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Biasing the content of hippocampal replay during sleep

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Bendor, Daniel, Wilson, Matthew A·2012·Nature Neuroscience

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The hippocampus is essential for encoding self-experienced events into memory. During sleep, neural activity in the hippocampus related to a recent experience has been observed to spontaneously reoccur, and this 'replay' has been postulated to be important for memory consolidation. Task-related cues can enhance memory consolidation when presented during a post-training sleep session, and, if memories are consolidated by hippocampal replay, a specific enhancement for this replay should be observed. To test this, we trained rats on an auditory-spatial association task while recording from neuronal ensembles in the hippocampus. We found that, during sleep, a task-related auditory cue biased reactivation events toward replaying the spatial memory associated with that cue. These results indicate that sleep replay can be manipulated by external stimulation and provide further evidence for the role of hippocampal replay in memory consolidation.

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Authors
Bendor, D., & Wilson, M. A.
Affiliations
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
Corresponding author
Bendor, Daniel
Venue
Nature Neuroscience
Published
2012-09-02
Volume
15
Issue
10
Pages
1439-1444
ISSN
  • 1097-6256 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-1726
OpenAlex
W2137172397
Cited by
359
References
35
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FWCI
12.62
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH061976)
  • National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (K99DC012321, 1-K99-DC012321-01)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
Keywords
hippocampal replay, sleep, memory consolidation, auditory cues, spatial memory, hippocampal reactivation, external stimulation, neuronal ensembles, rats
MeSH terms
Acoustic Stimulation, Action Potentials, Animals, Association Learning, Cues, Hippocampus, Memory, Neurons, Sleep, Rats

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