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Temperature-Induced Reciprocal Activation of Hippocampal Field Activity

Program in Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242

Submitted 2 October 2003; accepted in final form 21 October 2003

Hippocampal network activity oscillates between sustained rhythms (e.g., theta) and aperiodic population spikes (e.g., sharp waves, dentate spikes). Although temperature is known to modulate various aspects of rhythmic hippocampal activity, little is known regarding the influence of temperature on the incidence of population spikes. We recorded spontaneous hippocampal activity along the CA1-dentate gyrus axis using multisite silicon electrodes in urethanized infant rats (P2-P16) at brain temperatures of 37 and 27°C. Theta and gamma activity, as well as sharp waves, were detected at 37°C but not at 27°C. In contrast, dentate spikes were rare at 37°C but their incidence increased several-fold at 27°C (epileptiform activity also emerged at 27°C in the oldest pups). This surprising increase in the incidence of dentate spike activity in a cold brain represents the first such demonstration for a neuronal field pattern. In addition, these findings indicate that changes in brain temperature produce systems-level shifts in the balance among reciprocally interacting hippocampal components.

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