Brain stimulation · 2023
Frequency-specific modulation of oscillatory activity in the rat auditory cortex by vagus nerve stimulation.
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Kumagai Shinichi, Shiramatsu Tomoyo Isoguchi, Matsumura Akane, Ishishita Yohei, Ibayashi Kenji, Onuki Yoshiyuki, Kawai Kensuke, Takahashi Hirokazu
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BACKGROUND: We previously found that vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) strengthened stimulus-evoked activity in the superficial layer of the sensory cortex but not in the deep layer, suggesting that VNS altered the balance between the feedforward (FF) and feedback (FB) pathways. Band-specific oscillatory activities in the cortex could serve as an index of the FF-FB balance, but whether VNS affects cortical oscillations along sensory pathways through neuromodulators remains unclear.
HYPOTHESIS: VNS modulates the FF-FB balance through the cholinergic and noradrenergic systems, which modulate stimulus gain in the cortex.
METHODS: We investigated the effects of VNS using electrocorticography in the auditory cortex of 34 Wistar rats under general anesthesia while presenting click stimuli. In the time-frequency analyses, the putative modulation of the FF and FB pathways was estimated using high- and low-frequency power. We assessed, using analysis of variance, how VNS modulates auditory-evoked activities and how the modulation changes with cholinergic and noradrenergic antagonists.
RESULTS: VNS increased auditory cortical evoked potentials, consistent with results of our previous work. Furthermore, VNS increased auditory-evoked gamma and beta powers and decreased theta power. Local administration of cholinergic antagonists in the auditory cortex selectively disrupted the VNS-induced increase in gamma and beta power, while noradrenergic antagonists disrupted the decrease in theta power.
CONCLUSIONS: VNS might strengthen the FF pathway through the cholinergic system and attenuate the FB pathway through the noradrenergic system in the auditory cortex. Cortical gain modulation through the VNS-induced neuromodulatory system provides new mechanistic insights into the effect of VNS on auditory processing.
HYPOTHESIS: VNS modulates the FF-FB balance through the cholinergic and noradrenergic systems, which modulate stimulus gain in the cortex.
METHODS: We investigated the effects of VNS using electrocorticography in the auditory cortex of 34 Wistar rats under general anesthesia while presenting click stimuli. In the time-frequency analyses, the putative modulation of the FF and FB pathways was estimated using high- and low-frequency power. We assessed, using analysis of variance, how VNS modulates auditory-evoked activities and how the modulation changes with cholinergic and noradrenergic antagonists.
RESULTS: VNS increased auditory cortical evoked potentials, consistent with results of our previous work. Furthermore, VNS increased auditory-evoked gamma and beta powers and decreased theta power. Local administration of cholinergic antagonists in the auditory cortex selectively disrupted the VNS-induced increase in gamma and beta power, while noradrenergic antagonists disrupted the decrease in theta power.
CONCLUSIONS: VNS might strengthen the FF pathway through the cholinergic system and attenuate the FB pathway through the noradrenergic system in the auditory cortex. Cortical gain modulation through the VNS-induced neuromodulatory system provides new mechanistic insights into the effect of VNS on auditory processing.