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NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES
Volume 7, Issue 1-3, Pages 160-162Publisher
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000289228
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Cognitive activities; Subthalamic nucleus; Basal ganglia; P3-like potential; Event-related desynchronization/synchronization
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- MSMT [MSM 0021622404]
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Background: The cognitive role of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) remains largely unknown. Methods/Results: A modified protocol with a dual task elicited local field event-related potentials (ERPs) within the STN. No generators of ERPs were elicited by the standard oddball protocol in the STN (at variance with recordings from the putamen, caudate and pallidum). Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) over the right inferior frontal cortex caused a shortening of latencies of ERPs in standard and dual protocols. No changes were observable after the rTMS over the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and sham stimulation. In the STN, only the tasks with an increased demand on executive functions produced the alpha-/beta-event-related desynchronization/synchronization in visuomotor tasks with single letters writing. Conclusion: Our results indicate a specific, task-related involvement of the STN in the cognitive activities. Cognitive processing in the STN is possibly processed via hyperdirect cortico-STN pathway. Certain effects of deep brain stimulation surgery on cognitive performance could be explained by a direct effect on 'cognitive' parts of the STN. Copyright (C) 2010 S. Karger AG, Basel
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