Dominant twin peaks: a novel conjecture for the pathophysiologic basis of tremor frequency and fluctuation time in Parkinson’s disease
BackgroundWith the commercial availability of deep brain stimulation neurostimulators and sensing leads capable of recording deep brain Local Field Potentials, researchers now commonly study the spectral characteristics of Local Field Potentials recorded from the subthalamic nucleus of patients with...
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| description | BackgroundWith the commercial availability of deep brain stimulation neurostimulators and sensing leads capable of recording deep brain Local Field Potentials, researchers now commonly study the spectral characteristics of Local Field Potentials recorded from the subthalamic nucleus of patients with Parkinson’s disease. Correlating subthalamic synchronized oscillatory activity with motor impairment in Parkinson’s disease patients has recently gained attention in the literature.ObjectiveBased on the deep brain recordings of a Parkinson’s disease patient our objective is to (i) Use actual measurements of the patient’s tremor to support a hypothesis that connects the features of the Local Field Potential’s beta-band spectrum (13–31 Hz), with the lower frequency (4–8 Hz) features of the patient’s tremor, such as tremor frequency and tremor fluctuation time and (ii) Justify the hypothesis through theoretical reasoning based on communication theory in Electrical Engineering.MethodsTremor characteristics (i.e., tremor frequency and tremor fluctuation time) derived from limb coordinate time-series were obtained from a video of the patient by using Google’s MediaPipe Artificial Intelligence Framework. Spectra of the deep brain recordings and measured tremor time-series were analyzed using the Fast Fourier Transform. Burst trains in the deep brain signals and tremor bursts in the measured tremor signal were investigated by using Continuous Wave Transform scalograms.ResultsSupport for the hypothesis is provided by a close agreement between the measured results of the tremor (from a patient’s video) and the predictions of the hypothesis based on the Local Filed Potential deep brain spectrum. We show that the defining features in the scalogram obtained from the deep brain signal are directly related to the features in the scalogram of the measured tremor. We provide a theoretical justification of the hypothesis by relating features of the deep brain beta-bursts, seen in the Local Field Potential scalogram, to a pair of beta-band dominant peaks found in the spectrum of the deep brain signal by leveraging the phenomena of “beating” (amplitude modulation) from communications theory.ConclusionWe conclude that tremor properties of a Parkinson’s disease patient, like tremor frequency and tremor fluctuation duration, can be obtained from the patient’s subthalamic nucleus beta-band spectrum. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b2bd3fecc59240c9ac8efa4aba1e60152025-08-20T02:07:38ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Neuroscience1662-453X2025-06-011910.3389/fnins.2025.13988341398834Dominant twin peaks: a novel conjecture for the pathophysiologic basis of tremor frequency and fluctuation time in Parkinson’s diseaseFurrukh Khan0David Novikov1Brian Dalm2Jessie Xiaoxi3Oliver Flouty4Evan Thomas5Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United StatesDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United StatesDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United StatesDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United StatesDepartment of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United StatesDepartment of Radiation Oncology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United StatesBackgroundWith the commercial availability of deep brain stimulation neurostimulators and sensing leads capable of recording deep brain Local Field Potentials, researchers now commonly study the spectral characteristics of Local Field Potentials recorded from the subthalamic nucleus of patients with Parkinson’s disease. Correlating subthalamic synchronized oscillatory activity with motor impairment in Parkinson’s disease patients has recently gained attention in the literature.ObjectiveBased on the deep brain recordings of a Parkinson’s disease patient our objective is to (i) Use actual measurements of the patient’s tremor to support a hypothesis that connects the features of the Local Field Potential’s beta-band spectrum (13–31 Hz), with the lower frequency (4–8 Hz) features of the patient’s tremor, such as tremor frequency and tremor fluctuation time and (ii) Justify the hypothesis through theoretical reasoning based on communication theory in Electrical Engineering.MethodsTremor characteristics (i.e., tremor frequency and tremor fluctuation time) derived from limb coordinate time-series were obtained from a video of the patient by using Google’s MediaPipe Artificial Intelligence Framework. Spectra of the deep brain recordings and measured tremor time-series were analyzed using the Fast Fourier Transform. Burst trains in the deep brain signals and tremor bursts in the measured tremor signal were investigated by using Continuous Wave Transform scalograms.ResultsSupport for the hypothesis is provided by a close agreement between the measured results of the tremor (from a patient’s video) and the predictions of the hypothesis based on the Local Filed Potential deep brain spectrum. We show that the defining features in the scalogram obtained from the deep brain signal are directly related to the features in the scalogram of the measured tremor. We provide a theoretical justification of the hypothesis by relating features of the deep brain beta-bursts, seen in the Local Field Potential scalogram, to a pair of beta-band dominant peaks found in the spectrum of the deep brain signal by leveraging the phenomena of “beating” (amplitude modulation) from communications theory.ConclusionWe conclude that tremor properties of a Parkinson’s disease patient, like tremor frequency and tremor fluctuation duration, can be obtained from the patient’s subthalamic nucleus beta-band spectrum.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2025.1398834/fullParkinson’s diseasetremor frequencysubthalamic nucleuslocal field potentialsdeep brain stimulationfunctional neurosurgery border |
| spellingShingle | Furrukh Khan David Novikov Brian Dalm Jessie Xiaoxi Oliver Flouty Evan Thomas Dominant twin peaks: a novel conjecture for the pathophysiologic basis of tremor frequency and fluctuation time in Parkinson’s disease Frontiers in Neuroscience Parkinson’s disease tremor frequency subthalamic nucleus local field potentials deep brain stimulation functional neurosurgery border |
| title | Dominant twin peaks: a novel conjecture for the pathophysiologic basis of tremor frequency and fluctuation time in Parkinson’s disease |
| title_full | Dominant twin peaks: a novel conjecture for the pathophysiologic basis of tremor frequency and fluctuation time in Parkinson’s disease |
| title_fullStr | Dominant twin peaks: a novel conjecture for the pathophysiologic basis of tremor frequency and fluctuation time in Parkinson’s disease |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dominant twin peaks: a novel conjecture for the pathophysiologic basis of tremor frequency and fluctuation time in Parkinson’s disease |
| title_short | Dominant twin peaks: a novel conjecture for the pathophysiologic basis of tremor frequency and fluctuation time in Parkinson’s disease |
| title_sort | dominant twin peaks a novel conjecture for the pathophysiologic basis of tremor frequency and fluctuation time in parkinson s disease |
| topic | Parkinson’s disease tremor frequency subthalamic nucleus local field potentials deep brain stimulation functional neurosurgery border |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2025.1398834/full |
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