title: Closed-loop cortical neuromodulation in Parkinson's disease: An alternative to deep brain stimulation?
abstract: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is usually performed to treat advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) patients with electrodes permanently implanted in basal ganglia while the stimulator delivers electrical impulses continuously and independently of any feedback (open-loop stimulation). Conversely, in closed-loop stimulation, electrical stimulation is delivered as a function of neuronal activities recorded and analyzed online. There is an emerging development of closed-loop DBS in the treatment of PD and a growing discussion about proposing cortical stimulation rather than DBS for this purpose. Why does it make sense to "close the loop" to treat parkinsonian symptoms? Could closed-loop stimulation applied to the cortex become a valuable therapeutic strategy for PD? Can mathematical modeling contribute to the development of this technique? We review the various evidences in favor of the use of closed-loop cortical stimulation for the treatment of advanced PD, as an emerging technique which might offer substantial clinical benefits for PD patients.
authors.affiliation: Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux, Talence, France. Electronic address: anne.beuter@ipb.fr.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beuter
authors.affiliation: Université Paris Est Créteil, Faculté de Médecine, EA 4391, Créteil, France; Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Service de Physiologie - Explorations Fonctionnelles, Créteil, France. Electronic address: jean-pascal.lefaucheur@hmn.aphp.fr.
authors.forename: Jean-Pascal
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Lefaucheur
authors.affiliation: Lawson Health Research Institute, Human Threshold Research Group, London, ON, Canada; Western University, Departments of Medical Biophysics and Medical Imaging, London, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Julien
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Modolo
mesh_terms: D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000503:physiopathology; D046690:Deep Brain Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004867:Equipment Design; D025461:Feedback, Physiological / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D019736:Prostheses and Implants
keywords: Closed-loop; Cortex; Deep brain stimulation; Functional neurosurgery; Neuromodulation; Parkinson’s disease; Treatment