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The Journal of Neuroscience, June 1, 2002, 22(11):4639-4653
Enhanced Synchrony among Primary Motor Cortex Neurons in the
1-Methyl-4-Phenyl-1,2,3,6-Tetrahydropyridine Primate Model of
Parkinson's Disease
Joshua A.
Goldberg1,
Thomas
Boraud1,
Sharon
Maraton1,
Suzanne N.
Haber2,
Eilon
Vaadia1, and
Hagai
Bergman1
1 Department of Physiology, The Hebrew
University-Hadassah Medical School, and the Interdisciplinary Center
for Neural Computation, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91120, Israel,
and 2 Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of
Rochester, Rochester, New York 14642
Primary motor cortex (MI) neurons discharge vigorously during
voluntary movement. A cardinal symptom of Parkinson's disease (PD) is
poverty of movement (akinesia). Current models of PD thus hypothesize
that increased inhibitory pallidal output reduces firing rates in
frontal cortex, including MI, resulting in akinesia and muscle
rigidity. We recorded the simultaneous spontaneous discharge of several
neurons in the arm-related area of MI of two monkeys and in the globus
pallidus (GP) of one of the two. Accelerometers were fastened to the
forelimbs to detect movement, and surface electromyograms were recorded
from the contralateral arm of one monkey. The recordings were conducted
before and after systemic treatment with
1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP), rendering the
animals severely akinetic and rigid with little or no tremor. The mean
spontaneous MI rates during periods of immobility (four to five
spikes/sec) did not change after MPTP; however, in this parkinsonian
state, MI neurons discharged in long bursts (sometimes >2 sec long).
These bursts were synchronized across many cells but failed to elicit
detectable movement, indicating that even robust synchronous MI
discharge need not result in movement. These synchronized population
bursts were absent from the GP and were on a larger timescale than
oscillatory synchrony found in the GP of tremulous MPTP primates,
suggesting that MI parkinsonian synchrony arises independently of basal
ganglia dynamics. After MPTP, MI neurons responded more vigorously and
with less specificity to passive limb movement. Abnormal MI firing
patterns and synchronization, rather than reduced firing rates, may
underlie PD akinesia and persistent muscle rigidity.
Key words:
correlations; neuronal synchronization; EMG; firing
patterns; intracortical microstimulation; monkey; striatum; globus
pallidus; kinesthetic; oscillations
Copyright © 2002 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/02/22114639-15$05.00/0
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