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Theta and gamma coordination of hippocampal networks during waking and rapid eye movement sleep.

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Montgomery, S. M., Sirota, A., Buzsaki, G.·2008·Journal of Neuroscience

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Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep has been considered a paradoxical state because, despite the high behavioral threshold to arousing perturbations, gross physiological patterns in the forebrain resemble those of waking states. To understand how intrahippocampal networks interact during REM sleep, we used 96 site silicon probes to record from different hippocampal subregions and compared the patterns of activity during waking exploration and REM sleep. Dentate/CA3 theta and gamma synchrony was significantly higher during REM sleep compared with active waking. In contrast, gamma power in CA1 and CA3-CA1 gamma coherence showed significant decreases in REM sleep. Changes in unit firing rhythmicity and unit-field coherence specified the local generation of these patterns. Although these patterns of hippocampal network coordination characterized the more common tonic periods of REM sleep (approximately 95% of total REM), we also detected large phasic bursts of local field potential power in the dentate molecular layer that were accompanied by transient increases in the firing of dentate and CA1 neurons. In contrast to tonic REM periods, phasic REM epochs were characterized by higher theta and gamma synchrony among the dentate, CA3, and CA1 regions. These data suggest enhanced dentate processing, but limited CA3-CA1 coordination during tonic REM sleep. In contrast, phasic bursts of activity during REM sleep may provide windows of opportunity to synchronize the hippocampal trisynaptic loop and increase output to cortical targets. We hypothesize that tonic REM sleep may support off-line mnemonic processing, whereas phasic bursts of activity during REM may promote memory consolidation.

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  • Within hippocampal circuitry, gamma band activity shows reduced coherence across CA3 and CA1 during tonic REM sleep compared with wake exploration.

    “Similarly, within hippocampal circuitry, gamma band activity shows reduced coherence across the CA3 and CA1 regions during tonic REM sleep compared with activity during wake exploration (834)”

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  • Such phasic electrographic events were observed preceding the vast majority of the VS events in all brain regions.

    “Such phasic electrographic events have been described previously in rodents and cats, where they are thought to transiently synchronize hippocampal networks18,19 and were observed preceding the vast majority of the VS events in all brain regions.”

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Authors
Montgomery, S. M., Sirota, A., & Buzsaki, G.
Affiliations
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
Venue
Journal of Neuroscience
Published
2008-06-25
Volume
28
Issue
26
Pages
6731-6741
ISSN
  • 0270-6474 (ISSN-L)
  • 1529-2401
OpenAlex
W2046203847
Cited by
371
References
98
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FWCI
9.82
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation
  • James S. McDonnell Foundation
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH054671, MH54671)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01NS034994, NS-34994)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Keywords
REM sleep, hippocampal network, gamma synchrony, dentate gyrus, CA3, CA1, local field potentials, memory consolidation, hippocampal subfields
MeSH terms
Action Potentials, Animals, Biological Clocks, Exploratory Behavior, Hippocampus, Learning, Male, Motor Activity, Nerve Net, Neural Pathways, Synaptic Transmission, Neurons, Sleep, REM, Theta Rhythm, Wakefulness, Pyramidal Cells, Maze Learning, Dentate Gyrus, Rats, Long-Evans, Rats

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