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Brain Advance Access originally published online on October 31, 2006
Brain 2006 129(12):3366-3375; doi:10.1093/brain/awl302
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Subthalamic stimulation modulates cortical control of urinary bladder in Parkinson's disease

Jan Herzog1, Peter H. Weiss3,4, Ann Assmus3,4,5, Björn Wefer2, Christoph Seif2, Peter M. Braun2, Hans Herzog3,4, Jens Volkmann1, Günther Deuschl1 and Gereon R. Fink3,4,6

1 Department of Neurology, Christian Albrechts University Kiel Kiel 2 Department of Urology, Christian Albrechts University Kiel Kiel 3 Institute of Medicine, Research Center Jülich Forschungszentrum Jülich Jülich 4 Brain Imaging Centre West (BICW), Research Center Jülich Jülich 5 Department of Neurology-Cognitive Neurology, University Hospital Aachen RWTH Aachen, Aachen 6 Department of Neurology, University Hospital University of Cologne, Köln, Germany

Correspondence to: Prof. Gereon R. Fink, MD, Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie der Universität zu Köln, Kerpener Straße 62, 50924 Köln, Germany E-mail: gereon.fink{at}uk-koeln.de

Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS) is an effective therapy for off-period motor symptoms and dyskinesias in advanced Parkinson's disease. Clinical studies have shown that STN-DBS also ameliorates urinary bladder function in Parkinson's disease patients by delaying the first desire to void and increasing bladder capacity. This study aimed at investigating the effect of STN-DBS on the neural mechanisms underlying cerebral bladder control. Using PET to measure changes in regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF), 11 patients with bilateral STN-DBS were studied during urodynamic bladder filling in STN-DBS ON and OFF condition. A filled bladder led to a significant increase of rCBF in the anterior cingulate cortex, which was further enhanced during STN-DBS OFF. A significant interaction between bladder state and STN-DBS was observed in lateral frontal cortex with increased rCBF when the bladder was filled during STN-DBS OFF. The data suggest that STN-DBS ameliorates bladder dysfunction and that this modulation may result from facilitated processing of afferent bladder information.

Key Words: deep brain stimulation; Parkinson's disease; subthalamic nucleus; urinary bladder

Abbreviations: ACC, anterior cingulate cortex; LFC, lateral frontal cortex; rCBF, regional cerebral blood flow; ROI, region of interest; STN-DBS, subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation

Received May 19, 2006. Revised August 22, 2006. Accepted September 20, 2006.


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