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@ARTICLE{Schieferstein:272595,
author = {Schieferstein, Natalie and Del Toro, Ana and Evangelista,
Roberta and Imbrosci, Barbara and Swaminathan, Aarti and
Schmitz, Dietmar and Maier, Nikolaus and Kempter, Richard},
title = {{P}ropagation of sharp wave-ripple activity in the mouse
hippocampal {CA}3 subfield in vitro.},
journal = {The journal of physiology},
volume = {602},
number = {19},
issn = {0022-3751},
address = {Hoboken, NJ},
publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell},
reportid = {DZNE-2024-01216},
pages = {5039 - 5059},
year = {2024},
abstract = {Sharp wave-ripple complexes (SPW-Rs) are spontaneous
oscillatory events that characterize hippocampal activity
during resting periods and slow-wave sleep. SPW-Rs are
related to memory consolidation - the process during which
newly acquired memories are transformed into long-lasting
memory traces. To test the involvement of SPW-Rs in this
process, it is crucial to understand how SPW-Rs originate
and propagate throughout the hippocampus. SPW-Rs can
originate in CA3, and they typically spread from CA3 to CA1,
but little is known about their formation within CA3. To
investigate the generation and propagation of SPW-Rs in CA3,
we recorded from mouse hippocampal slices using
multi-electrode arrays and patch-clamp electrodes. We
characterized extracellular and intracellular correlates of
SPW-Rs and quantified their propagation along the pyramidal
cell layer of CA3. We found that a hippocampal slice can be
described by a speed and a direction of propagation of
SPW-Rs. The preferred propagation direction was from CA3c
(the subfield closer to the dentate gyrus) toward CA3a (the
subfield at the boundary to CA2). In patch-clamp recordings
from CA3 pyramidal neurons, propagation was estimated
separately for excitatory and inhibitory currents associated
with SPW-Rs. We found that propagation speed and direction
of excitatory and inhibitory currents were correlated. The
magnitude of the speed of propagation of SPW-Rs within CA3
was consistent with the speed of propagation of action
potentials in axons of CA3 principal cells. KEY POINTS:
Hippocampal sharp waves are considered important for memory
consolidation; therefore, it is of interest to understand
the mechanisms of their generation and propagation. Here, we
used two different approaches to study the propagation of
sharp waves in mouse CA3 in vitro: multi-electrode arrays
and multiple single-cell recordings. We find a preferred
direction of propagation of sharp waves from CA3c toward
CA3a - both in the local field potential and in sharp
wave-associated excitatory and inhibitory synaptic activity.
The speed of sharp wave propagation is consistent with the
speed of action potential propagation along the axons of CA3
pyramidal neurons. These new insights into the dynamics of
sharp waves in the CA3 network will inform future
experiments and theoretical models of sharp-wave generation
mechanisms.},
keywords = {Animals / CA3 Region, Hippocampal: physiology / Mice /
Mice, Inbred C57BL / Male / Pyramidal Cells: physiology /
Action Potentials: physiology / Patch-Clamp Techniques /
CA3a/CA3b/CA3c subregions (Other) / hippocampus (Other) /
mouse (Other) / multi‐electrode array recording (Other) /
patch‐clamp recording (Other) / sharp wave‐ripple
complexes (Other)},
cin = {AG Schmitz},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)1810004},
pnm = {351 - Brain Function (POF4-351)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-351},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:39216085},
doi = {10.1113/JP285671},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/272595},
}