Journal article
Median Raphe Nonserotonergic Neurons Modulate Hippocampal Theta Oscillations
The Journal of neuroscience, v 42(10), pp 1987-1998
09 Mar 2022
PMID: 35064000
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Abstract
Hippocampal theta oscillations (HTOs) during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep play an important role in mnemonic processes by coordinating hippocampal and cortical activities. However, it is not fully understood how HTOs are modulated by subcortical regions, including the median raphe nucleus (MnR). The MnR is thought to suppress HTO through its serotonergic outputs. Here, our study on male mice revealed a more complex framework indicating roles of nonserotonergic MnR outputs in regulating HTO. We found that nonselective optogenetic activation of MnR neurons at theta frequency increased HTO amplitude. Granger causality analysis indicated that MnR theta oscillations during REM sleep influence HTO. By using three transgenic mouse lines, we found that MnR serotonergic neurons exhibited little or no theta-correlated activity during HTO. Instead, most MnR GABAergic neurons and Vglut3 neurons respectively increased and decreased activities during HTO and exhibited hippocampal theta phase-locked activities. Although MnR GABAergic neurons do not directly project to the hippocampus, they could modulate HTO through local Vglut3 and serotonergic neurons as we found that MnR GABAergic neurons monosynaptically targeted Vglut3 and serotonergic neurons. Additionally, pontine wave recorded from the MnR during REM sleep accompanied nonserotonergic activity increase and HTO acceleration. These results suggest that MnR nonserotonergic neurons modulate hippocampal theta activity during REM sleep, which regulates memory processes.
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- Title
- Median Raphe Nonserotonergic Neurons Modulate Hippocampal Theta Oscillations
- Creators
- Wenqiang Huang - Drexel UniversitySatoshi Ikemoto - National Institute on Drug AbuseDong Wang - Drexel Univ, Dept Neurobiol & Anat, Coll Med, Philadelphia, PA 19129 USA
- Publication Details
- The Journal of neuroscience, v 42(10), pp 1987-1998
- Publisher
- Soc Neuroscience
- Number of pages
- 12
- Grant note
- Drexel University College of Medicine National Institute on Drug Abuse-Intramural Research Program (NIDA-IRP); United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) R01 MH119102 / National Institute of Mental Health-National Institutes of Health; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Neurobiology and Anatomy
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000767886300010
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85126152662
- Other Identifier
- 991020100192504721
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