Topic: sharp-wave ripples

Spatial memory in vertebrates requires brain regions homologous to the mammalian hippocampus. Between vertebrate clades, however, these regions are anatomically distinct and appear to produce different spatial patterns of neural activity. We asked whether hippocampal activity is fundamentally different even between distant vertebrates that share a strong dependence on spatial memory. We studied tufted titmice – food-caching birds capable of remembering many concealed food locations. We found mammalian-like neural activity in the titmouse hippocampus, including sharp-wave ripples and anatomical

Sharp-wave ripples (SWRs) are thought to play a crucial role in memory consolidation, learning, and the formation of long-term memories by facilitating the transfer of information from the hippocampus to neocortical networks. To understand the mechanisms governing SWRs, we have developed a closed-loop stimulation framework tailored for the real-time detection and suppression of SWRs, leveraging the ONIX electrophysiology acquisition system and BONSAI-RX acquisition software. As part of our Bonsai package, we developed a convolutional neural network (CNN) for detection of SWRs recorded with lam