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@ARTICLE{Bahners:285250,
author = {Bahners, Bahne H and Lofredi, Roxanne and Voss, Hannah and
de Almeida Marcelino, Ana Luísa and Goede, Lukas L and
Feldmann, Lucia K and Schnitzler, Alfons and Sander, Tilmann
H and Florin, Esther and Kühn, Andrea A},
title = {{S}patial signature of low-frequency network changes
accounts for pallidal stimulation outcome in cervical
dystonia.},
journal = {EBioMedicine},
volume = {124},
issn = {2352-3964},
address = {Amsterdam [u.a.]},
publisher = {Elsevier},
reportid = {DZNE-2026-00192},
pages = {106140},
year = {2026},
abstract = {Pallidal deep brain stimulation (DBS) has remarkable
effects in patients with cervical dystonia. Yet, its
neurophysiological mechanisms are not fully resolved to
date. Converging evidence suggests that pallidal DBS
modulates sensorimotor and cerebellar network activity in
dystonia, possibly by disrupting pathologically enhanced
low-frequency oscillations in the basal ganglia. Still,
anatomical and electrophysiological findings have rarely
been linked, and it is unclear whether oscillatory changes
occur in the same network identified in neuroimaging
studies.In this cross-sectional study, we investigate the
effects of pallidal DBS in patients with cervical dystonia
using magnetoencephalography recordings on and off
stimulation. We correlated DBS outcomes to the whole-cortex
pattern of DBS-induced power changes in each cortical
vertex.This analysis revealed a distinct low-frequency
electrophysiological signature that accounted for
significant amounts of variance in DBS improvements across
the cohort. The signature was characterised by negative
peaks within the supplementary motor area and the motor
cortex as well as positive peaks in prefrontal and
cerebellar areas.Our study sheds light on the cortical and
cerebellar effects of pallidal DBS on a whole-cortex level
and puts emphasis on low-frequency power modulation as a
mechanism of effective stimulation beyond the basal ganglia
in patients with cervical dystonia. Our findings might
inform DBS programming and targeting as well as non-invasive
stimulation strategies in the future.Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research
Foundation)-Project-ID 424778381-TRR 295.},
keywords = {Humans / Torticollis: therapy / Torticollis:
physiopathology / Torticollis: diagnosis / Torticollis:
etiology / Deep Brain Stimulation: methods / Male / Female /
Globus Pallidus: physiopathology / Middle Aged /
Magnetoencephalography / Adult / Treatment Outcome /
Cross-Sectional Studies / Aged / Brain Mapping / Biomarker
(Other) / Electrophysiology effect mapping (Other) / Globus
pallidus internus (Other) / Magnetoencephalography (Other) /
Network mapping (Other)},
cin = {AG Kühn},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)5000008},
pnm = {353 - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF4-353)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-353},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:41611586},
pmc = {pmc:PMC12905622},
doi = {10.1016/j.ebiom.2026.106140},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/285250},
}