A circuit model (IMAGE)

Picower Institute at MIT

A circuit model

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Schematic representing a model of how a key loop becomes overwhelmed by beta wave activity in Parkinson's disease. Fast spiking interneurons (FSI) fail to inhibit medium spiny neurons (MSN). When DBS is applied between the STN and the FSIs that breaks the cycle.

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Image by Elie Adam.

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