title: Correlated bursts of activity in the neonatal hippocampus in vivo.
abstract: The behavior of immature cortical networks in vivo remains largely unknown. Using multisite extracellular and patch-clamp recordings, we observed recurrent bursts of synchronized neuronal activity lasting 0.5 to 3 seconds that occurred spontaneously in the hippocampus of freely moving and anesthetized rat pups. The influence of slow rhythms (0.33 and 0.1 hertz) and the contribution of both gamma-aminobutyric acid A-mediated and glutamate receptor-mediated synaptic signals in the generation of hippocampal bursts was reminiscent of giant depolarizing potentials observed in vitro. This earliest pattern, which diversifies during the second postnatal week, could provide correlated activity for immature neurons and may underlie activity-dependent maturation of the hippocampal network.
authors.affiliation: INMED, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U29, Avenue de Luminy, Boite Postale 13, 13273 Marseille Cedex 09, France.
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Leinekugel
authors.forename: Rustem
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Khazipov
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cannon
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirase
authors.forename: Yehezkel
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ben-Ari
authors.forename: György
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Buzsáki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D017966:Pyramidal Cells / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A / Q000502:physiology; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate / Q000502:physiology; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology; D009435:Synaptic Transmission; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D011963:Receptors, GABA-A; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid