Instantaneous acceleration and amplification of hippocampal theta wave coincident with phasic pontine activities during REM sleep

Karashima, Akihiro; Nakao, Mitsuyuki; Katayama, Norihiro; Honda, Kazuki

doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2005.05.055

Instantaneous acceleration and amplification of hippocampal theta wave coincident with phasic pontine activities during REM sleep

Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is characterized by hippocampal theta waves and phasic spike-like waves originating from the pons, termed ponto-geniculo-occipital (PGO) waves in cats and pontine (P) waves in rats. While the theta wave and PGO/P wave have been suggested to participate in higher-ord…