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A comprehensive analysis of auditory event‐related potentials and network oscillations in an NMDA receptor antagonist mouse model using a novel wireless recording technology

There is growing evidence that impaired sensory processing significantly contributes to cognitive deficits found in schizophrenia. Electroencephalography (EEG) has become an important preclinical and clinical technique to investigate the underlying mechanisms of neurophysiological dysfunctions in ps...

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Published in:Physiological reports 2018-08, Vol.6 (16), p.e13782-n/a
Main Authors: Schuelert, Niklas, Dorner‐Ciossek, Cornelia, Brendel, Michael, Rosenbrock, Holger
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Language:English
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Summary:There is growing evidence that impaired sensory processing significantly contributes to cognitive deficits found in schizophrenia. Electroencephalography (EEG) has become an important preclinical and clinical technique to investigate the underlying mechanisms of neurophysiological dysfunctions in psychiatric disorders. Patients with schizophrenia show marked deficits in auditory event‐related potentials (ERP), the detection of deviant auditory stimuli (mismatch negativity, MMN), the generation and synchronization of 40 Hz gamma oscillations in response to steady‐state auditory stimulation (ASSR) and reduced auditory‐evoked oscillation in the gamma range. Due to a novel data‐logging technology (Neurologger, TSE Systems), it is now possible to record wireless EEG data in awake, free‐moving small rodents without any restrictions due to size of the device or attached cables. Recently, a new version of the Neurologger was released with improved performance to record time‐locked event‐related EEG signals. In this study, we were able to show in mice that pharmacological intervention with the NMDA receptor antagonists Ketamine and MK‐801 can impair a comprehensive selection of EEG/ERP readouts (ERP N1 amplitude, 40 Hz ASSR, basal and evoked gamma oscillation, MMN) and therefore mimic the EEG deficits observed in patients with schizophrenia. Our data support the translational value of NMDA receptor antagonists as a model for preclinical evaluation of sensory processing deficits relevant to schizophrenia. Further, the new Neurologger system is a suitable device for wireless recording of clinically relevant EEG biomarkers in freely moving mice and a robust translational tool to investigate novel therapeutic approaches regarding sensory processing deficits related to psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia. Our article supports the translational value of NMDA receptor antagonists as a model for preclinical evaluation of sensory processing deficits relevant to schizophrenia. We provide a comprehensive and detailed list of event‐related EEG biomarker that is considered of high translational value for the prediction of treatment efficacy. We confirmed the feasibility of using a new wireless logging system and exclusively commercially available hard and software enabling transparents reproducibility of data recoding and analysis important under industry settings.
ISSN:2051-817X
DOI:10.14814/phy2.13782