Abstract
This study investigates how complex motor-cognitive activities are processed in the subthalamic nucleus (STN) and internal globus pallidum (GPi), as adverse neuropsychiatric effects may accompany deep brain stimulation (DBS), mainly in Parkinson’s disease (PD) and STN-DBS. Dystonia patients with GPi-DBS electrodes (n = 5) and PD subjects (n = 5) with STN-DBS electrodes performed two tasks: (1) copying letters; and (2) writing any letter other than that appearing on the monitor. The cognitive load of the second task was greater than that of the first. Intracranial local field potentials (LFPs) were analysed. A beta power decrease was the main correlate of the enhanced cognitive load during the second task in both structures, with a lateralization to the left side, mainly in the GPi. A gamma power increase linked with the increased cognitive activity was observed only in the STN. Differences were also observed in the theta and alpha bandpasses. Beta ERD reactivity seems to be essential during the processing of complex motor-cognitive tasks, increases with enhanced cognitive effort, and was observed in both the STN and GPi. Oscillatory reactivity to effortful cognitive processing in other frequency bands was less consistent, with differences between the studied nuclei. Lateralization of activity related to cognitive factors was observed mainly in the GPi.
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Introduction
The subthalamic nucleus (STN) and internal globus pallidum (GPi) are common targets for deep brain stimulation (DBS) which is an effective long-term treatment for neurological patients with a variety of movement disorders. For some patients, the generally successful DBS may be accompanied by cognitive impairment and neuropsychiatric disorders, especially in the case of the STN in Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients (Saint-Cyr et al. 2000; Temel et al. 2006; Voon et al. 2006; Witt et al. 2008). GPi is used as DBS target in dystonia patients (Jankovic 2006; Kupsch et al. 2006; Vidailhet et al. 2013). In PD patients, similar motor improvements were observed with both STN and GPi DBS. There are some studies suggesting fewer adverse cognitive, behavioural, or neuropsychiatric events in GPi-DBS than in STN-DBS (Anderson et al. 2005; Videnovic and Metman 2008; Follett et al. 2010; Rouaud et al. 2010; Fasano and Deuschl 2012; Emre et al. 2014). A long-term multicentre study on bilateral STN and GPi-DBS reported the occurrence of cognitive decline in 23% of the STN patients and in 12% of the GPi patients 5–6 years after surgery (Moro et al. 2010). By contrast, other studies have not observed a significant difference in mood or cognition (Okun et al. 2009) except for depression that was significantly less frequent in patients with GPi DBS (Sako et al. 2014).
Intracranial recordings via DBS electrodes provide direct access to the deep brain nuclei and local field potentials (LFPs) analysis has contributed significantly to knowledge about the physiology of the basal ganglia and the pathophysiological changes associated with movement disorders, in particular PD. Synchronized oscillations in the beta and gamma frequencies have a key role in motor control in cortico-basal ganglia loops (Brown 2006). STN LFP activity in the beta bandpass is suppressed before self-paced voluntary movement as well as before cued movements (Williams et al. 2003; Alegre et al. 2005; Androulidakis et al. 2008; Oswal et al. 2012, 2013). Changes in beta activity are not linked only to the movement, but they are modulated by contextual factors like reward or cognitive complexity (Oswal et al. 2013). Synchronized low-frequency oscillations (5–13 Hz) in Parkinson’s disease increase after dopaminergic medication both in the STN and the GPi and are related to PD dyskinesias as well as to dystonic movements (Silberstein et al. 2003; Priori et al. 2004; Foffani et al. 2005; Marceglia et al. 2007; Barow et al. 2014). Their possible role in non-motor functions has been also documented (Fumagalli et al. 2011; Rosa et al. 2013).
The aim of our work was to study processing of cognitive activity in the basal ganglia and to compare neurophysiological changes during complex motor-cognitive processing in the STN and GPi.
Methods and materials
Subjects
Five dystonia patients implanted with GPi electrodes and five PD patients with STN targets participated in the study (see Table 1). UPDRS (Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale) and dystonia rating scales (Comella et al. 2003) were used for the evaluation of the current clinical condition. The recordings were performed in the postoperative period before the stimulator implantation and the system internalisation. All patients were considered appropriate candidates for DBS by the Commission for Neuromodulation Surgery in Brno. All subjects were informed about the nature of this study and gave their informed consent. The study received the approval of the local ethics committee. Before the operation, all subjects underwent a detailed neuropsychological examination that revealed no evidence of dementia.
Surgical procedure
The stereotaxic frame used during the surgical procedure (electrode implantation) was the Leibinger open frame with the Praezis Plus software and the Talairach diagram. The STN coordinates used were in respect to the AC-PC (anterior commissure–posterior commissure) line: 12.0 mm laterally, 5.0 mm below, and 3.0 mm behind the midpoint of the AC-PC line. The GPi coordinates were: 20.0 mm laterally, 4.0 mm below, and 3.0 mm in front of the midpoint of the AC-PC line. The stimulation electrodes (Medtronic, Inc.) were implanted bilaterally into the targeted structure by stereotaxic MRI-guided technique under local anaesthesia (general anaesthesia in the GPi cases because of dystonia). The definitive electrode placement was confirmed by four microelectrode recordings. The motor part of the STN was identified by recording the specific patterns of neuronal activity and background activity, and by following motor responsiveness to intraoperative stimulation. Once the final target coordinates were determined, a permanent quadripolar DBS electrode (model 3389, with 1.5 mm contact length and 0.5 mm intercontact distance) was implanted. The electrode position was verified by the intraoperative use of fluoroscopy comparing the position of the microrecording electrodes trajectories with the definitive quadripolar macroelectrode trajectory. After surgery completion, CT scans under stereotactic conditions covering the entire length of the implanted electrodes were added. The series of images were reimported to the planning workstation and subsequently the coordinates were correlated with the real position of implanted electrodes. The change of electrode position is evident in the planning datasets so that the final electrode position can be evaluated without being burdened by artefacts caused by electrode material both in CT and MRI scans. Exact final electrode positions for each subject are presented in Fig. 1. In the immediate post-implantation period, the electrodes remained externalized. A special externalized cable enabled the intracranial EEG recording. The internalisation and the stimulator implantation were performed within a week after the positioning of the DBS electrodes.
Experimental protocol and recordings
We used a visuomotor paradigm that we had employed in a previous study that investigated the neurophysiological correlates of increased task complexity and cognitive load on cortical structures and anterior nucleus of the thalamus in epilepsy surgery patients (Bočková et al. 2007, 2015). The visual stimuli were the letters of the alphabet presented in a random order on a monitor; there were 50 visual stimuli. Subjects performed two different visuomotor cognitive tasks. The first task was a simple cognitive task (Task 1)—copying letters from the monitor. The second task was a more complex cognitive task (Task 2)—writing a letter other than that which appeared on the monitor. The patients were instructed to write any letter other than the one on the monitor but not a letter that would immediately precede or follow that letter alphabetically. Patients received clear instructions and practised the task briefly before the recordings. They were asked to react immediately to the letter displayed on the monitor rather than engage in prolonged preparation and response planning.
The duration of the stimulus exposure was 200 ms; the interstimulus interval was 16 s.
Subjects reclined comfortably in the monitoring bed, in a quiet room, with a constant temperature. They were instructed to remain calm to keep their eyes fixed on the monitor, and to avoid unnecessary movements. The monitor was situated in the same place for all the subjects, 1.5 m in front of their eyes, at the end of the monitoring bed. Subjects wrote letters using an electrically connected pen. The paper the subjects wrote on was placed on a desk situated near their lower abdomen. The testing was visually supervised by the examiners and was also videotaped.
The intracerebral EEG signal was recorded by the EEG system TruScan 32 channel (Deymed Diagnostic, Alien Technic) and in subjects 4, 5 and 10 using the M&I EEG system because of EEG unit renovation. The recordings were monopolar, with a linked earlobe reference. The sampling rate was 1024 Hz with standard anti-aliasing filters before digitalization. In the trigger channel, the stimuli and motor reactions (pen-to-paper contact) were recorded, so that response onset time (RT) and duration of motor response could be monitored.
Data analysis
The data were processed and analysed off-line using ScopeWin and ScopeMat software. The data were segmented according to the stimulation trigger onset as we were mainly interested in the cognitive aspects of the task performance. The segments were visually inspected, and segments containing artificial signals or incorrect responses were removed. Between 20 and 50 segments were used for the final analysis. In each segment, the linear trend was eliminated. Bipolar montage evaluation was used to exclude the volume conduction from other structures, namely from the cortex or transsynaptic propagation along cortical-subcortical pathways (Wennberg and Lozano 2003, 2006) and confirm the local origin of the potentials. The bipolar power envelopes from two neighbouring contacts (contacts are presented in Fig. 1 for each subject) located within the targeted structure with eliminated phase-lock signals (subtraction of averaged trial) were computed in the determined frequency windows: theta 3–7 Hz, alpha 7–13 Hz, beta 13–35 Hz, and gamma (lower 35–80 Hz), using the Hilbert transform demodulation. The power envelopes were then averaged in single subject and in the GPi and STN subgroups of subjects to obtain grand averages (GA, see Figs. 3, 4). The statistical significance of ERS (event-related synchronization, power increase)/ERD (event-related desynchronization, power decrease) was analysed from the differences over trials between the mean power at baseline (1.6–0.1 s before stimuli) and the mean power in the 500 ms lasting segments. First segment starts at the 0 ms (stimuli position), second at 500 ms and last segment at 9500 ms position in trial. We used the non-parametric Wilcoxon rank sum (signed-rank) test for paired samples in each trial (Purcell et al. 2013) corrected for multiple comparisons across 20 moving segments. The differences between Task 1 and Task 2 were analysed with an unpaired t test; they are presented in Figs. 3, 4, and 6 (Kiebel et al. 2005) (see Fig. 2). Reaction times (RT) and motor response durations (defined from first pen touch to last pen liftoff) were also computed and correlated to the EEG changes; see Table 2, Figs. 5 and 6.
Results
We analysed oscillatory changes within the 3–80 Hz frequency ranges in five subjects with GPi electrodes and five subjects with STN electrodes. Figures 3 and 4 show GPi and STN grand averages in theta, alpha, beta, and gamma frequency ranges. In the theta bandpass, there were no significant differences between Task 1 and Task 2 observed in the two structures, except of higher activation (theta ERS) in Task 2 in the left STN. Alpha power ERD was observed on a comparable level in the STN during both tasks, in the GPi, a power decrease in the alpha frequency range was related only to Task 2. The most prominent oscillatory pattern related to the higher cognitive load was beta ERD in both structures. Beta ERD was higher and longer on both sides in the GPi. In the STN, the beta ERD was higher during Task 1 early after the stimulation, but lasted significantly longer during Task 2. Stronger gamma power ERS was found in the STN during Task 2; the opposite situation was found in the GPi. The increased beta ERD represents a pattern modification related to the increased cognitive complexity during Task 2, consistent with our previous recording studies from other brain structures (Bočková et al. 2007, 2015) and also described in a recent intracranial recording study in the subthalamic nucleus (Oswal et al. 2013).
Reaction times (RT) and motor response durations in each subject were computed and related to the beta ERD occurrence; see Table 2, Figs. 5 and 6 upper panel. Reaction times were markedly longer in Task 2 in all participants. This was not the case for the motor response duration, which was sometimes longer during Task 1 and sometimes during Task 2. The Task 2 related beta ERD was significantly longer in almost all cases. This prolonged activation was therefore not related to the longer motor performance, but to the cognitive processes. Figure 6 shows the differences between the two tasks in all subjects and grand averages. The differences between the tasks are presented in theta, alpha, beta, and gamma frequency ranges. There was a lateralization to the left side, mainly in the GPi in the beta frequency range, which was linked in this case with the enhanced cognitive load during Task 2.
Analysis with data segmented to the reaction onset (pen-to-paper contact)—see Figs. 7 and 8 was also performed to differentiate changes related only to movement performance from changes related to cognitive activity. The movement related activity starts immediately before and continue during motor reaction. Mean reaction time was significantly shorter than beta ERD duration—Table 2. Consequently, the higher beta power decrease can be observed not only immediately before the motor reaction onset, but significantly longer, i.e. 3–2 s before movement onset. This activity is therefore linked to increased cognitive load in Task 2 and demonstrates a true cognitive difference between Task 1 and Task 2.
In three of our PD patients, the recordings were performed in off as well as in on states. After levodopa intake, the beta power was slightly higher and prolongated, but without a statistical significance.
Discussion
In this study, we examined non-phase-locked event-related changes in oscillatory activities during a visuomotor task with two different levels of complexity. The power of oscillations may decrease (desynchronize) or increase (synchronize) during cognitive task performance. The main advantage of the event-related desynchronization/synchronization (ERD/S) methodology is the ability to distinguish between cortical inhibition and activation. We analysed power changes in the 2–80 Hz frequency range, i.e. within the theta, alpha, beta and gamma frequencies. The ERD of the alpha and beta rhythms has been interpreted as a correlate of activation, i.e. increased excitability of the cortex. The ERS in the alpha and lower beta bands has been interpreted as a correlate of a deactivation, i.e. cortical idling or active inhibition (Pfurtscheller 2001). Gamma band ERS is considered to be an elementary signal change with multiple functional correlates related to the information spread across brain networks (Basar-Eroglu et al. 1996; Schürmann et al. 1997; Crone et al. 1998; De Pascalis and Ray 1998; Pfurtscheller et al. 2003; Szurhaj et al. 2005; Ihara and Kakigi 2006).
We evaluated the human event-related EEG signal recorded via intracerebral depth electrodes.
Each electrode contained four 1.5 mm contacts with 0.5 mm intercontact distance. According to the postoperative CT scans and preoperative MRI scans fusion in the planning workstation, the real contacts positions were displayed. Contact pairs located directly in the targeted structures and the bipolar montages from these were used for the grand average analysis.
Our experimental protocol contained two tasks involving writing of single letters. The first task consisted of copying a letter from the screen; the second task required writing a different letter than that appearing on the screen. These two tasks are characterized by several shared cognitive components related to the writing of single letters. Specifically, the two tasks had in common the visual detection and reading of the letter on the screen and the preparation and execution of the writing movements. We supposed that attention and working memory were engaged to a comparable level in both experimental tasks, as the stimuli were the same in both conditions and the letters of the alphabet had to be maintained in working memory before and during motor execution. However, the second task was more complex and involved a higher cognitive load attributable to the additional requirement to perform several mental operations that are covered by the common term of executive function: the inhibition of an automatic (habitual) response (i.e. simply copying the letter shown on the screen) and the selection, planning, and execution of the alternative non-routine motor response based on a strategic memory search to retrieve a letter different from the one presented (Bočková et al. 2007). We therefore assumed that the most prominent difference between the two writing tasks is the higher cognitive effort and executive demand associated with the second task condition. The same experimental protocol was tested in studies with intracerebral recordings from the frontal, parietal and temporal cortices as well as from the anterior nucleus of the thalamus in patients with epilepsy. Consistent with the results reported here, the complex task elicited larger alpha and beta ERD than the simple task in several brain areas (Bočková et al. 2007, 2015).
Cognitive processes like decision making were reported to be linked with low-frequency (5–12 Hz) ERS in the STN (Marceglia et al. 2011). In this study, we did not observe any important changes within the low frequencies, except of higher theta ERS (which is known to be a correlate of activation) in Task 2 in the left STN. Activations in the alpha range (ERD) were present only during Task 2 in the GPi bilaterally. In contrast, there were similar activations during both tasks in the STN in the alpha frequency range. Higher gamma ERS was observed only in the STN bilaterally during Task 2. The increased cognitive demand produced mainly enhanced or prolonged local beta desynchronization in both structures; a lateralization to the left language-dominant hemisphere was observed mainly in the GPI; see Fig. 5.
Similar to the findings presented here are the results reported in another study from the STN. Perimovement activity was modified by cognitive factors; the beta power decreased while gamma power increased reciprocally (Oswal et al. 2013). The cognitive-motor integration required for successful execution of complex action sequences is mediated by basal ganglia-thalamocortical neural circuitry. In particular, the beta ERD appears to be a ubiquitous pattern reflecting complex cognitive activation in the brain. Consistent with this notion, the same oscillatory patterns were observed in frontal and temporal cortical structures and the anterior nucleus of the thalamus during performance of the cognitive-motor task used in this study (Bočková et al. 2007, 2015).
Differences between the STN and GPi, mainly the stronger lateralization in the GPi, and differences in the theta, alpha, and gamma oscillatory responses could be explained by different functional and anatomical connectivity of both structures (Manes et al. 2014). The STN is a basal ganglia input nucleus; the GPi is a major output nucleus of the BG-thalamocortical circuitry. The GPi, besides the excitatory inputs from the indirect pathway via the STN, receives inhibitory inputs from direct pathway striatal neurons, the thalamus, and brain stem nuclei (for review, see Nelson and Kreitzer 2014). The STN receives input in the circuitry from the indirect pathway as well as direct (hyperdirect) cortical input from the pericentral and prefrontal cortices (Haynes and Haber 2013). The cognitive role of the STN differs from the role of other structures within the BG circuitry; this difference is probably related to the function of the hyperdirect pathway. Based on direct depth electrode recordings, we suggested two ways that the STN may participate in cognitive activities. First, the STN is a relay nucleus that participates in processing cognitive and behavioural activities within the cortico-BG-thalamocortical loop. In addition to this known function, we suggested that the STN may (under the direct cortical control conveyed by the hyperdirect pathway) exert modulatory control over the output part of the cortico-BG-thalamocortical loop (Rektor et al. 2015). Difference in gamma reactivity between STN and GPi, i.e. higher gamma ERS linked with cognitive activity observed only in the STN might be related also to pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) activity. This structure is connected with the STN and not with the GPI. PPN region has been studied as a novel target for DBS in PD. Improvement of levodopa-resistant motor symptoms like gait disorders, falls, freezing and postural imbalance was documented (Hamani et al. 2016; Mazzone et al. 2016; Fytagoridis et al. 2016). Individual PPN-DBS planning is required because of variability in the brainstem anatomy (Mazzone et al. 2013). The activation of PPN was linked with an increment in gamma band activity (Garcia-Rill 2015, Garcia-Rill et al. 2015, Urbano et al. 2016) and is proposed to participate in the process of preconscious awareness. Arousing stimuli simultaneously activate ascending projections of the PPN (Garcia-Rill et al. 2016).
Dopaminergic medication modifies the local field potentials in PD patients (Kühn et al. 2006; Androulidakis et al. 2007; Giannicola et al. 2010, 2013; Rodriguez-Oroz et al. 2011; Huebl et al. 2014). In three of our PD patients, we recorded the LFPs in both off and on states. Unfortunately, in the other two patients we could not record the on state because of time restrictions, and in one subject the quality of recording was not optimal. In general, oscillatory activity in the 8–35 Hz range is known to be suppressed after levodopa intake (Kühn et al. 2006; Giannicola et al. 2010). In this study, the beta power ERD slightly increased and was prolongated after levodopa intake in both the tasks, but without a statistical significance. Unfortunately, we could analyse ON state medication condition only in two subjects. Therefore, more data are needed to confirm our observation.
The main limitation of this study is that we recorded data from the STN in PD and from GPi in patients with dystonia. Differences in medication and disease pathophysiology may influence oscillatory patterns. Unfortunately, we did not have a sufficient number of GPi PD patients, as the STN is used as the primary target of choice for PD treatment at our centre. However, the main physiological oscillatory pattern related to the increased cognitive load, beta ERD enhancement, was observed in both structures regardless of the clinical diagnosis and treatment. Mainly, theta ERS is linked to abnormal involuntary movements, so we assume that dystonia should not greatly influence the beta frequency reactivity.
Conclusion
Beta ERD reactivity seems to be essential in processing complex motor-cognitive tasks. Beta increase with enhanced cognitive effort was observed in both the STN and GPi. Oscillatory reactivity to effortful cognitive processing in other frequency bands was less consistent with differences between the studied nuclei. The lateralization of activity related to cognitive factors was observed primarily in the GPi. It may be hypothesized that the differences in oscillatory patterns related to complex cognitive tasks in the GPi and in the STN is related to different anatomical and functional connectivity.
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This research has been financially supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic under the project CEITEC 2020 (LQ1601). The study was also supported by Grant AZV 16-33798A and has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 734718 (CoBeN). The technical part of this study was supported by Grant GA GACR P103/11/0933. The technical part of the study was also supported with institutional support RVO:68081731, MEYS CR (LO1212) together with EC (ALISI No. CZ.1.05/2.1.00/01.0017). We wish to thank prof. Novák and Ing. Říha for their cooperation.
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Bočková, M., Chládek, J., Jurák, P. et al. Oscillatory reactivity to effortful cognitive processing in the subthalamic nucleus and internal pallidum: a depth electrode EEG study. J Neural Transm 124, 841–852 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00702-017-1719-6
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