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ArticleNeuron2024

Offline hippocampal reactivation during dentate spikes supports flexible memory.

Stephen B McHugh, Vítor Lopes-Dos-Santos, Manfredi Castelli, Giuseppe P Gava, Sophie E Thompson, Shu K E Tam, Katja Hartwich, Brook Perry, Robert Toth, Timothy Denison and 2 more

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Article in Neuron, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Dynamics of Dentate Gyrus Place Cells and Dentate Spikes during Spatial and Nonspatial Changes in Environments.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026
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  8. Toothy: an interactive platform for dentate spike curation.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Stephen B McHughMedical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TH, UK. Electronic address: stephen.mchugh@bndu.ox.ac.uk.
Vítor Lopes-Dos-SantosMedical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TH, UK.
Manfredi CastelliMedical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TH, UK.
Giuseppe P GavaMedical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TH, UK.
Sophie E ThompsonMedical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TH, UK.
Shu K E TamMedical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TH, UK.
Katja HartwichMedical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TH, UK.
Brook PerryMedical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TH, UK.
Robert TothMedical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TH, UK.
Timothy DenisonMedical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TH, UK.
Andrew SharottMedical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TH, UK.
David DupretMedical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TH, UK. Electronic address: david.dupret@bndu.ox.ac.uk.

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_UU_00003/4Medical Research Council MC_UU_12024/3
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stabilizing new memories requires coordinated neuronal spiking activity during sleep. Hippocampal sharp-wave ripples (SWRs) in the cornu ammonis (CA) region and dentate spikes (DSs) in the dentate gyrus (DG) are prime candidate network events for supporting this offline process. SWRs have been studied extensively, but the contribution of DSs remains unclear. By combining triple-ensemble (DG-CA3-CA1) recordings and closed-loop optogenetics in mice, we show that, like SWRs, DSs synchronize spiking across DG and CA principal cells to reactivate population-level patterns of neuronal coactivity expressed during prior waking experience. Notably, the population coactivity structure in DSs is more diverse and higher dimensional than that seen during SWRs. Importantly, suppressing DG granule cell spiking selectively during DSs impairs subsequent flexible memory performance during multi-object recognition tasks and associated hippocampal patterns of neuronal coactivity. We conclude that DSs constitute a second offline network event central to hippocampal population dynamics serving memory-guided behavior.

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Action PotentialsDentate GyrusHippocampusMemoryOptogeneticsAnimalsMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNeuronsdentate spikeshippocampusmemory consolidationneuronal coactivityoffline reactivationpopulation patternssharp-wave ripples

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PMID39321790
PMCPMC7616703

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