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Voltage Imaging Analysis of Striatal Network Dynamics Related to Movement, Parkinson's Disease and Deep Brain Stimulation

Award Number: R01NS115797
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

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Title: Voltage imaging analysis of striatal network dynamics related to movement, Parkinson’s disease and deep brain stimulation Summary Deep brain stimulation (DBS) delivers high frequency electrical current stimulation through chronically implanted electrodes. DBS has been FDA approved for managing several brain disorders, including Parkinson’s disease (PD), epilepsy, essential tremor, and obsessive compulsive disorders. However, the therapeutic mechanisms of DBS remain largely unknown. There are many intriguing hypothesis, but experimental evidence has been limited. The increasing use of DBS for PD over the past 20 years has offered a unique opportunity to record from various basal ganglia brain structures in patients, and accumulating evidence suggests that exaggerated pathological local field potential (LFP) beta oscillations (~10-30Hz) in the cortical-basal ganglia circuit are a signature of PD. Using exaggerated LFP beta oscillations recorded in STN as a target feature, a recent study showed that closed-loop DBS could be more effective in alleviating akinesia in primate PD models, highlighting the potential of using pathological beta oscillations as a biomarker for PD. PD is characterized by degeneration of SNpc dopamine neurons that project to the striatum. The fact that DBS is effective at managing motor pathologies highlights that PD involves neural circuit deficits that can be altered by electrical stimulation to achieve therapeutic effects. The central goal of this proposal is to study the neural circuit dynamics related to PD, and the therapeutic mechanisms of DBS, using a novel single cell voltage imaging technique that was recently developed in Dr. Han’s lab. Specifically, we will examine how individual striatal neurons’ subthreshold membrane voltage and spiking patterns relate to bulk striatal LFP oscillations during voluntary movement in healthy and dopamine-depleted PD conditions, and how DBS alters these interactions. Such understanding will provide important insights into the relationship between individual neurons subthreshold membrane voltage dynamics (a measure of synaptic inputs) and spiking outputs, and provide direct experimental evidence linking pathological LFP oscillations with single neuron biophysics, and how DBS affects these relationships. We believe that such insights will help establish oscillation based biomarkers for brain disorders, and facilitate future DBS designs.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $567,920 )
2024	2024	TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY	1 SILBER WAY	BOSTON	MA	02215	SUFFOLK	USA	Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders	001	5	4/3/2024	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$89,789
2024	2024	TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY	1 SILBER WAY	BOSTON	MA	02215	SUFFOLK	USA	Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders	000	5	4/2/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$478,131
														Subtotal = $567,920

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $484,917 )
2023	2023	TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY	1 SILBER WAY	BOSTON	MA	02215	SUFFOLK	USA	Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders	001	4	3/7/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$88,932
2023	2023	TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY	1 SILBER WAY	BOSTON	MA	02215	SUFFOLK	USA	Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders	000	4	3/5/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$395,985
														Subtotal = $484,917

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $477,150 )
2022	2022	TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY	1 SILBER WAY	BOSTON	MA	02215	SUFFOLK	USA	Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders	002	3	5/3/2022	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2022	2022	TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY	1 SILBER WAY	BOSTON	MA	02215	SUFFOLK	USA	Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders	000	3	3/25/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$389,050
2022	2022	TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY	1 SILBER WAY	BOSTON	MA	02215	SUFFOLK	USA	Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders	001	3	4/4/2022	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$88,100
														Subtotal = $477,150

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $382,313 )
2021	2021	TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY	1 SILBER WAY	BOSTON	MA	02215	SUFFOLK	USA	Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders	000	2	3/15/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$382,313
														Subtotal = $382,313

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $374,991 )
2020	2020	TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY	1 SILBER WAY	BOSTON	MA	02215	SUFFOLK	USA	Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders	000	1	1/31/2020	NEW	$374,991
														Subtotal = $374,991

Grand Total All Awards = $2,287,291

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Voltage Imaging Analysis of Striatal Network Dynamics Related to Movement, Parkinson's Disease and Deep Brain Stimulation

Award Number: R01NS115797

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

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