Detection of neuronal OFF periods as low amplitude neural activity segments

Autor: Christian D. Harding, Mathilde C. C. Guillaumin, Lukas B. Krone, Martin C. Kahn, Cristina Blanco-Duque, Christian Mikutta, Vladyslav V. Vyazovskiy
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: BMC Neuroscience, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1471-2202
DOI: 10.1186/s12868-023-00780-w
Popis: Abstract Background During non-rapid eye movement sleep (NREM), alternating periods of synchronised high (ON period) and low (OFF period) neuronal activity are associated with high amplitude delta band (0.5–4 Hz) oscillations in neocortical electrophysiological signals termed slow waves. As this oscillation is dependent crucially on hyperpolarisation of cortical cells, there is an interest in understanding how neuronal silencing during OFF periods leads to the generation of slow waves and whether this relationship changes between cortical layers. A formal, widely adopted definition of OFF periods is absent, complicating their detection. Here, we grouped segments of high frequency neural activity containing spikes, recorded as multiunit activity from the neocortex of freely behaving mice, on the basis of amplitude and asked whether the population of low amplitude (LA) segments displayed the expected characteristics of OFF periods. Results Average LA segment length was comparable to previous reports for OFF periods but varied considerably, from as short as 8 ms to > 1 s. LA segments were longer and occurred more frequently in NREM but shorter LA segments also occurred in half of rapid eye movement sleep (REM) epochs and occasionally during wakefulness. LA segments in all states were associated with a local field potential (LFP) slow wave that increased in amplitude with LA segment duration. We found that LA segments > 50 ms displayed a homeostatic rebound in incidence following sleep deprivation whereas short LA segments (
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