• 1. College of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shangdong 266510, P. R. China;
  • 2. College of Energy Storage Technology, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shangdong 266510, P. R. China;
  • 3. Qingdao Jinmotang Biotechnology Co., Ltd, Qingdao, Shangdong 266510, P. R. China;
YU Zhihao, Email: zhihaoa@163.com
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Temporal interference (TI) as a new neuromodulation technique can be applied to non-invasive deep brain stimulation. In order to verify its effectiveness in the regulation of motor behavior in animals, this paper uses the TI method to focus the envelope electric field to the ventral posterior lateral nucleus (VPL) of the thalamus in the deep brain of mouse to regulate left- and right-turning motor behavior. The focusability of TI in the mouse VPL was analyzed by finite element method, and the focus area and volume were obtained by numerical calculation. A stimulator was used to generate TI current to stimulate the mouse VPL to verify the effectiveness of the TI stimulation method, and the accuracy of the focus location was further determined by c-Fos immunofluorescence experiments. The results showed that the electric field generated by TI stimulation was able to focus on the VPL nuclei when the stimulation current reached 800 μA; the mouse were able to make corresponding left and right turns according to the stimulation position; and the c-Fos positive cell markers in the VPL nuclei increased significantly after stimulation. This study confirms the feasibility of TI in regulating animal motor behavior and provides a non-invasive stimulation method for brain tissue for animal robots.

Citation: ZHU Haoran, HUAI Ruituo, ZHANG Pingqiu, WANG Hui, YANG Junqing, YIN Tao, YU Zhihao, SHAO Feng. A study on the regulation of motor behavior in mouse based on temporal interference. Journal of Biomedical Engineering, 2024, 41(2): 342-350. doi: 10.7507/1001-5515.202305032 Copy

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