Graded recruitment of pupil-linked neuromodulation by parametric stimulation of the vagus nerve

Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is thought to affect neural activity by recruiting brain-wide release of neuromodulators. VNS is used in treatment-resistant epilepsy, and is increasingly being explored for other disorders, such as depression, and as a cognitive enhancer. However, the promise of VNS is only partially fulfilled due to a lack of mechanistic understanding of the transfer function between stimulation parameters and neuromodulatory response, together with a lack of biosensors for assaying stimulation efficacy in real time. We here develop an approach to VNS in head-fixed mice on a treadmill and show that pupil dilation is a reliable and convenient biosensor for VNS-evoked cortical neuromodulation. In an 'optimal' zone of stimulation parameters, current leakage and off-target effects are minimized and the extent of pupil dilation tracks VNS-evoked basal-forebrain cholinergic axon activity in neocortex. Thus, pupil dilation is a sensitive readout of the moment-by-moment, titratable effects of VNS on brain state.

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E-Artikel

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2021

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2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

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Nature communications - 12(2021), 1 vom: 09. März, Seite 1539

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Englisch

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Mridha, Zakir [VerfasserIn]
de Gee, Jan Willem [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Yanchen [VerfasserIn]
Alkashgari, Rayan [VerfasserIn]
Williams, Justin [VerfasserIn]
Suminski, Aaron [VerfasserIn]
Ward, Matthew P [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Wenhao [VerfasserIn]
McGinley, Matthew James [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 05.04.2021

Date Revised 31.03.2024

published: Electronic

figshare: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12899375

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1038/s41467-021-21730-2

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NLM323071287