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Chronic high‐frequency stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus and L‐DOPA treatment in experimental parkinsonism: effects on motor behaviour and striatal glutamate transmission
Author(s) -
Gubellini Paolo,
Eusebio Alexandre,
Oueslati Abid,
Melon Christophe,
KerkerianLe Goff Lydia,
Salin Pascal
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
european journal of neuroscience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.346
H-Index - 206
eISSN - 1460-9568
pISSN - 0953-816X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05047.x
Subject(s) - subthalamic nucleus , glutamatergic , striatum , dyskinesia , parkinsonism , neuroscience , deep brain stimulation , dopamine , glutamate receptor , basal ganglia , medium spiny neuron , stimulation , nigrostriatal pathway , parkinson's disease , neurotransmission , medicine , psychology , substantia nigra , dopaminergic , central nervous system , disease , receptor
Abstract Hyperactivity of striatal glutamatergic synaptic transmission in response to dopamine depletion plays a major role in the pathogenesis of parkinsonian motor symptoms. In the present study we investigated the impact, on this hyperactivity, of chronic dyskinesiogenic L‐DOPA treatment, combined or not with high‐frequency stimulation (HFS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN). In vitro patch‐clamp recordings were performed from striatal spiny neurons of hemiparkinsonian rats (intranigral 6‐OHDA injection). Here we show that dyskinesiogenic L‐DOPA treatment exacerbated striatal glutamatergic hyperactivity induced by 6‐OHDA lesion. Chronic 5‐day STN HFS had the opposite effect, reducing striatal glutamatergic transmission in both parkinsonian and dyskinetic animals. Consistently, chronic HFS stimulation could progressively ameliorate motor parkinsonian signs (akinesia) but, conversely, did not improve L‐DOPA‐induced dyskinesia (LID). Thus, the effects of L‐DOPA and HFS on corticostriatal transmission seem to be dissociated. These data show for the first time that dyskinesiogenic L‐DOPA treatment and chronic STN HFS with antiakinetic effects induce opposite plastic rearrangements in the striatum. The interaction between these two treatments provides further evidence that striatal glutamatergic hyperactivity is a pathophysiological correlate of akinesia rather than LID.