Steering Toward Normative Wide-Dynamic-Range Neuron Activity in Nerve-Injured Rats With Closed-Loop Peripheral Nerve Stimulation.

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Chronic pain is primarily treated with pharmaceuticals, but the effects remain unsatisfactory. A promising alternative therapy is peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS), but it has been associated with suboptimal efficacy because its modulation mechanisms are not clear and the current therapies are primarily open loop (ie, manually adjusting the stimulation parameters). In this study, we developed a proof-of-concept computational modeling as the first step toward implementing closed-loop PNS in future biological studies. When developing new pain therapies, a useful pain biomarker is the wide-dynamic-range (WDR) neuron activity in the dorsal horn. In healthy animals, the WDR neuron activity occurs in a stereotyped manner; however, this response profile can vary widely after n

SUBMITTER: Beauchene C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10081946 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature