Title
Brain network effects by continuous theta burst stimulation in mal de débarquement syndrome: simultaneous EEG and fMRI study
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-30-2021
Keywords
EEG, continuous theta burst stimulation, fMRI, functional connectivity, mal de débarquement syndrome, resting state networks
Abstract
. Heterogeneous clinical responses to treatment with non-invasive brain stimulation are commonly observed, making it necessary to determine personally optimized stimulation parameters. We investigated neuroimaging markers of effective brain targets of treatment with continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS) in mal de débarquement syndrome (MdDS), a balance disorder of persistent oscillating vertigo previously shown to exhibit abnormal intrinsic functional connectivity.Twenty-four right-handed, cTBS-naive individuals with MdDS received single administrations of cTBS over one of three stimulation targets in randomized order. The optimal target was determined based on the assessment of acute changes after the administration of cTBS over each target. Repetitive cTBS sessions were delivered on three consecutive days with the optimal target chosen by the participant. Electroencephalography (EEG) was recorded at single-administration test sessions of cTBS. Simultaneous EEG and functional MRI data were acquired at baseline and after completion of 10-12 sessions. Network connectivity changes after single and repetitive stimulations of cTBS were analyzed.Using electrophysiological source imaging and a data-driven method, we identified network-level connectivity changes in EEG that correlated with symptom responses after completion of multiple sessions of cTBS. We further determined that connectivity changes demonstrated by EEG during test sessions of single administrations of cTBS were signatures that could predict optimal targets.Our findings demonstrate the effect of cTBS on resting state brain networks and suggest an imaging-based, closed-loop stimulation paradigm that can identify optimal targets during short-term test sessions of stimulation.NCT02470377.
Recommended Citation
Chen, Yafen, Yoon-Hee Cha, Diamond Gleghorn, Benjamin C. Doudican, Guofa Shou, Lei Ding, and Han Yuan. "Brain network effects by continuous theta burst stimulation in Mal de Débarquement Syndrome: simultaneous EEG and fMRI study." Journal of neural engineering (2021).
DOI for the article
https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/ac314b
