Different vulnerability of fast and slow cortical oscillations to suppressive effect of spreading depolarization: state-dependent features potentially relevant to pathogenesis of migraine aura

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Abstract

Background: Spreading depolarization (SD), underlying mechanism of migraine aura and potential activator of pain pathways, is known to elicit transient local silencing cortical activity. Sweeping across the cortex, the electrocorticographic depression is supposed to underlie spreading negative symptoms of migraine aura. Main information about the suppressive effect of SD on cortical oscillations was obtained in anesthetized animals while ictal recordings in conscious patients failed to detect EEG depression during migraine aura. Here, we investigate the suppressive effect of SD on spontaneous cortical activity in awake animals and examine whether the anesthesia modifies the SD effect. Methods: Spectral and spatiotemporal characteristics of spontaneous cortical activity following a single unilateral SD elicited by amygdala pinprick were analyzed in awake freely behaving rats and after induction of urethane anesthesia. Results: In wakefulness, SD transiently suppressed cortical oscillations in all frequency bands except delta. Slow delta activity did not decline its power during SD and even increased it afterwards; high-frequency gamma oscillations showed the strongest and longest depression under awake conditions. Unexpectedly, gamma power reduced not only during SD invasion the recording cortical sites but also when SD occupied distant subcortical/cortical areas. Contralateral cortex not invaded by SD also showed transient depression of gamma activity in awake animals. Introduction of general anesthesia modified the pattern of SD-induced depression: SD evoked the strongest cessation of slow delta activity, milder suppression of fast oscillations and no distant changes in gamma activity. Conclusion: Slow and fast cortical oscillations differ in their vulnerability to SD influence, especially in wakefulness. In the conscious brain, SD produces stronger and spatially broader depression of fast cortical oscillations than slow ones. The frequency-specific effects of SD on cortical activity of awake brain may underlie some previously unexplained clinical features of migraine aura.

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Medvedeva, T. M., Smirnova, M. P., Pavlova, I. V., & Vinogradova, L. V. (2024). Different vulnerability of fast and slow cortical oscillations to suppressive effect of spreading depolarization: state-dependent features potentially relevant to pathogenesis of migraine aura. Journal of Headache and Pain, 25(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s10194-023-01706-x

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