title: Decoupling of sleep-dependent cortical and hippocampal interactions in a neurodevelopmental model of schizophrenia.
abstract: Rhythmic neural network activity patterns are defining features of sleep, but interdependencies between limbic and cortical oscillations at different frequencies and their functional roles have not been fully resolved. This is particularly important given evidence linking abnormal sleep architecture and memory consolidation in psychiatric diseases. Using EEG, local field potential (LFP), and unit recordings in rats, we show that anteroposterior propagation of neocortical slow-waves coordinates timing of hippocampal ripples and prefrontal cortical spindles during NREM sleep. This coordination is selectively disrupted in a rat neurodevelopmental model of schizophrenia: fragmented NREM sleep and impaired slow-wave propagation in the model culminate in deficient ripple-spindle coordination and disrupted spike timing, potentially as a consequence of interneuronal abnormalities reflected by reduced parvalbumin expression. These data further define the interrelationships among slow-wave, spindle, and ripple events, indicating that sleep disturbances may be associated with state-dependent decoupling of hippocampal and cortical circuits in psychiatric diseases.
authors.affiliation: Lilly Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, Eli Lilly and Company, Erl Wood Manor, Windlesham, Surrey GU20 6PH, UK.
authors.forename: Keith G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: Ullrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bartsch
authors.forename: Andrew P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: McCarthy
authors.forename: Dale M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Edgar
authors.forename: Mark D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Tricklebank
authors.forename: Keith A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Wafford
authors.forename: Matt W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000254:growth & development*; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000254:growth & development; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000254:growth & development*; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*