Prefrontal network engagement by deep brain stimulation in limbic hubs.

Prefrontal circuits in the human brain play an important role in cognitive and affective processing. Neuromodulation therapies delivered to certain key hubs within these circuits are being used with increasing frequency to treat a host of neuropsychiatric disorders. However, the detailed neurophysiological effects of stimulation to these hubs are largely unknown. Here, we performed intracranial recordings across prefrontal networks while delivering electrical stimulation to two well-established white matter hubs involved in cognitive regulation and depression: the subcallosal cingulate (SCC) and ventral capsule/ventral striatum (VC/VS). We demonstrate a shared frontotemporal circuit consisting of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, amygdala, and lateral orbitofrontal cortex where gamma oscillations are differentially modulated by stimulation target. Additionally, we found participant-specific responses to stimulation in the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex and demonstrate the capacity for further tuning of neural activity using current-steered stimulation. Our findings indicate a potential neurophysiological mechanism for the dissociable therapeutic effects seen across the SCC and VC/VS targets for psychiatric neuromodulation and our results lay the groundwork for personalized, network-guided neurostimulation therapy.

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Copyright © 2024 Allawala, Bijanki, Oswalt, Mathura, Adkinson, Pirtle, Shofty, Robinson, Harrison, Mathew, Goodman, Pouratian, Sheth and Borton.

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SS has consulting agreements with Boston Scientific, Neuropace, Abbott, and Zimmer Biomet, Varian Medical and Sensoria Therapeutics and is a co-founder for Motif Neurotech. NP was a consultant for Second Sight Medical Products, Abbott Laboratories, Boston Scientific, and Sensoria Therapeutics. WG has received donated devices from Medtronic, has consulted for Biohaven Pharmaceuticals and receives royalties from Nview, LLC. SM was supported through the use of resources and facilities at the Michael E. Debakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas and receives support from The Menninger Clinic. SM has served as a consultant to Allergan, Alkermes, Axsome Therapeutics, BioXcel Therapeutics, Clexio Biosciences, COMPASS Pathways, Eleusis, Engrail Therapeutics, Greenwich Biosciences, Intra-Cellular Therapies, Janssen, Levo Therapeutics, Perception Neurosciences, Praxis Precision Medicines, Neumora, Neurocrine, Relmada Therapeutics, Sage Therapeutics, Seelos Therapeutics, and Sunovion. He has received research support from Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Janssen, Merck, Sage Therapeutics, and VistaGen Therapeutics. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The author(s) declared that they were an editorial board member of Frontiers, at the time of submission. This had no impact on the peer review process and the final decision.