for the treatment of auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia. Neuroreport 2004; 15:1669-73. [PMID: 15232304 DOI: 10.1097/01.wnr.0000126504.89983.ec] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Auditory verbal hallucinations in schizophrenia may be due to dysfunctional inner speech-related cortical areas. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has been reported to be an effective treatment of hallucinations. In a cross-over sham controlled study, we guided rTMS stereotactically to inner speech-related cortical areas in hallucinating patients. These areas were identified individually prior to rTMS using fMRI in a subgroup of our patients. Active stimulation was applied over Broca's area and over the superior temporal gyrus as determined by fMRI, or according to structural images in the remaining patients. rTMS did not lead to a significant reduction of hallucination severity. Conclusively, rTMS has to be regarded critically as a possible novel tool for the treatment of hallucinations.
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Ohara S, Crone NE, Weiss N, Treede RD, Lenz FA. Amplitudes of laser evoked potential recorded from primary somatosensory, parasylvian and medial frontal cortex are graded with stimulus intensity. Pain 2004; 110:318-28. [PMID: 15275782 DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2004.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2003] [Revised: 03/26/2004] [Accepted: 04/05/2004] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Intensity encoding of painful stimuli in many brain regions has been suggested by imaging studies which cannot measure electrical activity of the brain directly. We have now examined the effect of laser stimulus intensity (three energy levels) on laser evoked potentials (LEPs) recorded directly from the human primary somatosensory (SI), parasylvian, and medial frontal cortical surfaces through subdural electrodes implanted for surgical treatment of medically intractable epilepsy. LEP N2* (early exogenous/stimulus-related potential) and LEP P2** (later endogenous potential) amplitudes were significantly related to the laser energy levels in all regions, although differences between regions were not significant. Both LEP peaks were also significantly correlated with the pain intensity evoked by the laser stimulus, excepting N2* over the parasylvian region. Peak latencies of both LEP peaks were independent of laser energy levels. N2* and P2** amplitudes of the maxima in all regions showed significant positive linear correlations with laser energy, excepting N2* over the parasylvian region. The lack of correlation of parasylvian cortical N2* with laser energy and pain intensity may be due to the unique anatomy of this region, or the small sample, rather than the lack of activation by the laser. Differences in thresholds of the energy correlation with amplitudes were not significant between regions. These results suggest that both exogenous in endogenous potentials evoked by painful stimuli, and recorded over SI, parasylvian, and medial frontal cortex of awake humans, encode the intensity of painful stimuli and correlate with the pain evoked by painful stimuli.
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- S Ohara
- Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Meyer Building 8-181, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287-7713, USA
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Barrett J, Della-Maggiore V, Chouinard PA, Paus T. Mechanisms of action underlying the effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on mood: behavioral and brain imaging studies. Neuropsychopharmacology 2004; 29:1172-89. [PMID: 15029151 DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1300411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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In a set of experiments, we applied 10-Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) over the left mid-dorsolateral frontal cortex (MDLFC) to investigate rTMS-induced changes in affective state and neural activity in healthy volunteers. In Experiment 1, we combined 10-Hz rTMS with a speech task to examine rTMS-induced changes in paralinguistic aspects of speech production, an affect-relevant behavior strongly linked to the ACC. In Experiment 2, we combined 10-Hz rTMS with positron emission tomography (PET) and used partial least squares (PLS) to identify a pattern of brain regions whose connectivity with the site of stimulation varied as a function of rTMS. The results of Experiment 1 revealed that following stimulation of the left MDLFC, subjects reported having less positive affect and vitality and displayed more monotonous speech. In Experiment 2, results revealed that 10-Hz rTMS influenced the covariation between blood flow at the site of stimulation (ie the left MDLFC) and blood flow in a number of affect-relevant brain regions including the perigenual anterior cingulate gyrus, insula, thalamus, parahippocampal gyrus, and caudate nucleus. Taken together, our results suggest that changes in affect and affect-relevant behaviour following 10-Hz rTMS applied over the left MDLFC may be related to changes in neural activity in brain regions widely implicated in affective states, including a frontocingulate circuit.
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- Jennifer Barrett
- Cognitive Neuroscience Unit, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Costello A, Shallice T, Gullan R, Beaney R. The Early Effects of Radiotherapy on Intellectual and Cognitive Functioning in Patients with Frontal Brain Tumours: The Use of a New Neuropsychological Methodology. J Neurooncol 2004; 67:351-9. [PMID: 15164992 DOI: 10.1023/b:neon.0000024239.99645.42] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Investigations of the effects of radiation on neuropsychological functions have revealed variable outcomes, ranging from no effect to severe cognitive impairment. However, many of the previous studies have relied on retrospective data or have been limited by methodological problems. In this study, prospective neuropsychological assessments were compared at baseline (after surgery and before radiotherapy) and within 4 months of completion of radiotherapy (except one case), to examine early-delayed effects of radiation on intellectual and cognitive functioning. Sixteen adult patients with either low- or high-grade brain tumours, 15 of whom were treated with radiotherapy, were compared with 8 control participants with nonmalignant brain tumours whom did not undergo radiotherapy. All participants had lesions situated mainly in the frontal lobes. All groups of patients had evidence of intellectual and cognitive impairment at baseline. The low- and high-grade brain tumour groups showed a differential pattern of performance following radiotherapy, with the low-grade tumour group's performance being more competent on all of the five main neuropsychological measures. Their pattern of improvement was very similar to that of the nonmalignant brain tumour group who had not undergone radiotherapy. The present study provides some preliminary information about the neuropsychological deficits associated with primary brain tumours, their severity, and the relationship between neuropsychological functioning and brain tumours and radiotherapy.
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- Angela Costello
- Department of Neuropsychology, King's Neuroscience Centre, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
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Kanno M, Matsumoto M, Togashi H, Yoshioka M, Mano Y. Effects of acute repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on dopamine release in the rat dorsolateral striatum. J Neurol Sci 2004; 217:73-81. [PMID: 14675613 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2003.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Animal studies have shown that descending pathways from the frontal cortex modulate dopamine (DA) release in the striatum. This modulation is thought to be relevant to the pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease. In human, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can result in functional changes in the cortex. The present study intended to clarify the effects of acute rTMS treatment using various stimulation intensities on the extracellular DA concentrations in the rat dorsolateral striatum. The frontal brain of each rat received acute rTMS treatment, which consisted of 500 stimuli from 20 trains in a day. Each train was applied at 25 Hz for 1 s with 1-min intervals between trains. The neurochemical effects of acute rTMS treatment were investigated by determining the extracellular concentrations of DA in the rat dorsolateral striatum using in vivo microdialysis. Acute rTMS treatment of the frontal brain using the stimulation intensity of almost 110% motor threshold (MT) markedly and continuously increased the extracellular DA concentrations in the rat dorsolateral striatum. The present study demonstrates that acute rTMS treatment of the frontal brain affects the DAergic neuronal system in the rat dorsolateral striatum, and may have therapeutic implications for Parkinson's disease.
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- Manabu Kanno
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Nishi 7, Kita 15, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan.
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Sieroń A, Labus Ł, Nowak P, Cieślar G, Brus H, Durczok A, Zagził T, Kostrzewa RM, Brus R. Alternating extremely low frequency magnetic field increases turnover of dopamine and serotonin in rat frontal cortex. Bioelectromagnetics 2004; 25:426-30. [PMID: 15300728 DOI: 10.1002/bem.20011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of an extremely low frequency sinusoidal magnetic field (ELF MF) with frequency of 10 Hz and intensity of 1.8-3.8 mT on the levels of the biogenic amines dopamine (DA), 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC), homovanillic acid (HVA), 3-methoxytyramine (3-MT), 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), 5-hydroxyindolacetic acid (5-HIAA), and noradrenaline (NA), as well as on DA and 5-HT turnover in corpus striatum and frontal cortex of adult male Wistar rats. We found that ELF MF exposure for 14 days, 1 h daily, did not influence the level of the examined biogenic amines and metabolites, but increased the rate of synthesis (turnover) of DA and 5-HT in rat frontal cortex as compared to control, sham exposed rats. On the basis of the present results and our previous findings, extremely low frequency magnetic field (ELF MF) exposure has been found to alter both turnover and receptor reactivity of monoaminergic systems, as well as some behaviors induced by these systems or their agonists and antagonists.
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- Aleksander Sieroń
- Clinic of Internal Diseases and Physical Medicine, Medical University of Silesia, Bytom, Poland.
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An intra-cerebral schwannoma, presenting as a cystic, calcified, enhancing frontal mass, arising in a 52-year-old woman was misdiagnosed as a glioma and treated with radiotherapy. This observation emphasizes the importance of careful histological reexamination of all brain tumors when a discrepancy appears between the initial histological diagnosis and the clinical evolution, in order to recognize rare curable entities and to avoid potentially toxic treatment.
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- Elie Louis
- Fédération de Neurologie Mazarin, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
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Kemna LJ, Gembris D. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation induces different responses in different cortical areas: a functional magnetic resonance study in humans. Neurosci Lett 2003; 336:85-8. [PMID: 12499046 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(02)01195-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for 1 s at 4 Hz and 150% of the individual motor threshold was applied to primary motor cortex and adjacent cortical regions where no motor response could be produced. The hemodynamic reaction was measured using an event-related functional magnetic resonance setup. While all volunteers showed a typical signal increase beneath the coil during motor cortex stimulation, no consistent signal changes were present during frontal or parietal stimulation apart from activation of auditory cortex. The results suggest that neuronal stimulation by TMS is followed by an inhibitive phase that compensates for the effect of an initial neuronal activation. It is further concluded that the signal increases during motor cortex fit a sensory feedback from the moving body parts.
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- Lars Johann Kemna
- University of Freiburg, Institute of Diagnostic Radiology, Hugstetter Strasse 55, D-79111 Freiburg, Germany.
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Stubbs JB, Frankel RH, Schultz K, Crocker I, Dillehay D, Olson JJ. Preclinical evaluation of a novel device for delivering brachytherapy to the margins of resected brain tumor cavities. J Neurosurg 2002; 96:335-43. [PMID: 11838809 DOI: 10.3171/jns.2002.96.2.0335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECT The objectives of this study were to evaluate the safety and performance of a new brachytherapy applicator in the treatment of resected brain tumors in a canine model. METHODS The brachytherapy applicator is an inflatable balloon catheter that is implanted in the resection cavity remaining after a brain tumor has been debulked. After implantation the balloon is inflated with Iotrex, a sterile solution containing organically bound iodine-125. The low-energy photons emitted by the iodine-125 deposit a therapeutic radiation dose across short distances from the surface of the balloon. After delivery of a prescribed radiation dose to the targeted volume, the radioactive fluid is retrieved and the catheter removed. Small resections of the right frontal lobe were performed in large dogs. Magnetic resonance (MR) images were obtained and used to assess tissue response and to measure the conformance between the resection cavity wall and the balloon surface. In four animals a dose ranging from 36 to 59 Gy was delivered. Neurological status and histological characteristics of the brain were assessed in all dogs. Implantation and explantation as well as inflation and deflation of the device were easily accomplished and well tolerated. The device was easily visualized on MR images, which demonstrated the expected postsurgical changes. The resection cavity and the balloon were highly conformal (range 93-100%). Histological changes to the cavity margin were consistent with those associated with surgical trauma. Additionally, radiation-related changes were observed at the margins of the resection cavity in dogs in which the brain was irradiated. CONCLUSIONS This balloon catheter and 125I radiotherapy solution system can safely and reliably deliver radiation to the margins of brain cavities created by tumor resection. Results of this study showed that intracranial pressure changes due to balloon inflation and deflation were unremarkable and characteristic of the imaging properties and radiation safety profile of the device prior to its clinical evaluation. Clinically relevant brachytherapy (adequate target volume and total dose) was accomplished in all four animals subjected to treatment.
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- James B Stubbs
- Prima Therapeutics, Incorporated, Alpharetta, Georgia 30004, USA.
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Nemoto K, Ogawa Y, Matsushita H, Takeda K, Takai Y, Yamada S, Kumabe T. Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) for previously untreated malignant gliomas. BMC Cancer 2002; 2:1. [PMID: 11818027 PMCID: PMC65041 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-2-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2001] [Accepted: 01/15/2002] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) is one of the methods used to deliver a large single dose to the tumor tissue while reducing the exposure of normal surrounding tissue. However, the usefulness of intraoperative electron therapy for malignant gliomas has not been established. METHODS During the period from 1987 to 1997, 32 patients with malignant gliomas were treated with IORT. The histological diagnoses were anaplastic astrocytoma in 11 patients and glioblastoma in 21 patients. Therapy consisted of surgical resection and intraoperative electron therapy using a dose of 12--15 Gy (median, 15 Gy). The patients later underwent postoperative external radiation therapy (EXRT) with a median total dose of 60 Gy. Each of the 32 patients treated with IORT was randomly matched with patients who had been treated with postoperative EXRT alone (control). Patients were matched according to histological grade, age, extent of tumor removal, and tumor location. RESULTS In the anaplastic astrocytoma group, the one-, two- and five-year survival rates were 81%, 51% and 15%, respectively in the IORT patients and 54%, 43% and 21%, respectively in the control patients. In the glioblastoma group, one-, two- and five-year survival rates were 63%, 26% and 0%, respectively in the IORT patients and 70%, 18% and 6%, respectively in the control patients. There was no significant difference between survival rates in the IORT patients and control patients in either the anaplastic astrocytoma group or glioblastoma group. CONCLUSIONS IORT dose not improve survival of patients with malignant gliomas compared to that of patients who have received EXRT alone.
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- Kenji Nemoto
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Padula GDA, McCormick B, Abramson DH. Brain necrosis after enucleation, external beam cobalt radiotherapy, and systemic chemotherapy for retinoblastoma. Arch Ophthalmol 2002; 120:98-9. [PMID: 11786070 DOI: 10.1001/archopht.120.1.98] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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- Gilbert D A Padula
- Department of Ophthalmology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Kondo S, Najm I, Kunieda T, Perryman S, Yacubova K, Lüders HO. Electroencephalographic characterization of an adult rat model of radiation-induced cortical dysplasia. Epilepsia 2001; 42:1221-7. [PMID: 11737155 DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2001.38300.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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PURPOSE Cortical dysplasia (CD) is a frequent cause of medically intractable focal epilepsy. The mechanisms of CD-induced epileptogenicity remain unknown. The difficulty in obtaining and testing human tissue warrants the identification and characterization of animal model(s) of CD that share most of the clinical, electroencephalographic (EEG), and histopathologic characteristics of human CD. In this study, we report on the in vivo EEG characterization of the radiation-induced model of CD. METHODS Timed-pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats were irradiated on E17 using a single dose of 145 cGy or left untreated. Their litters were identified and implanted with bifrontal epidural and hippocampal depth electrodes for prolonged continuous EEG recordings. After prolonged EEG monitoring, animals were killed and their brains sectioned and stained for histologic studies. RESULTS In utero-irradiated rats showed frequent spontaneous interictal epileptiform spikes and spontaneous seizures arising independently from the hippocampal or the frontal neocortical structures. No epileptiform or seizure activities were recorded from age-matched control rats. Histologic studies showed the presence of multiple cortical areas of neuronal clustering and disorganization. Moreover, pyramidal cell dispersion was seen in the CA1>CA3 areas of the hippocampal formations. CONCLUSIONS Our results further characterize the in vivo EEG characteristics of the in utero radiation model of CD using long-term EEG monitoring. This model may be used to study the molecular and cellular changes in epileptogenic CD and to test the efficacy of newer antiepileptic medications.
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- S Kondo
- Section of Epilepsy, Department of Neurology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195 USA
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Keck ME, Welt T, Post A, Müller MB, Toschi N, Wigger A, Landgraf R, Holsboer F, Engelmann M. Neuroendocrine and behavioral effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in a psychopathological animal model are suggestive of antidepressant-like effects. Neuropsychopharmacology 2001; 24:337-49. [PMID: 11182529 DOI: 10.1016/s0893-133x(00)00191-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The neuroendocrine and behavioral effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) were investigated in two rat lines selectively bred for high and low anxiety-related behavior. The stimulation parameters were adjusted according to the results of accurate computer-assisted and magnetic resonance imaging-based reconstructions of the current density distributions induced by rTMS in the rat and human brain, ensuring comparable stimulation patterns in both cases. Adult male rats were treated in two 3-day series under halothane anesthesia. In the forced swim test, rTMS-treatment induced a more active coping strategy in the high anxiety-related behavior rats only (time spent struggling; 332% vs. controls), allowing these animals to reach the performance of low anxiety-related behavior rats. In contrast, rTMS-treated low anxiety-related behavior rats did not change their swimming behavior. The development of active coping strategies in high anxiety-related behavior rats was accompanied by a significantly attenuated stress-induced elevation of plasma corticotropin and corticosterone concentrations. In summary, the behavioral and neuroendocrine effects of rTMS of frontal brain regions in high anxiety-related behavior rats are comparable to the effects of antidepressant drug treatment. Interestingly, in the psychopathological animal model repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation induced changes in stress coping abilities in the high-anxiety line only.
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- M E Keck
- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany.
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Mohamed IG, Roa W, Fulton D, Halls S, Jha N, Kherani A, Johnson R. Optic nerve sheath fenestration for a reversible optic neuropathy in radiation oncology. Am J Clin Oncol 2000; 23:401-5. [PMID: 10955872 DOI: 10.1097/00000421-200008000-00018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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To the authors' knowledge, there is a paucity of published accounts of management of radiation-induced optic neuropathy (RION) by optic nerve sheath fenestration (ONSF) in the conventional medical literature. With higher doses of radiation being given by using conformal techniques, more radiation-induced optic neuritis and neuropathy will be identified. We report here the successful use of ONSF to restore vision to three consecutive patients with pending anterior RION, and the importance of early identification and intervention in these potentially reversible cases.
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- I G Mohamed
- Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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We have developed a carrousel irradiator for mice which delivers a head-first and near-field radiofrequency exposure that more closely simulates cellular telephone and radio use than conventional whole body exposure systems. Mouse cadavers were placed on the carrousel irradiator and exposed with their noses 5 mm from the feedpoint of a 1.6 GHz antenna. Local measured specific absorption rates (SAR) in brain regions corresponding to the frontal cortex, medial caudate putamen, and midhippocampal areas were 2.9, 2.4, and 2.2 W/kg per watt of irradiated power, respectively. In addition, average SAR was estimated to be 3.4 W/kg per watt along the sagittal plane of the brain, 2.0 W/kg per watt along the sagittal plane of the body, and between 6.8 and 8.1 W/kg per watt at peak locations along the sagittal plane at the body surface. This detailed SAR information in mice is critical to the interpretation of biological studies of IRIDIUM exposure, and similar analysis should be included for all studies of in vivo exposure of small animals to microwaves.
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- M Swicord
- Motorola Corporate Research Laboratory, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33322, USA
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- P Matheja
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Münster University, Germany.
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Mottaghy FM, Krause BJ, Kemna LJ, Töpper R, Tellmann L, Beu M, Pascual-Leone A, Müller-Gärtner HW. Modulation of the neuronal circuitry subserving working memory in healthy human subjects by repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation. Neurosci Lett 2000; 280:167-70. [PMID: 10675787 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(00)00798-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
We studied the effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on changes in regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) as revealed by positron emission tomography (PET) while subjects performed a 2-back verbal working memory (WM) task. rTMS to the right or left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), but not to the midline frontal cortex, significantly worsened performance in the WM task while inducing significant reductions in rCBF at the stimulation site and in distant brain regions. These results for the first time demonstrate the ability of rTMS to produce temporary functional lesions in elements of a neuronal network thus changing its distributed activations and resulting in behavioral consequences.
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- F M Mottaghy
- Department of Nuclear Medicine (KME), Research Center Jülich, 52426, Jülich, Germany.
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Mock U, Dieckmann K, Wolff U, Pötter R. Comparison of coplanar and non-coplanar irradiation techniques for malignant glioma: an analysis of dose-volume histograms. Front Radiat Ther Oncol 1999; 33:202-13. [PMID: 10549490 DOI: 10.1159/000061236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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- U Mock
- Department of Radiotherapy and Radiobiology, University Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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