Theta- and gamma-band oscillatory uncoupling in the macaque hippocampus
Abstract
Nested hippocampal oscillations in the rodent give rise to temporal dynamics that may underlie learning, memory, and decision making. Although theta/gamma coupling in rodent CA1 occurs during exploration and sharp-wave ripples emerge in quiescence, it is less clear that these oscillatory regimes extend to primates. We therefore sought to identify correspondences in frequency bands, nesting, and behavioral coupling of oscillations taken from macaque hippocampus. We found that, in contrast to rodent oscillations, theta and gamma frequency bands in macaque CA1 were segregated by behavioral states. In both stationary and freely-moving designs, beta2/gamma (15-70 Hz) had greater power during visual search whereas the theta band (3-10 Hz; peak ~8 Hz) dominated during quiescence and early sleep. Moreover, theta band amplitude was strongest when beta2/slow gamma (20-35 Hz) amplitude was weakest, instead occurring along with higher frequencies (60-150 Hz). Spike-field coherence was most frequently seen in these three bands, (3-10 Hz, 20-35 Hz and 60-150 Hz); however, the theta-band coherence was largely due to spurious coupling during sharp-wave ripples. Accordingly, no intrinsic theta spiking rhythmicity was apparent. These results support a role for beta2/slow gamma modulation in CA1 during active exploration in the primate that is decoupled from theta oscillations. The apparent difference to the rodent oscillatory canon calls for a shift in focus of frequency when considering the primate hippocampus.
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The code used to process these data are available at https://github.com/hoffman-lab/Manuscripts/tree/main/AbbaspoorHussinHoffman2023. Data structures can be downloaded at https://zenodo.org/record/7757458. Previous reports from the stationary data are Leonard et al., 2015, Leonard et al., 2017, and Hussin et al., 2020.
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Theta-and gamma-band oscillatory uncoupling in the macaque hippocampusZenodo, 10.5281/zenodo.7757458.
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National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01NS127128)
- Saman Abbaspoor
- Kari L Hoffman
Whitehall Foundation
- Kari L Hoffman
Alzheimer's Society of Canada Doctoral Award
- Ahmed T Hussin
National Science and Engineering Research Council (Discovery Grant)
- Ahmed T Hussin
- Kari L Hoffman
NSERC CREATE Vision Science and Applications
- Ahmed T Hussin
- Kari L Hoffman
Brain Canada Multi-Investigator Research Initiative
- Ahmed T Hussin
- Kari L Hoffman
The Krembil Foundation
- Ahmed T Hussin
- Kari L Hoffman
The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.
Ethics
Animal experimentation: This study was performed in strict accordance with the recommendations in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of the National Institutes of Health. All of the procedures were in accordance with a protocol approved by the local governing authorities. In the US this was the institutional animal care and use committee (IACUC # M1700152), and in Canada, this was the Canadian Council on Animal Care, local Animal Care Committee at York University (#2014-9).
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© 2023, Abbaspoor et al.
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