PMC

Identification of a slow gamma band during SWRs. (A-B) Average SWR triggered spectrograms from (A) CA1 and (B) CA3 for one example 15-minute session on the W-track. (C) Distribution of instantaneous slow gamma frequencies shows a single peak centered at 29 Hz in both (top) CA1 and (bottom) CA3. See .

Gamma oscillations during SWRs entrain spiking in CA3 and CA1. (A) CA3 gamma oscillations modulate spiking in CA3 (dashed) and CA1 (solid). Arrow denotes difference in CA3 and CA1 mean phase. Bottom, average filtered gamma trace. (B) CA1, but not CA3, shows an increase in modulation depth during SWRs (grey) relative to the 500ms preceding (white). (C) Modulation depth during gamma power matched times with (grey) and without (white) an SWRs. (D) CA3 gamma oscillations modulate the first spike fired by CA3 (dashed) and CA1 (solid) neurons. Arrow denotes difference in CA3 and CA1 mean phase. Bottom, average filtered gamma trace. *p<0.05; **p<0.001; ***p<10⁻⁵.

Significant memory replay is associated with stronger CA3-CA1 gamma synchrony. (A-B) CA3-CA1 gamma coherence varies as a function of replay (A) R² and (B) p-value. (C) Gamma coherence for significant (red) as compared to non-significant (black) candidate events. Lines show means, shaded regions show s.e.m. across candidate events, line at top denotes significant differences. Average baseline shown at bottom. (D-E) CA3-CA1 gamma phase locking varies as a function of replay (D) R² and (E) p-value. (F) Gamma phase locking for significant as compared to non-significant candidate events. **p<0.001. See .

Transient increase in CA3-CA1 gamma synchrony during SWRs. (A) Average magnitude of CA3-CA1 coherence relative to SWR detection for one example behavioral epoch (same session as ). (B) Transient increase in CA3-CA1 gamma coherence across hemispheres during SWRs. Average baseline shown at top. (C) Transient decrease in CA3-CA1 ripple coherence across hemispheres during SWRs. (D) Distribution of phase offsets between CA3-CA1 gamma oscillations relative to SWR detection for one example behavioral epoch (same session as in A). Top, change in gamma phase locking from baseline. (E) Transient increase in CA3-CA1 gamma phase locking across hemispheres during SWRs. (F) Probability of observing an SWR as a function of CA1-CA3 gamma coherence. Lines show mean, shaded regions show s.e.m. across sessions. *p<0.05; **p<0.001; ***p<10⁻⁵. See .

Slow gamma oscillations could provide an internal clock for memory reactivation. (A) Relative timing and relative gamma phase are strongly correlated. Each point represents the inter-spike time or phase interval between pairs of cells that fired during SWRs. (B) The relative (top) timing and (bottom) gamma phases of spikes fired by neurons during SWRs is related to the distances between their place fields. Lines show means, shaded regions show interquartile ranges. (C) Correlation between place field distance and relative gamma phase or spike timing varies as a function of distance between place field peaks. ***p<10⁻⁵.

Slow gamma during quiescent SWRs. (A) Transient increase in (left) CA1 and (right) CA3 gamma power during quiescent SWRs. Peak is peak ripple power. (B-C) CA3-CA1 gamma (B) coherence and (C) phase locking during quiescent SWRs. Average baseline value shown at top. Right, awake (white) and quiescent (grey) gamma (B) coherence and (C) phase locking during baseline and 100ms following SWR detection relative to mean awake baseline levels. (D) Gamma modulates spiking in CA3 (dashed) and CA1 (solid) during quiescent SWRs. Bottom, average filtered gamma trace. (E) Correlation between place field distance and relative gamma phase or spike timing for awake (white) and quiescent (grey) SWRs. *p<0.05; **p< 0.001; ***p<10⁻⁵. See .

Transient increase in slow gamma power during SWRs. (A) Gamma is visible in the raw LFP. Top, ripple filtered (150-250Hz) LFP recorded in CA1. Broadband (black; 1-400Hz), and slow gamma filtered (grey; 20-50Hz) LFP recorded from (top) CA1 and (bottom) CA3 for a representative SWR (same as in ). Arrow indicates time of SWR detection. (B) Transient increase in (top) CA1 and (bottom) CA3 gamma power during SWRs. Peak is peak ripple power. All bar graphs show mean ± s.e.m. (C-D) CA1 ripple amplitude is strongly and consistently modulated by gamma phase. (C) Cross frequency coupling between slow gamma phase recorded in (top) CA1 or (bottom) CA3 and CA1 ripple amplitude for one example behavioral epoch (same session as ). (D) Distribution of maximal CA1 ripple amplitude as a function of (top) CA1 or (bottom) CA3 slow gamma phase across all epochs. (E) Slow gamma power in (left) CA1 and (right) CA3 is correlated with CA1 ripple power on an SWR-by-SWR basis. (F) Probability of observing an SWR as a function of CA1 (solid) and CA3 (dashed) gamma power. Lines show mean, shaded regions show s.e.m. across sessions. *p<0.05; **p<0.001; ***p<10⁻⁵. See .

Memory reactivation reflects the reactivation of spatially distributed neural populations. (A) Schematic of behavioral paradigm. (B) Increases in ripple power can occur concurrently across CA1 and CA3 and across hemispheres but have different structure at each recording site. Shown are filtered (150-250Hz) LFP for one SWR detected with a 6 standard deviation threshold. Arrow indicates time of SWR detection. (C) Sequential spiking of neurons during awake, remote replay of the first W-track. This SWR (same as in B) occurred when the animal was located in the second W-track. Top, the filtered (150-250Hz) LFP from left CA1 tetrode shown in B. The color bar shows the colors associated with each 15ms decoding bin. Bottom, spike rasters for all neurons with place fields in the first W-track active during the SWR. Colors indicate the region and hemisphere of each active neuron. (D) Probability distributions of decoded locations for each 15ms bin. Colors correspond to the color bar at the top of C. Inset, cartoon of the replayed trajectory. See .