Pontine waves accompanied by short hippocampal sharp wave-ripples during non-rapid eye movement sleep
Pontine waves accompanied by short hippocampal sharp wave-ripples during non-rapid eye movement sleep
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非快动眼睡眠期间脑桥波伴有短海马尖波波纹
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10.1101/2022.06.03.494781
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2022
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Tsunematsu T
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Tsunematsu T
Ponto-geniculo-occipital (PGO) or pontine (P) waves have long been recognized as an electrophysiological signature of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. However, P-waves can be observed not just during REM sleep, but also during non-REM (NREM) sleep. Recent studies have uncovered that P-waves are functionally coupled with hippocampal sharp waveripples (SWRs) during NREM sleep. However, it remains unclear to what extent P-waves during NREM sleep share their characteristics with P-waves during REM sleep and how the functional coupling to P-waves modulates SWRs. Here, we address these issues by performing multiple types of electrophysiological recordings and fiber photometry in both sexes of mice. P-waves during NREM sleep share their waveform shapes and local neural ensemble dynamics at a short (~100 ms) timescale with their REM sleep counterparts. However, the dynamics of mesopontine cholinergic neurons are distinct at a longer (~10 s) timescale: although P-waves are accompanied by cholinergic transients, the cholinergic tone gradually reduces before P-wave genesis during NREM sleep. While P-waves are coupled to hippocampal theta rhythms during REM sleep, P-waves during NREM sleep are accompanied by a rapid reduction in hippocampal ripple power. SWRs coupled with P-waves are short-lived and hippocampal neural firing is also reduced after P-waves. These results suggest that P-waves play distinct roles in memory consolidation by functionally coupling with hippocampal ensembles in a state-dependent manner.Significance StatementWhile sleep states can be defined based on distinct electrophysiological markers, pontine (P) waves have long been recognized as a hallmark of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. Despite their prominence, P-waves have been studied less compared to other sleep-related neural events. We still know little about the functional relationship between P-waves and other neural events across sleep states. In the present study, we discovered an unexpected relationship between P-waves and hippocampal sharp wave-ripples (SWRs) during non-REM (NREM) sleep. While P-waves and SWRs are temporally coupled, P-waves have a diminishing effect on SWRs. Because SWRs are known to play a critical role in memory consolidation, P-waves may also play a role in memory consolidation but in a sleep-state-dependent manner.