[Effect of stimulation of STN on the firing activities of the SNr neurons in rats].
[Effect of stimulation of STN on the firing activities of the SNr neurons in rats].
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Original abstract
AIM: To research the spontaneous firing activities during different-frequency stimulation of subthalamic nucleus and microelectrophoresis GABA, Glu and their antagons respectively, approaching the mechanism of DBS in the treatment of Parkinson's disease further. METHODS: Using extracellular recording to investigate the effect of different-frequency stimulation of STN and microelectrophoresis several drugs on the spontaneous firing activities of the SNr neurons. RESULTS: For STN stimulation at low frequency, there was no difference on the spontaneous firing activities of SNr neurons between pro-stimulation and meta-stimulation (P > 0.05). With the increasing of stimulation frequency, most of the SNr neurons were inhibited. While during the STN stimulation frequency at high-frequency, the firing rates of inhibited SNr neurons were changed (P < 0.05). Glu had catatonic excitement effect on the SNr neurons, whereas GABA had tonic inhibition effect. 80% of SNr neurons which were inhibited by STN-HFS were not inhibited by STN-HFS on the basis of excitatory effect of BIC. CONCLUSION: To treat the motor symptoms of PD, when SIN is selected as the target nucleus, the electrical stimulation with high-frequency should be chosen. It is possible that SIN-HFS modulate the activity of SNr by inhibitory effect of GABA predominantly.