Activation of the dorsal raphe nucleus and locus coeruleus by transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in Alzheimers's disease: A reconsideration of stimulation-parameters derived from animal studies

Chinese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 143-150

  Scherder, Erik J A ^a   Luijpen, Marijn W ^a   van Dijk, Koene R A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dorsal raphe nucleus; Locus coeruleus; Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LOCUS CERULEUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0346969375     PISSN: 03044920     EISSN: 26660059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (56)

1. Aston-Jones, G. and Bloom, F.E. Norepinephrine-containing locus coeruleus neurons in behaving rats exhibit responses to non-noxious environmental stimuli. J. Neurosci. 1: 887-900, 1981.
2. Bliss, T.V.P. and Collingridge, G.L. A synaptic model of memory: long-term potentiation in the hippocampus. Nature 361: 31-39, 1993.
3. Braak, H. and Braak, E. Neuropathological stageing of Alzheimer-related changes. Acta Neuropathol. 82: 239-259, 1991.
4. Cedarbaum, J.M. and Aghajanian, G.K. Activation of locus coeruleus neurons by peripheral stimuli: modulation by a collateral inhibitory mechanism. Life Sci. 23: 1383-1392, 1978.
5. Cheng, R.S. and Pomeranz, B. Mono-aminergic mechanism of electro-acupuncture analgesia. Brain Res. 215: 77-92, 1981.
6. Coleman, P.D. and Flood, D.G. Neuron numbers and dendritic extent in normal aging and Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiol. Aging 8: 521-545, 1987.
7. Cummings, J.L. and Cole, G. Alzheimer disease. JAMA 287: 2335-2338, 2002.
8. Dai, J. and Zhu, Y. C-fos expression during electroacupuncture analgesia in rats - an immunohistochemical study. Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics Res. Int. J. 17: 165-176, 1992.
9. Davis, K.D., Taylor, S.J., Crawley, A.P., Wood, M.L. and Mikulis, D.J. Functional MRI of pain- and attention-related activations in the human cingulated cortex. J. Neurophysiol. 77: 3370-3380, 1997.
10. Duke, L.M. and Kaszniak, A.W. Executive control functions in degenerative dementias: a comparative review. Neuropsychol. Rev. 10: 75-99, 2000.
11. Eriksson, M.B.E., Sjolund, B.H. and Nielzen, S. Long term results of peripheral conditioning stimulation as analgesic measure in chronic pain. Pain 6: 335-347, 1979.
12. Ezrokhi, V.L., Zosimovskii, V.A., Korshunov, V.A. and Markevich, V.A. Restoration of decaying long-term potentiation in the hippocampal formation by stimulation of neuromodulatory nuclei in freely moving rats. Neuroscience 88: 741-753, 1999.
13. Florin-Lechner, S.M., Druhan, J.P., Aston-Jones, G. and Valentino, R.J. Enhanced norepinephrine release in prefrontal cortex with burst stimulation of the locus coeruleus. Brain Res. 742: 89-97, 1996.
14. Font, C., Martinez-Marcos, A., Lanuza, E., van Hoogland, P. and Martinez-Garcia, F. Septal complex of the telencephalon of the Lizard Podarcis hispanica. II. Afferent connections. J. Comp. Neurol. 383: 489-511, 1997.
15. Foote, S.L., Bloom, F.E. and Aston-Jones, G. Nucleus locus coeruleus: new evidence of anatomical and physiological specificity. Physiol. Rev. 63: 844-914, 1983.
16. Fox, N.C., Warrington, E.K., Freeborough, P.A., Hartikainen, P., Kennedy, A.M., Stevens, J.M. and Rossor, M.N. Presymptomatic hippocampal atrophy in Alzheimer's disease. Brain 119: 2001-2007, 1996.
17. Gartside, S.E., Hajos-Korcsok, E., Bagdy, E., Harsing, Jr. L.G., Sharp, T. and Hajos, M. Neurochemical and electrophysiological studies on the functional significance of burst firing in serotonergic neurons. Neuroscience 98: 295-300, 2000.
18. Hajos, M., Gartside, S.E., Villa, A.E.P. and Sharp, T. Evidence for a repetitive (burst) firing pattern in a sub-population of 5-hydroxytryptamine neurons in the dorsal and median raphe nuclei of the rat. Neuroscience 69: 189-197, 1995.
19. Hajos, M. and Sharp, T. A 5-hydroxytryptamine lesion markedly reduces the incidence of burst-firing dorsal raphe neurones in the rat. Neurosci. Lett. 204: 161-164, 1996.
20. Jodo, E., Chiang, C. and Aston-Jones, G. Potent excitatory influence of prefrontal cortex activity on noradrenergic locus coeruleus neurons. Neuroscience 83: 63-79, 1998.
21. Kawano, H., Decker, K. and Reuss, S. Is there a direct retina-raphe-suprachiasmatic nucleus pathway in the rat ? Neurosci. Lett. 212: 143-146, 1996.
22. Kayama, Y. and Koyama, Y. Brainstem neural mechanisms of sleep and wakefulness. Eur. Urol. 33: 12-15, 1998.
23. Klukowski, G. and Harley, C.W. Locus coeruleus activation induces perforant path-evoked population spike potentiation in the dentate gyrus of awake rat. Exp. Brain Res. 102: 165-170, 1994.
24. Krout, K.E., Kawano, J., Mettenleiter, T.C. and Loewy, A.D. CNS inputs to the suprachias-matic nucleus of the rat. Neuroscience 110: 73-92, 2002.
25. Kwon, Y., Kang, M., Ahn, C., Han, H., Ahn, B. and Lee, J. Effect of high or low frequency electroacupuncture on the cellular activity of catecholaminergic neurons in the brain stem. Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics Res. Int. J. 25: 27-36, 2000.
26. Legoratti-Sanchez, M.O., Guevara-Guzman, R. and Solano-Flores, L.P. Electrophysiological evidences of a bidirectional communication between the locus coeruleus and the suprachias-matic nucleus. Brain Res. Bull. 23: 283-288, 1989.
27. Lisman, J.E. and Otmakhova, N.A. Storage, recall, and novelty detection of sequences by the hippocampus: elaborating on the SOCRATIC model to account for normal and aberrant effects of dopamine. Hippocampus 11: 551-68, 2001.
28. Lookingland, K.J., Ireland, L.M., Gunnet, J.W., Manzanares, J., Tian, Y. and Moore, K.E. 3-Methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylethyleneglycol concentrations in discrete hypothala-mic nuclei reflect the activity of noradrenergic neurons. Brain Res. 559: 82-88, 1991.
29. Lyness, S.A., Zarow, C. and Chui, H.C. Neuron loss in key cholinergic and aminergic nuclei in Alzheimer disease: a meta-analysis. Neurobiol. Aging 24: 1-23, 2003.
30. McQuade, R. and Sharp, T. Release of cerebral 5-hydroxytryptamine evoked by electrical stimulation of the dorsal and median raphe nuclei: effect of a neurotoxic amphetamine. Neuroscience 68: 1079-1088, 1995.
31. McQuade, R. and Sharp, T. Functional mapping of dorsal and median raphe 5-hydroxytryptamine pathways in forebrain of the rat using microdialysis. J. Neurochem. 69: 791-796, 1997.
32. Pollak, C.P. and Perlick D. Sleep problems and institutionalisation of the elderly. J. Geriatr. Psychiat. Neurol. 4: 204-210, 1991.
33. Ritchie, K. and Lovestone, S. The dementias. Lancet 360: 1759-1766, 2002.
34. Rouzade-Dominquez, M., Curtis, A.L. and Valentino, R.J. Role of Barrington's nucleus in the activation of rat locus coeruleus neurons by colonic distension. Brain Res. 917: 206-218, 2001.
35. Salehi, A. and Swaab, D.F. Diminished neuronal metabolic activity in Alzheimer's disease. J. Neural. Transm. 106: 955-986, 1999.
36. Saphier, D. Paraventricular nucleus magnocellular neuronal responses following electrical stimulation of the midbrain dorsal raphe. Exp. Brain Res. 85: 359-363, 1991.
37. Scherder, E.J.A., Bouma, A. and Steen, L. Influence of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on memory in patients with dementia of the Alzheimer type. J. Clin. Exp. Neuropsychol. 14: 951-960, 1992.
38. Scherder, E.J.A. and Bouma, A. Possible role of the nucleus raphe dorsalis in analgesia by peripheral stimulation: theoretical considerations. Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics Res. Int. J. 18: 195-205, 1993.
39. Scherder, E.J.A., Bouma, A. and Steen, A.M. Effects of short-term transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on memory and affective behaviour in patients with probable Alzheimer's disease. Behav. Brain Res. 67: 211-219, 1995.
40. Scherder, E.J.A., Bouma, A. and Steen, A.M. Effects of 'isolated' transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on memory and affective behaviour in patients with probable Alzheimer's disease. Biol. Psychiatry 43: 417-424, 1998.
41. Scherder, E.J.A. and Bouma, A. Effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on memory and behaviour in Alzheimer's disease may be stage-dependent. Biol. Psychiatry 45: 743-749, 1999.
42. Scherder, E.J.A., Van Someren, E.J.W. and Swaab, D.F. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) improves the rest-activity rhythm in midstage Alzheimer's disease. Behav. Brain Res. 101: 105-107, 1999.
43. Scherder, E.J.A., Van Someren, E.J.W., Bouma, A. and van de Berg, M. Effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) on cognition and behaviour in aging. Behav. Brain Res. 111: 223-225, 2000.
44. Swaab, D.F. Brain aging and Alzheimer's disease, "wear and tear" versus "use it or lose it". Neurobiol. Aging 12: 317-324, 1991.
45. Swaab, D.F. Neurobiology and neuropathology of the human hypothalamus. In: Handbook of Chemical Neuroanatomy, the Primate Nervous System, Part 1, edited by Bloom, F.E., Bjorklund, A & Hokfelt, T, Amsterdam, Elsevier Science, 1997, vol. 13, pp. 39-137.
46. Swaab, D.F., Lucassen, P.J., Salehi, A., Scherder, E.J.A., Van Someren, E.J.W. and Verwer, R.W.H. Reduced neuronal activity and reactivation in Alzheimer's disease. In: Progress in Brain Research, edited by Van Leeuwen, F.W., Salehi, A., Giger, R.J., Holtmaat, A.J.G.D & Verhaagen, J, Amsterdam, Elsevier Science, 1998, vol. 117, pp. 343-377.
47. Swaab, D.F., Dubelaar, E.J.G., Hofman, M.A., Scherder, E.J.A., van Someren, E.J.W. and Verwer, R.W.H. Brain aging and Alzheimer's disease; use it or lose it. In: Progress in Brain Research, edited by Hofman, M.A., Boer, G.J., Holtmaat, A.J.G.D., Van Someren, E.J.W., Verhaagen, J & Swaab, D.F, Amsterdam, Elsevier Science, vol. 138, pp. 343-373, 2002.
48. Swanson, L.W. and Sawchenko, P.E. Paraventricular nucleus: a site for the integration of neuroendocrine and autonomic mechanisms. Neuroendocrinology 31: 410-417, 1980.
49. Van Dijk, K.R.A., Scherder, E.J.A., Scheltens, Ph. and Sergeant, J.A. Effects of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) on non-pain related cognitive and behavioural functioning. Rev. Neurosci. 13: 257-270, 2002.
50. Van Someren, E.J.W., Scherder, E.J.A. and Swaab, D.F. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) improves circadian rhythm disturbances in Alzheimer disease. Alzheimer Dis. Assoc. Disord. 12:114-118, 1998.
51. Van Someren, E.J.W., Riemersma, R.F. and Swaab, D.F. Functional plasticity of the circadian timing system in old age: light exposure. In: Progress in Brain Research, edited by Hofman, M.A., Boer, G.J., Holtmaat, A.J.G.D., Van Someren, E.J.W., Verhagen, J & Swaab, D.F, Amsterdam, Elsevier Science, 2002, vol. 138, pp. 205-231.
52. Velley, L., Cardo, B., Kempf, E., Mormede, P., Nassif-Caudarella, S. and Velley, J. Facilitation of learning consecutive to electrical stimulation of the locus coeruleus: cognitive alteration or stress-reduction? In: Progress in Brain Research, edited by Barnes, C.D & Pompeiano, O, Amsterdam, Elsevier Science, 1991, vol. 88, pp. 555-569.
53. Vertes, R.P. A PHA-L analysis of ascending projections of the dorsal raphe nucleus in the rat. J. Comp. Neurol. 313: 643-668, 1991.
54. Weidenfeld, J., Newman, M.E., Itzik, A., Gur, E. and Feldman, S. The amygdala regulates the pituitary-adrenocortical response and release of hypothalamic serotonin following electrical stimulation of the dorsal raphe nucleus in the rat. Neuroendocrinology 76: 63-69, 2002.
55. Wrenn, C.C. and Crawley, J.N. Pharmacological evidence supporting a role for Galanin in cognition and affect. Prog. Neuro-Psychopharmacol. & Biol. Psychiat. 25: 283-299, 2001.
56. Zhu, D., Ma, Q., Li, C. and Wang, L. Effect of stimulation of Shenshu point on the aging process of genital system in aged female rats and the role of monoamine neurotransmitters. J. Tradit. Chin. Med. 20: 59-62, 2000.