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1120 Clinical Applications of Local Field Potentials in Deep Brain Stimulation

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Local field potentials (LFP) are gathered when deep brain stimulation (DBS) electrodes are inserted into subcortical structures; however, the clinical application of these findings are unclear. A literature search was… Click to show full abstract

Local field potentials (LFP) are gathered when deep brain stimulation (DBS) electrodes are inserted into subcortical structures; however, the clinical application of these findings are unclear. A literature search was conducted using PRISMA guidelines, 231 papers were analysed for the literature review. The lack of dopamine in Parkinson’s disease (PD), is thought to increase the sensitivity of the basal ganglia-thalamo-cortical network to rhythmic oscillatory inputs causing pathological oscillations. Beta band frequency oscillations have been strongly linked to bradykinesia and rigidity in Parkinson’s disease patients. Whereas gamma oscillations were found to be prokinetic and possibly related to normal physiology. There has been varying views on LFP findings and tremor pathology, recent research has suggested a link between the ratio of slow and fast oscillations increasing resulting in a tremor. Studies found contradicting results with pathological oscillations, reasons for the variation include the time of the LFP recordings and the placement of the electrodes. The use of LFP presents a promising new technology namely adaptive deep brain stimulation (aDBS). aDBS has not been tested long-term in human patients, the safety and effectiveness long-term is unknown. aDBS provide an exciting new technology however, the current evidence base provides a proof-of- principle, there are still many issues which need to be addressed before this can become an established treatment. With technological advances aDBS could revolutionise PD treatment and if perfected could potentially abolish patient’s symptoms completely.

Keywords: deep brain; local field; field potentials; brain stimulation

Journal Title: British Journal of Surgery
Year Published: 2021

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