Parkinson’s disease tremor explained by reflex loop changes

Abstract Many Parkinson’s Disease tremor behaviors that were considered hard to interpret can be explained by control systems modeling of mid-level motor control. The model in this paper includes stretch reflex loop with feedback delay and tonically controlled antagonist muscles. It also includes Ba...

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Main Author: Dimitry Gorinevsky
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Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-02734-0
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description Abstract Many Parkinson’s Disease tremor behaviors that were considered hard to interpret can be explained by control systems modeling of mid-level motor control. The model in this paper includes stretch reflex loop with feedback delay and tonically controlled antagonist muscles. It also includes Basal Ganglia circuit that commands (schedules) gain changes in the reflex feedback loop. Computational analysis of the control systems model shows how the gain changes might turn the tremor on and off between pose maintenance and voluntary motion in the disease and normal state. The results might be useful for interpreting and tuning the effects of Parkinson’s Disease treatments. They also provide new control systems engineering insight into mid-level motor control.
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spelling doaj-art-0cd7f181804b498899fa35d7c77326e42025-08-20T03:37:27ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222025-07-0115111110.1038/s41598-025-02734-0Parkinson’s disease tremor explained by reflex loop changesDimitry Gorinevsky0Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford UniversityAbstract Many Parkinson’s Disease tremor behaviors that were considered hard to interpret can be explained by control systems modeling of mid-level motor control. The model in this paper includes stretch reflex loop with feedback delay and tonically controlled antagonist muscles. It also includes Basal Ganglia circuit that commands (schedules) gain changes in the reflex feedback loop. Computational analysis of the control systems model shows how the gain changes might turn the tremor on and off between pose maintenance and voluntary motion in the disease and normal state. The results might be useful for interpreting and tuning the effects of Parkinson’s Disease treatments. They also provide new control systems engineering insight into mid-level motor control.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-02734-0
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Parkinson’s disease tremor explained by reflex loop changes
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title Parkinson’s disease tremor explained by reflex loop changes
title_full Parkinson’s disease tremor explained by reflex loop changes
title_fullStr Parkinson’s disease tremor explained by reflex loop changes
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url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-02734-0
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