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Deep brain stimulation reduces evoked potentials with a dual time course in freely moving rats: Potential neurophysiological basis for intermittent as an alternative to continuous stimulation.

Mathieu SprengersRobrecht RaedtLars Emil LarsenJean DelbekeWytse Jan WadmanPaul BoonKristl Vonck
Published in: Epilepsia (2020)
Deep brain stimulation induced both acute temporary effects compatible with axonal block and/or synaptic depression, and longer-lasting potentially cumulative EP reductions, suggesting the involvement of homeostatic plasticity or long-term depression. This dual time course may parallel the different temporal patterns of improvement observed in clinical trials. The longer-lasting reductions provide a potential neurophysiological basis for the use of intermittent DBS-as typically used in epilepsy patients-as an alternative to continuous DBS.
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