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Sustained increase in hippocampal sharp-wave ripple activity during slow-wave sleep after learning

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Eschenko, Oxana, Ramadan, Wiâm, Mölle, Matthias, Born, Jan, Sara, Susan J.·2008·Learning & Memory

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High-frequency oscillations, known as sharp-wave/ripple (SPW-R) complexes occurring in hippocampus during slow-wave sleep (SWS), have been proposed to promote synaptic plasticity necessary for memory consolidation. We recorded sleep for 3 h after rats were trained on an odor-reward association task. Learning resulted in an increased number SPW-Rs during the first hour of post-learning SWS. The magnitude of ripple events and their duration were also elevated for up to 2 h after the newly formed memory. Rats that did not learn the discrimination during the training session did not show any change in SPW-Rs. Successful retrieval from remote memory was likewise accompanied by an increase in SPW-R density and magnitude, relative to the previously recorded baseline, but the effects were much shorter lasting and did not include increases in ripple duration and amplitude. A short-lasting increase of ripple activity was also observed when rats were rewarded for performing a motor component of the task only. There were no increases in ripple activity after habituation to the experimental environment. These experiments show that the characteristics of hippocampal high-frequency oscillations during SWS are affected by prior behavioral experience. Associative learning induces robust and sustained (up to 2 h) changes in several SPW-R characteristics, while after retrieval from remote memory or performance of a well-trained procedural aspect of the task, only transient changes in ripple density were induced.

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  • Slow oscillations, spindle activity and hippocampal ripple activity are increased during sleep after a learning experience.

    “Also, consistent with this concept, at the level of local field potentials, slow oscillations, spindle activity and hippocampal ripple activity are increased during sleep after a learning experience (Gais, Molle, Helms, & Born 2002; Eschenko, Ramadan, Molle, Born, & Sara 2008; Mölle & Born 2009)”

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Authors
Eschenko, O., Ramadan, W., Mölle, M., Born, J., & Sara, S. J.
Affiliations
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
  • University of Lübeck (DE)
Venue
Learning & Memory
Published
2008-04
Volume
15
Issue
4
Pages
222-228
ISSN
  • 1072-0502 (ISSN-L)
  • 1549-5485
OpenAlex
W2118168358
Cited by
277
References
48
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posted content
Language
en
Open access
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  • Learning & Memory (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (submittedVersion)
  • MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • Volkswagen Foundation
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
Keywords
sharp-wave ripples, slow-wave sleep, hippocampus, memory consolidation, associative learning, remote memory retrieval, high-frequency oscillations, synaptic plasticity, procedural learning
MeSH terms
Animals, Electroencephalography, Hippocampus, Learning, Sleep, Time Factors, Rats

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