title: Reversal of theta rhythm flow through intact hippocampal circuits.
abstract: Activity flow through the hippocampus is thought to arise exclusively from unidirectional excitatory synaptic signaling from CA3 to CA1 to the subiculum. Theta rhythms are important for hippocampal synchronization during episodic memory processing; thus, it is assumed that theta rhythms follow these excitatory feedforward circuits. To the contrary, we found that theta rhythms generated in the rat subiculum flowed backward to actively modulate spike timing and local network rhythms in CA1 and CA3. This reversed signaling involved GABAergic mechanisms. However, when hippocampal circuits were physically limited to a lamellar slab, CA3 outputs synchronized CA1 and the subiculum using excitatory mechanisms, as predicted by classic hippocampal models. Finally, analysis of in vivo recordings revealed that this reversed theta flow was most prominent during REM sleep. These data demonstrate that communication between CA3, CA1 and the subiculum is not exclusively unidirectional or excitatory and that reversed inhibitory theta signaling also contributes to intrahippocampal synchrony.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Jesse
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Bénédicte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Amilhon
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de neurosciences cognitives et adaptatives (LNCA)-CNRS UMR7364, Université de Strasbourg-CNRS, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: Romain
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Goutagny
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de neurosciences cognitives et adaptatives (LNCA)-CNRS UMR7364, Université de Strasbourg-CNRS, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Bastien
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Bott
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Manseau
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kortleven
authors.affiliation: Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA.
authors.forename: Steven L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Bressler
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Sylvain
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000502:physiology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000502:physiology*; D062308:Optogenetics; D010320:Parvalbumins / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013826:Theta Rhythm / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D050495:Vesicular Inhibitory Amino Acid Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008164:Luminescent Proteins; D010320:Parvalbumins; C118623:Slc32a1 protein, rat; D050495:Vesicular Inhibitory Amino Acid Transport Proteins; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid