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Targeting intracranial electrical stimulation to network regions defined within individuals causes network-level effects

Cyr, C.; Holubecki, A. M.; Shi, L.; Lakshman, M.; Salvo, J. J.; Anderson, N. L.; Kragel, J. E.; Lurie, S. M.; Voss, J.; Kokkinos, V.; Rosenow, J.; Schuele, S. U.; Johnson, E. L.; Zelano, C.; Braga, R. M.

2025-08-03 neuroscience
10.1101/2025.07.31.667730 bioRxiv
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Intracranial electrical stimulation (ES) is routinely used therapeutically, diagnostically, and to provide causal evidence in neuroscience studies. However, our understanding of the brain network-level effects of ES remains limited. We applied precision functional mapping (PFM), based on functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), to define large-scale networks within individual epilepsy patients. We show that single-pulse electrical stimulation (SPES) and high-frequency electrical stimulation (HFES) are more likely to evoke within-network responses and elicit network-related behavioral effects, respectively, when applied near to a PFM-defined network region. Network-level effects were more likely when stimulating sites in white matter, in close proximity to the targeted network, and within a region predominantly occupied by the targeted network. Further, network-specific modulation may be achievable by applying lower current intensities at these sites. Our findings support that modulation of specific networks is achievable by targeting ES to a functional anatomic "sweet spot" that can be identified using PFM.

Published in Journal of Neurophysiology (predicted rank #28) · training set

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