Abstract
AbstractHow does millisecond-scale neural activity mediate behaviors over seconds? We recorded brain-wide activity in mice performing an olfactory working-memory task to decipher cross-region organization of activity. Spike-correlograms revealed millisecond within- and cross-region spike couplings, more prominent among neurons encoding similar memories. Spike coupling linked neurons into motifs of chains, single loops, and nested loops, especially among hippocampal and prefrontal-cortex neurons. Direction of spike coupling and activity chains was in line with that of memory-associated activity waves. Intriguingly, activity motifs were replayed before and after task performance, and during inter-trial intervals. Motifs were hierarchically organized, with progressively increasing time constants and the number of participating neurons. Thus, hierarchically organized and replayed cross-region spiking motifs are modulated on demand during delay period to mediate perceptual working memory.One Sentence SummaryNested activity motifs of chains, single loops, and nested loops, with progressively increasing time constants and number of participating neurons, are hierarchically organized and replayed to mediate perceptual working-memory maintenance.
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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