Distinct features of fast oscillations in phasic and tonic rapid eye movement sleep
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Summary: Spatiotemporal activity patterns of neurones are organized by different types of coherent network oscillations. Frequency content and cross‐frequency coupling of cortical oscillations are strongly state‐dependent, indicating that different patterns of wakefulness or sleep, respectively, support different cognitive or mnestic processes. It is therefore crucial to analyse specific sleep patterns with respect to their oscillations, including interaction between fast and slow rhythms. Here we report the oscillation profile of phasic rapid eye movement (REM), a form of REM sleep which has been implicated in hippocampus‐dependent memory processing. In all analysed frequency bands (theta, gamma and fast gamma, respectively) we find higher frequencies and higher power in phasic REM compared to tonic REM or wakefulness. Theta‐phase coupling of fast oscillations, however, was highest in tonic REM, followed by phasic REM and wakefulness. Our data suggest different roles of phasic and tonic REM for information processing or memory formation during sleep.
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- Authors
- BRANKAČK, J., SCHEFFZÜK, C., KUKUSHKA, V. I., VYSSOTSKI, A. L., TORT, A. B. L., & DRAGUHN, A.
- Affiliations
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- Oles Honchar Dnipro National University (UA)
- University of Zurich (CH)
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (BR)
- Corresponding author
- BRANKAČK, JURIJ
- Venue
- Journal of Sleep Research
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2012-07-20
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 630-633
- ISSN
- 0962-1105 (ISSN-L)
- 1365-2869
- OpenAlex
- W1481544188
- Cited by
- 53
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- 15
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- FWCI
- 1.47
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
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- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
- Keywords
- fast oscillations, cross-frequency coupling, theta oscillations, gamma oscillations, cortical oscillations, wakefulness
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Brain, Cerebellum, Electrodes, Implanted, Electroencephalography, Male, Memory, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Parietal Lobe, Sleep, REM, Theta Rhythm, Time Factors, Wakefulness, Mice, Brain Waves
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