Author:
Villalobos Joel,Payne Sophie C.,Ward Glenn M.,Andrikopoulos Sofianos,Hyakumura Tomoko,MacIsaac Richard J.,Fallon James B.
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Autonomic nerve stimulation is used as a treatment for a growing number of diseases. We have previously demonstrated that application of efferent vagus nerve stimulation (eVNS) has promising glucose lowering effects in a rat model of type 2 diabetes. This paradigm combines high frequency pulsatile stimulation to block nerve activation in the afferent direction with low frequency stimulation to activate the efferent nerve section. In this study we explored the effects of the parameters for nerve blocking on the ability to inhibit nerve activation in the afferent direction. The overarching aim is to establish a blocking stimulation strategy that could be applied using commercially available implantable pulse generators used in the clinic.
Methods
Male rats (n = 20) had the anterior abdominal vagus nerve implanted with a multi-electrode cuff. Evoked compound action potentials (ECAP) were recorded at the proximal end of the electrode cuff. The efficacy of high frequency stimulation to block the afferent ECAP was assessed by changes in the threshold and saturation level of the response. Blocking frequency and duty cycle of the blocking pulses were varied while maintaining a constant 4 mA current amplitude.
Results
During application of blocking at lower frequencies (≤ 4 kHz), the ECAP threshold increased (ANOVA, p < 0.001) and saturation level decreased (p < 0.001). Application of higher duty cycles (> 70%) led to an increase in evoked neural response threshold (p < 0.001) and a decrease in saturation level (p < 0.001). During the application of a constant pulse width and frequency (1 or 1.6 kHz, > 70% duty cycle), the charge delivered per pulse had a significant influence on the magnitude of the block (ANOVA, p = 0.003), and was focal (< 2 mm range).
Conclusions
This study has determined the range of frequencies, duty cycles and currents of high frequency stimulation that generate an efficacious, focal axonal block of a predominantly C-fiber tract. These findings could have potential application for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
Funder
Bionics Institute Incubation Fund
St. Vincent’s Research Endowment Fund
Cass Foundation
University of Melbourne’s Early Career Researcher Grants Scheme
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences,General Environmental Science
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