Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

Neural signatures of hyperdirect pathway activity in Parkinson’s disease

  • Ashwini Oswal,
  • Chunyan Cao,
  • Chien-Hung Yeh,
  • Wolf-Julian Neumann,
  • James Gratwicke,
  • Harith Akram,
  • Andreas Horn,
  • Dianyou Li,
  • Shikun Zhan,
  • Chao Zhang,
  • Qiang Wang,
  • Ludvic Zrinzo,
  • Tom Foltynie,
  • Patricia Limousin,
  • Rafal Bogacz,
  • Bomin Sun,
  • Masud Husain,
  • Peter Brown,
  • Vladimir Litvak

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25366-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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In Parkinson’s disease (PD), beta frequency oscillations are synchronised across the cortico-basal-ganglia circuit. The authors show in human participants that high beta frequencies propagate from the cortex to the basal ganglia via the hyperdirect pathway, indicating a pathophysiological role for this pathway in PD.